News & Insights

Practical thinking on UK expansion, market shifts, and lessons from the field, written for European business leaders.

We publish short, useful pieces on the things that actually move the needle for businesses entering the UK: policy changes, sector trends, and the small operational and cultural details that make a difference. Nothing here is theoretical, each article comes out of conversations and projects we’ve been part of.

Market entry
Tax & compliance
Hiring & HR
Sales & growth
Culture & communication
Policy & regulation

Which UK trade shows are worth attending, a sector guide

British B2B still buys at trade shows in a way that surprises European visitors.

Post-Brexit logistics, what changed, what stayed, what to plan for

EORI numbers, rules of origin under the TCA, postponed VAT accounting, commodity codes, UKCA marking and the Windsor Framework, a practical guide to cross-Channel logistics for European businesses.

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UK VAT for foreign businesses, what European companies actually need to know

Registration thresholds, place-of-supply rules, post-Brexit import VAT, online marketplace liabilities, Making Tax Digital and HMRC penalties, what European businesses need to know about UK VAT.

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Five questions to answer before you set up a UK entity

Setting up a UK entity is one of the most common, and most often premature, moves European businesses make in their UK expansion.

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What Dutch and German businesses get wrong about British buyers

There is a sentence that ends more European-to-British sales calls than any other. It runs something like, “So, are you going to buy this?”

Hiring your first person in the UK

Why the sales cycle that worked at home often stalls in the UK — and the small adjustments that make British prospects easier to win.