Macedonia has a Very Good Advantage and should Not Sleep Right Now (An Exclusive Interview for MIC with Pay Power, President of British Business Group) (Interview‪)‬

Q What are the main goals of British Business Group, and how do you assess the economic cooperation between Macedonia and Great Britain? A British Business Group exists to facilitate trade links between Great Britain and Macedonia and act as a voice for good business practices and introduction of specific standards in industry. The main goal is to facilitate trade on both sides and raise confidence between businessmen. We give British businessmen market economic data, knowledgeable and experienced information on how to set a business up. Simply we are here to help people who want to invest in Macedonia. A bit of guides. Macedonia is a small market and is not much significant for the British export, as China, for example, is. The British economy is always in the top three in high tech manufacturing aerospace engineering. Macedonia has got a lot of clever people, and the British need clever people, because our economy is based on intellectual property. So, Macedonia is a very exciting place for us to come and set up partnerships. We are highlighting this area, and we are focusing on innovation. At the end of February, British Business Group launched "Investment for Innovation", a software platform that will help SME's, start-ups and entrepreneurs to analyze an idea and its capacity to succeed in a market place and also prepare them in a suitable format for industry partners and venture capital groups. "Investment for Innovation" is being provided in association with Green Planet Management, an Australian group which has used the software and investment process for over ten years. It provides a detailed set of questions designed to test the validity and robustness of even the most advanced business plan that is hinged upon intellectual property.