{"id":17104,"date":"2026-01-30T04:31:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T04:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=17104"},"modified":"2026-01-30T04:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T04:31:20","slug":"japan-expo-delivers-23m-bounty-for-scots-firms-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=17104","title":{"rendered":"Japan Expo delivers \u00a323m bounty for Scots firms \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Richard-Lochhead-and-All-Guns-Blazing.png\" alt=\"Richard Lochhead and All Guns Blazing\" class=\"wp-image-175729 lazyload\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.54776527283947;width:834px;height:auto\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Richard-Lochhead-and-All-Guns-Blazing.png\" alt=\"Richard Lochhead and All Guns Blazing\" class=\"wp-image-175729 lazyload\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.54776527283947;width:834px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Richard-Lochhead-and-All-Guns-Blazing.png 794w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Richard-Lochhead-and-All-Guns-Blazing-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Richard-Lochhead-and-All-Guns-Blazing-768x496.png 768w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Richard-Lochhead-and-All-Guns-Blazing-600x388.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Richard Lochhead at games company KeelWorks which joined one of the delegations<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Scottish companies secured \u00a323 million in export orders and forecast sales after attending the world expo in Japan last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Business was genererated across a number of sectors including offshore wind, gaming, health technology and consumer products.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Scottish government and Scottish Enterprise supported 43 companies at a number of events at the Osaka Expo. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Among them Brave New Spirits, an independent bottler and blender of Scotch whisky based in Glasgow, gained \u00a34 million in orders over the next three years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Export director Tomek Weselik said: \u201cAfter the Osaka trade mission our turnover with Japan nearly doubled. We signed contracts with one of the largest supermarket chains in the country as well as a chain of high premium shops.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cJapan is one of the most important markets for Brave New Spirits and we have been introduced by Scottish Enterprise to buyers from a major hotel group and hope to start doing business in this new sector this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cPresenting our Scotch Whiskies at the Osaka Expo expanded our distribution network.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Business minister Richard Lochhead said: \u201cIn an increasingly volatile global economy, it is vital that we help Scottish companies access new markets and deepen existing trading relationships.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cScotland is open for business and the events we held in Japan demonstrated that we have the skills, technology and opportunities in a range of emerging industries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Scottish Enterprise director of global trade David McPhee said: \u201cSuccess stories such Expo 2025 really highlight the value of our Team Scotland approach. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cBy bringing innovative and ambitious Scottish companies to global markets we can showcase our enviable capabilities in growing industries, delivering tangible benefits for Scotland\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cDespite recent challenges, international demand for Scottish goods, products and services remains strong and we\u2019re committed to helping Scottish businesses build the networks they need to continue growing internationally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.5.3) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script>#Japan #Expo #delivers #23m #bounty #Scots #firms #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Lochhead at games comp&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[11073,11074,266,265,2640,11072,290,4732,11070,11071,616],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17104"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}