INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL & INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
18 November 2014
GROW GLOBAL NEWS
growglobal.com – Sarah Carroll, GROW GLOBAL’s Director, will be running a series of webinars, seminars and masterclasses to help companies to optimise their websites, e-commerce systems and social media for international trade. Read more>>
INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL NEWS
bbc.co.uk – Facebook is building a network for professionals to connect and collaborate on work-related documents, the Financial Times reports. Facebook at Work will look similar to its existing social network, but users will be able to keep their personal profiles separate, the paper says. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Technology giant Yahoo said it will buy digital video advertising service BrightRoll for $640m (£402m). The move would allow Yahoo to grow its video advertising platform, “making it the largest in the US”, the firm said. Read more>>
INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
realbusiness.co.uk – SMEs are now hoping onboard the export bandwagon a lot earlier than those that had been set up before 2007. Perhaps as a result of the recession, 65 per cent of SMEs founded between 2007 and 2014 have started exporting within their first year of business. This is nearly double the amount of businesses who started trading abroad before 2007, according to Barclays research. Read More>>
insidermedia.com – A fashion label in Hove has secured a deal worth £200,000 a year to supply several of South Korea’s high-end boutiques with baby products. Bonnie Baby, which was set up by designer Tracey Samuel in 2005 and counts Hollywood actress Gywneth Paltrow as a customer, won the contract following a trade mission to the country. Read more>>
OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS
BBC – China’s Alibaba eyes first bond sale after record listing>>
BBC – Snapchat launches Snapcash payment feature with Square>>
BBC – Russia plans ‘alternative Wikipedia’>>
BBC – Eurozone growth sluggish as Germany avoids recession>>
BBC – Dragons’ Den investor Kelly Hoppen leads calls for more female exporters>>
BBC – YouTube MusicKey subscription service is unveiled>>
BBC – Language lessons ‘should aim for more than phrasebook competence’>>
BBC – Amazon and Hachette resolve bitter dispute over price>>
BBC – Argentina raids banks and financial houses>>
GOV – Sell online with the UKTI e-Exporting programme>>
Evening Standard – Eurostar launches new 200mph trains which will slash London-Paris journey times>>
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