The OCO Broadcast

Culture as a barrier to trade

Culture as a barrier to trade - Episode 1

Ireland as an EU Hub for Jordanian Tech Firms

Globally, only 1 in 3 businesses are owned by women.

Only 1% of public tenders are won by female-owned companies.

Women make up half of the world’s population, but only contribute to 37% of the global GDP.

Our Senior Project Manager (Trade & Investment)  Barbara Gruewald speaks with Fatma Ben Soltane – founder and chief executive of two fashion brands: Soltana and Fierce. And, Caroline Brummelhuis – Founder and Chapter Head of the professional network The Next Women Tunisie on the challenges female entrepreneurs face and the steps necessary to tackle gender inequality in Tunisia, and globally.

OCO work with Governments and Companies across the world to develop investment and economic development strategies and trade support helping companies increase their exports and enter new markets. 

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Globally, only 1 in 3 businesses are owned by women.

Only 1% of public tenders are won by female-owned companies.

Women make up half of the world’s population, but only contribute to 37% of the global GDP.

Our Senior Project Manager (Trade & Investment)  Barbara Gruewald speaks with Fatma Ben Soltane – founder and chief executive of two fashion brands: Soltana and Fierce. And, Caroline Brummelhuis – Founder and Chapter Head of the professional network The Next Women Tunisie on the challenges female entrepreneurs face and the steps necessary to tackle gender inequality in Tunisia, and globally.

OCO work with Governments and Companies across the world to develop investment and economic development strategies and trade support helping companies increase their exports and enter new markets.  

Keep up to date with us on LinkedIn and Twitter. 

Our US Commerical Director Alan Stevenson talks to Enterprise Florida's Manny Mencia, Invest Trinidad and Tobago's Sekou Alleyne and Dr Ramesh Ramdeen of Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers' Association.

The Levelling Up of the UK regional economy was a key pledge of the Boris Johnson government and has been a hot topic within UK politics and economic development for many years.

As the UK economy begins to plot a course past COVID-19, what are the implications of the crisis around regional economic development thinking? 

Has the crisis exposed limitations and challenges that a stronger regional economy might hold the answer to? Will the way that we want (and may be forced to!) work and live our lives in the post COVID world necessitate us to think differently about cities and regions?

As the post COVID picture emerges, we have the chance to consider its impact and the challenges and the opportunities it presents to regional economies across the UK.

In this episode of the OCO broadcast, Gareth Hagan, Deputy CEO, speaks with two senior experts from significant regional economies in the UK:

· Guy Currey, Director, Invest North East England

· Steve Harper, Executive Director - International Business, Invest Northern Ireland

OCO work with Investment Promotion Agencies across the world to develop investment and economic development strategies, and trade helping companies increase their exports and enter new markets .

Additional reading.

For further analysis of the causes of UK regional inequality, international context and how the Covid 19 pandemic could ultimate help deliver on teh Levelling Up agenda, check out this complimentary blog from  Nick Watson, Consultant at OCO Global, 

#uktrade #Levellingup 

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Food security in the UAE, Trade & Investment opportunities 

In this episode, Joe Hepworth, OCO Director Middle East, is joined by Majid Al Qasimi and Greg Ohannessian, Partners at Soma Mater, a specialised consultancy focused on the Middle East food system.  

Food Security has been in the news in the last 6 months like never before and has moved into the public consciousness, .  In this podcast, we try to define food security in the Middle East and examine the impact COVID has had on the food supply system.

The UAE has been praised internationally for its strategy on food security.  We will attempt to understand the successes in the UAE and what the opportunities are in the future. 

OCO work with Investment Promotion Agencies across the world to develop investment and economic development strategies, and trade helping companies increase their exports and enter new markets . 

 #uaemarket #uae #middleastbusiness 

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The OCO Broadcast. Episode 12. The Tunisia Tech Phoenix

Tunisia has emerged as a global tech hub, rising from the 2010/11 Arab spring.

The Tunisian technology sector has seen tremendous growth in Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Fintech, Retail tech, Insure Tech & Industry 4.0.

The OCO Consulting team work with organisations across the world on investment and economic development strategy.

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In this episode of the OCO Broadcast our US Director Paul Grossman is joined by owner and publisher of “Southern Business & Development,” Mike C. Randle to discuss the growing business opportunities in the American South, as the US’s most preferred region for foreign direct investment.

Mike succinctly explains the changes and challenges facing the South, the challenges for indusry and for the economic development agencies in business recruitment.

Just a few observations to pique your interest:

As we adjust our thinking to a new normal, I invite you to adjust your perception of the American South.

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