BGN World Meeting – Photo Album

Posted: November 29th, 2010 | Author: Nick Hood | Filed under: All, Travellers's Tales | No Comments »

Below you will find a gallery of photographs kindly and beautifully taken by Martin Prager. Click on the thumbnails to view a bigger picture. If you would like the file sent to you, please email jo.hancock@begbiesgn.com quoting the file number.

Enjoy!!

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BGN reaches out to Argentinean Professionals and Judges

Posted: November 24th, 2010 | Author: Nick Hood | Filed under: All, News | No Comments »

One of the key objectives of the Begbies Global Network is to support its members in enhancing their reputations in their domestic markets and in particular to make them the “go to” firm for local professionals whose clients need assistance in foreign markets.

So we were delighted to follow up the highly successful BGN members’ meeting in Buenos Aires with a two day seminar programme run jointly with Naveira, Truffat, Martínez, Anido, Lorente & López the law firm which represents the network in Argentina and where our very good friend, Javier Lorente is a partner.

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The Jacarandas are Blooming in Buenos Aires – but the Economy?

Posted: November 18th, 2010 | Author: Nick Hood | Filed under: All, Travellers's Tales | 1 Comment »

Returning to Argentina after ten months and just two weeks after the surprise death of its so-called “real” President, the husband of the incumbent and widely-despised Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, and in the week when the IMF was ignominiously shut out of successful debt repayment negotiations with the Paris Club of sovereign creditors was to find a curiously uncertain national mood.

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BGN Goes Latin American

Posted: November 12th, 2010 | Author: Nick Hood | Filed under: All, Travellers's Tales | No Comments »

Stood at the Harbour in Buenos Aires

How to capture the spirit of the BGN World Meeting in the beautiful and beguiling city of Buenos Aires in November 2010? The answer comes in two simple words – quality and fellowship.

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Nick Hood Comments in City AM

Posted: November 10th, 2010 | Author: Nick Hood | Filed under: All, Media | No Comments »

Number of London-based firms in trouble is up 84pc since 2009, City AM, Wednesday 10 November 2010

THE number of London businesses in financial difficulties increased dramatically last month according to new figures from a Begbies Traynor/City A.M. study.

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Rising Costs Put Squeeze on Retail

Posted: November 8th, 2010 | Author: Nick Hood | Filed under: All, Media | No Comments »

Nick Hood comments in the Express, Sunday 7 November 2010

RISING commodity prices will cast a shadow over a week of otherwise upbeat reporting from the UK’s biggest retailers.

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Carnege on High Street as Small Shops Close

Posted: November 8th, 2010 | Author: Nick Hood | Filed under: All, Media | No Comments »

Nick Hood comments in The Express - Express.co.uk, Sunday 7 November

THOUSANDS of shops are expected to close next year as retailers are hit by a perfect financial storm. Experts predict carnage on the high street and a rash of boarded-up shopfronts across Britain.

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Globetrotting

Posted: November 4th, 2010 | Author: Nick Hood | Filed under: All, Media | No Comments »

This article first appeared on Management Today – www.managementtoday.co.uk

How many business miles have you clocked up in how many countries over the past year?
About 200,000 across 21 countries, including Jordan and Syria which are up there as interesting experiences with Serbia and Tanzania in earlier years.  But Kenya at the height of the tribal violence in 2009 is top of my recent list.

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Harsh Winds Blowing through South Africa’s Laggard Economy

Posted: November 2nd, 2010 | Author: Nick Hood | Filed under: All, Travellers's Tales | No Comments »

South Africa is truly one of the world’s great destinations, offering a sublime climate, stunning scenery, the best in tourist experiences, and the finest in food and wines, all alongside a sophisticated business environment and natural resources that are the envy of most of the world.

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Golden Nuggets in the Black Forest Gâteaux

Posted: November 1st, 2010 | Author: Nick Hood | Filed under: All, Travellers's Tales | 1 Comment »

Travelling from Frankfurt to the gateway to Germany’s famed Black Forest in late October is a feast of blazing autumnal colours for travel-weary eyes.  But the contrast between the quiet little town of Pforzheim and its 120,000 inhabitants and the bustling financial centre of Europe’s economic superpower is equally striking.

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