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Business Daily: British Business Courting Calcutta

25/07/2014

British Business Courting Calcutta

BBC World Service - Business Daily, British Business Courting Calcutta

How much can historic ties help you in the modern cut-throat world of global trade?

How much can historic ties help you in the modern cut-throat world of global trade? British companies are desperately hoping to get a slice of Calcutta's business action.

Calcutta was once the capital of India under British rule but now British companies and others are desperately hoping to get a slice of the city's business action. India's economy is growing rapidly, and the country has a new Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, seen by some as more business-friendly than his predecessors. Paul Moss presents Business Daily and asks how much historic ties can help you in the modern cut-throat world of global trade? And we hear from one old Calcutta hand who thinks that when it comes to work ethic, his fellow citizens are hopelessly lazy.

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