Pictured above: (l-r) Mikie Park, Amanda McGillivray,
Kyung-ah Lee
A businesswoman from Nottinghamshire was at an event promoting
trading opportunities with South Korea.
Amanda McGillivray, MD of Flying Cows, the Notts-based company
which arranges English teaching placements in South Korea, spoke to
delegates at an event organised by the East Midlands International
Trading Association (emita).
She spoke to East Midlands firms hoping to do business with
South Korea themselves - and to delegates from the British Embassy
at Seoul who were in the UK to promote the country as a emerging
market which is expecting 4 to 5% increase in economic growth this
year.
Amanda said: "I have been doing business in South Korea since
1999. Dealing with South Korea is a great experience and I have
really enjoyed dealing with people there.
"South Korea is a fascinating country. It has a rich cultural
history and wonderful people."
Also speaking at the event were Clifford Bebb, head of trade in
Seoul, and Mikie Park and Kyung-ah Lee, both trade officers at the
British Embassy in Seoul.
"Last year the UK was the biggest European investor in Korea,
investing £1.2 million," said Clifford. "We are leading the
way when it comes to knowing what opportunities are available in
dealing with South Korea."
The Open for Business event was organised by emita and was aimed
at showing businesses opportunities proposed through the EU-Korea
new free trade agreement.
Clifford talked about the benefits of the free trade agreement.
Mikie Park, trade manager responsible for the design and
consumer goods sector in UKTI Seoul, and Kyung-ah Lee, trade
officer in clothing, fashion and footwear, from the British Embassy
talked about doing business in Korea.
Juliet Pask of emita said: "This was a great event to show
companies how to get involved with this new emerging market."
Located between the two superpowers of Japan and China, South
Korea is Asia's fourth largest economy and is home to 50 million
people, she says. "The country is eager to reduce its dependence on
the US and Japan and is increasingl