ALS at HYSTA: 1300 Chinese Natives, 1 Anglo-Saxon and 1 Microsoft CEO
“Where are you going?” my wife asks as I head for the car at 6:30 AM on a Saturday morning. “To HYSTA’s 10th Anniversary Conference,” I reply, referring to the Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association’s conference called “Survive & Thrive Amidst a Global Economic Crisis: New Opportunities Across China and the US.”
At her quizzical [...]
China Emerges as a Global Outsourcing Leader
You can read this article in Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese.
The Chinese IT Services industry is currently estimated at US$ 23 billion. According to analysts, the market is projected to grow at an annual rate of 30% over the next five years, giving China the remarkable opportunity to overtake India as the outsourcing superpower of [...]
Top 4 Tips for Doing Business in China
You’ve analyzed all the market possibilities, weighed the pros and cons of each, crunched the numbers and finally reached a decision: your company will expand into China. Now the hard work begins!
Your success in China will depend on the mode & timing of your entry, your ability to overcome geographical & cultural distances, how well [...]
How to sell to non-English Speakers: Webinar
Space is limited – Reserve your webinar seat now at
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Since selling to international markets is something we do with our customers every day (day-in, day-out), we thought it only fitting to deliver our penny’s worth on all things exporting.
So, following on from our launch of Export Box, ALS brings you
“How to sell to [...]
Pound on the plunge again…
Looks like the pound is on the plunge again and it was welcome to hear Mervyn King joining the chorus of people calling for greater export in Britain. With massive debt both in the Government and consumer sectors, growth in the economy will not come from these areas. If we are to achieve economic growth [...]
Exports rose by 5% in July
For a long time now we have been banging on about the fact that if Britain wants to get out of this recession and repair the big hole in the public finances, then we need to export more as a country.
The ironic thing is that for some time we’ve also had an amazingly favourable [...]
Britain coming out of the recession according to ICAEW
The headlines this morning (apart from England winning The Ashes – well done Freddie & co!) profess that, all of a sudden, Britain is almost out of the recession. Brilliant!
Thanks to a study into the “confidence of business professionals”, it seems the recession, according to some commentators, was just an overnight problem after all. So, [...]
Lending figures add up to bad news for UK business
Just read an interesting story on BBC News about the recent war of words between the Chancellor, Alistair Darling and the British Bankers Association (BBA) concerning the supposed (disputed) increase in business lending.
Following comments made by the Chancellor, that he was “Extremely concerned” about lending levels, the BBA promptly released figures that showed an increase [...]
Export Box launch covered by Daily Express
This morning we woke up to the encouraging view of our new service, Export Box being featured in the Daily Express – always a pleasure!
Export Box is a dedicated exporting package that enables first time exporters to venture overseas with their goods or services – It’s pledge is “Helping you export – to anywhere”.
For under [...]
Google helping firms take over the world…
You’ve heard the remarks before, no doubt, that “Google is on a mission to take over the world”. You may have even agreed from time to time, however one thing is certain – they definitely are, but not as you would (like to) think!!
Much has been said about Google (good and bad) since its meteoric [...]
