WAKE Energy Drinks CEO Alex Buckley contacted me as a result of seeing my LinkedIn postings on the British Motorsport Festival 2015 ; could I help to launch WAKE in China. I confessed that I knew nothing of the soft drinks market in China back in April when Alex and I met in London at the […]
The 2016 British Motorsport Festival (BMF) took place at Goldenport International Circuit in Beijing on 1st October. The Festival attracted thousands of guests to enjoy in car culture, a wide array of motor related activities and an authentic taste of British culture. It was a labour of love, and had it’s trials as big events […]
Beckoned to Beijing: PR Guru talks travel, entrepreneurship and education in Peking. Posted 12:00pm Sat Apr 9th, 2016 by KyleMullin Beijing Kids article Today’s “Beckoned to Beijing” instalment features Jim James, who hails from England and founded EASTWEST Public Relations in Beijing in 1995. Below, he tells us about the benefits of raising his girls here, […]
As part of the plan to build the brand of Morgan and Lotus in China, I had conceived of an event on the scale of the British Business Awards which I founded in 2008. This time, to bring the entire British business community together around the platform of Motor Sport; with Morgan a […]
Published on Oct 20, 2015 Driving his first Morgan Roadster on the streets of Beijing four years ago, British expat Jim James recognized a new business opportunity in the classic car market in China. Since then, he has been a pioneer in the field, building on his 20-year’s experience of living in China. Let’s take […]
Leading entrepreneurs from the UK share their experiences of doing business in China By Yin Lu Source:Global Times Published: 2015-10-22 21:23:01 British business owners thrive in different industries in China by exerting the UK’s strengths. Photo: IC Have you noticed that among the 20 million Beijing dwellers, a small group of them are being influenced […]
We took part in the Bund Classic in Shanghai 16-18th Oct. It was a resounding success. A highlight of my time building the Morgan brand in China has been the drive down the Bund with vintage cars and 5 Morgan vehicles. We used the Go-Pro to record the moment.
“I am writing this post at 35,000 ft in the air whilst on SQ806 from Singapore to Beijing, reflecting on a week in which I travelled from China to Singapore to Bangalore and back. On the cover of the FT the headline talks of ‘dramatic falls’, there is a spat between N and S Korea, […]
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