Mike Moon

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• Mike Moon
• Head of Trade Investment
• British Embassy Prague

Seminar - Brno 23 February 2009
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Basic Facts
United Kingdom
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Basic Facts
United Kingdom
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495 litres (6th)
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Yorkshire Humber

• Population of more then 5 million people
• one of the largest concentrations of the world
  leading universities in Europe (Sheffield, Leeds,
  York, Bradford)
• Regional GDP exceeds 75 billion
• access to world-leading industry sectors, ranging
  from advanced engineering and materials,
  cutting-edge clean energy solutions to
  electronics and food processing
• Home to more than 1,200 overseas companies
  including, Nestle, Kraft, and Johnson Johnson.

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Yorkshire Humber

• yorkshire-forward.com
• aemyorkshire.com
• amrc.co.uk
• syben.co.uk
• yorkshiecic.com

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Sector matches - UK/Czech Republic

• Advanced Engineering
• Science and Innovation
• Power
• ICT
• Security
• Environment
• Healthcare

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Doing business in UK - key websites

• uktradeinvest.gov.uk
• fco.gov.uk
• berr.gov.uk
• visitbritain.com
• companieshouse.gov.uk
• workingintheuk.gov.uk
• nhs.uk

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Doing business in UK - key websites

• bba.org.uk
• hmrc.gov.uk
• britishchamber.cz
• london2012.com
• etenders.london2012.com
• ukintheczechrepublic.cz
• londonsummit.gov.uk

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Thank youAny questions?
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KEEP IN TOUCH AND GOOD LUCK! British Embassy
Trade Investment Team Na Prikope 21, 117 19
Prague 1 Tel [phone]
mike.moon_at_fco.gov.uk www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk