Shifting Trade Winds: The New Global Trade Order
Global trade is being reconfigured. For SMEs, agility, proximity and collaboration now matter more than scale and reach.
Focus on Scotland: Who Really Benefits from a Tourist Tax?
Scotland weighs tourist levies: fair funding for roads and heritage, or extra burden on families, microbusinesses, and rural communities?
Shifting Trade Winds: Global Ripple Effects and Implications for UK and EU SMEs
Global trade imbalances are reshaping opportunities and risks for UK SMEs. This article explores how shifting surpluses, deficits and policy changes affect internationalisation, consulting strategies and SME growth worldwide.
Shifting Trade Winds: What Next for SMEs?
Global trade faces turbulence, but it is not vanishing, it is transforming. SMEs that diversify markets, localise supply chains, and embrace digital agility will turn uncertainty into resilience and growth.
Focus on Scotland: Whisky and Heritage drive the economy
NorthStar Consulting’s UK Food & Beverage division supports Scotland’s whisky industry and heritage tourism with strategic know-how, helping SMEs and exporters thrive globally.