Five tips to cracking China
By Kate Pritchard
Feng shui seating plans. Scorpions for dinner. Karaoke performances. Doing business in China isn’t for the faint hearted. Mike Norfield, managing director of radio communications firm Team Simoco, reveals how to crack the Land of the Dragon.

ICU Global grabs international opportunities
By Catherine Woods
China, India, Ireland, Germany. They’re all countries ICU Global, a videoconferencing provider, is targeting, according to founder and chief executive Stephen McKenzie.

India beckons for MarketClusters
By Catherine Woods
MarketClusters founder and CEO Nick Gregg has got his eye on India as a market to sell into and recruit from.

“To work with blue chips, you’ve got to be international.”
By Rebecca Burn-Callander
Leeds-based firm Corrocoat has had to swallow some risky, capital-intensive investments to service its international clients. But it’s worth it, says founder Charles Watkinson.

Obesity is a big industry and the US is a goldmine
By Rebecca Burn-Callander
Leeds-based Surgical Innovations sees fat sales off the back of the American market for obesity surgery.

Poland slated for internet advertising growth
By Catherine Woods
Poland could be the next big thing when it comes to internet advertising. That’s what Unanimis Consulting managing director Khalil Ibrahimi suspects and, as a digital entrepreneur, he should know.

Consider the Netherlands for overseas expansion
By Catherine Woods
The Netherlands is a good country to do business, according to 2e2 co-founder Terry Burt, because it’s technologically advanced and “people don’t mind if you make money”.

Doing business in Malaysia: lessons in international business success
By Maja Pawinska-Sims
How to export to, and do business in, Malaysia.

Doing business in Indonesia: lessons in international business success
By Maja Pawinska-Sims
Lessons in international business success in Indonesia.

Doing business in Argentina: lessons in international business success
By Maja Pawinska-Sims
Lessons in business success when doing business in Argentina.