A study of different models for providing vocational education to school aged learners in the UK, examples of best practice and applicability to the Indian market.
Mumbai and New Delhi continue to be the biggest contributing hubs to India’s economy. However, India's emerging cities nowadays outperform the metros in terms of GDP growth. Tier II cities hold the key to India’s future growth and offer many profitable opportunities to London businesses. London's value-added and highly specialised industries have a lot to offer to India's emerging cities. This report outlines opportunities existing for London businesses in four selected sectors in the emerging cities of Hyderabad, Pune, Bangalore, Chennai, and Kolkata.
There is substantial demand for Indian cuisine in the UK. Indian exporters want to expand their reach within the UK market and are keen to supply major retail chains in the UK with Indian produce. Likewise, UK food exporters are keen to supply the large, growing and evolving Indian retail market. This Case Study booklet has been developed to share best practices and provide advice to help Indian and UK companies grow their businesses by accessing international export markets. It aims to share expertise, technology and skills in areas such as logistics, supply chain management, cold storage, chill chain, warehousing, distribution, transportation, packaging and processing.
This report provides an overview of typical agri-food supply chains in India. It is aimed at companies and individuals interested in developing food chains to either serve domestic Indian markets, supply goods and services to India or source products and services from India. India Agri-Food Supply Chains provides some high level statistics for the food supply chain sector, along with an overview of Agricultural, Logistics, Food Processing and Retail practices in India. It also deals with some of the government initiatives put in place to assist companies in developing the infrastructure, techniques and technology required to develop food supply chains in India.
India’s less-known or “emerging” cities offer huge business potential, which makes them ideal destinations for UK entrepreneurs and investors. They also offer, on the whole, higher growth rates, as they come from behind the major metros to gain a share of the wealth created by India’s rapid growth. This report aims to inform UK plcs of the advantages and disadvantages of doing business in India’s emerging cities and explores the reasons why these markets deserve special attention.
Currently demonstrating growth rates of around 9%, in spite of the global economic slowdown, India’s economic growth is driven by domestic demand and a rapidly growing middle class. India’s emergence as the second fastest growing economy in the world should be regarded as a very profitable business opportunity for the coming decades. Insight India is an introductory guide prepared by business for business. It aims to offer companies new to the market an overview of the various areas they will need to consider when operating in India. This guide draws from the experiences and comments of other UK companies who have succeeded in the Indian market.
The last eighteen months haveseen significant collaboration between India andthe UK. India’s target to train 500 million people by 2022 is a central tenet of inclusive growth and the UK wishes to beat the vanguard of those seeking to secure this goal. The UK India Skills Forum recently produced a booklet to accompany their visit to the FICCI Skills Summit 2010, illustrating the expertise the UK has to offer.
WHY, WHEN AND HOW? We asked our subject companies a series of questions to understand when, why and how they entered the Indian market, the challenges they faced and how they overcame them. The questions and key findings are summarised in this report.
The Indian economy has been witnessing phenomenal growth over the last decade, and the country is now poised to be a preferred destination for companies looking to expand their international operations. Grant Thornton UK, Grant Thornton India and the UK India Business Council have collaborated through this report, to present both the opportunities and challenges for UK educational institutions and investors considering expanding into India, and to provide insights into the regulatory aspects that they will need to consider.
This pamphlet looks at four case studies where knowledge nomads play a vital role - Pfizer, the UK India Business Council, the city of Manchester and the chemistry department of Imperial College London - arguing that nomads are essential for science and innovation in the UK and beyond. Scientists have always travelled in search of new collaborations, new possibilities and new ideas. We set out how the UK can recognise and build these connections, attract the best people and encourage UK-born nomads to begin their own journeys.
UKIBC produces one large set piece research project a year. For 2009 we have identified nine cities outside the established metros which offer significant commercial opportunities to UK companies. The report profiles these cities based on UK Trade and Investments' priority sectors, and provides important information to UK companies considering or seeking to expand their India operations. This report will result in structured delegations to a number of the cities covered in the report in late 2009 and 2010.
City profiles: Pune is covered in this, the main report. The remaining eight cities are covered in eight individual brochures listed and linked at the end of this page.
Also linked at the end of this page is the Annex to this report. This contains 4 appendices: Top 41 Cities Quantitative Analysis; Doing business in India's Emerging Cities; Competitiveness of UK Sectors; and Key References (Key Informants and Bibliography)
Produced in collaboration with accountants Kingston Smith and legal experts Nabarro, this is a succinct yet comprehensive guide for Indian companies and investors seeking to do business in the UK
The global Non Resident Indian Community is an increasingly lucrative market for the goods and services of international companies. This report evaluates their attitudes to the India opportunity during the economic downturn, and profiles some outstanding NRI success stories in science, entrepreneurship, the creative industries and the arts. Produced as part of HSBC's Indian Summer programme of events.
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