Championing export success (L to R) IOE Vice President Lord Empey of Shandon, IOE President Jim Davis, BBC Breakfast business presenter Steph McGovern, IOE Director General Lesley Batchelor, IOE Vice President Sir Eric Peacock and IOE Chair Doug Tweddle
The high achievements of graduates who completed the Institute of Export’s (IOE) qualifications in international trade have been celebrated at a prestigious ceremony held at London’s Mansion House. Continue reading
Plymouth-based Real Ideas Organisation – which harnesses social enterprise to create new opportunities for young people and adults – has some very real ideas about enhancing understanding of international trade through an exporting project with specialist sports college Plymstock School. Continue reading
Launched in December 2012 in Birmingham, London and Manchester, the second PIT STOP debate series organised by the Institute of Export centred on some of the key issues around membership of the EU and the trading opportunities the single market offers. Continue reading
Our director general Lesley Bachelor has been appointed a Founding Executive Member of the Guardian Professional’s Women in Leadership community, a timely new on-line initiative aimed at addressing the lack of women in senior positions.
Through engagement with business leaders via the Guardian’s web-based Women in Leadership section, Lesley will underline the pressing need to create more diversity at the top of large organisations. Continue reading
The Institute of Export (IOE) and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) are extending their quarterly review of key international trade issues to 8 UK cities next month.
At the end of last year the IOE spearheaded quarterly PIT STOP debates to take the pulse of exporters at grassroots level as part of the Institute’s drive to promote Professionalism in International Trade (PIT). Continue reading
Our director general Lesley Batchelor recently joined in celebrations in Glasgow to mark the achievements of Scottish Enterprise staff, including 11 employees who received the Institute of Export’s Advanced Certificate in International Trade. Continue reading
This Easter weekend many of us in Britain will be enjoying Easter egg hunts in our parks and gardens and some of us might even take part in the old tradition of egg-rolling where hard-boiled eggs are launched down a grassy hill.
So how is Easter celebrated in other parts of the world? Continue reading
Our Director General, Lesley Batchelor, is calling on the UK’s vibrant creative industries to enter the prestigious Queen’s Awards for Enterprise which launch on 21 April. Continue reading
Today we celebrate International Women’s Day with thousands of events being held around the world to inspire women and celebrate achievements. Continue reading
Our members will be acutely aware of the recent headlines about multinationals such as Starbucks, Amazon and Google avoiding corporation in tax in the UK. These tax avoidance schemes have angered both customers of these corporates and SMEs – and caused concern about fair competition.
IOE Executive Board Member Tony Ridge explains how these tax avoidance schemes work and shares his views on what could be done to eradicate them. Continue reading
