Welcome to the Europe culture section of the website. Here you will find short cultural briefing sheets covering a umber of countries, in addition to an interview with our German colleague Martina Shorts. Over the next few months we shall be adding interviews and reports which shall provide anecdotal evidence of experiences companies and their staff have had when dealing with the language and culture of these countries.

The information presented here is designed for East of England businesses to supplement the generic information provided through the UK Trade & Investment posts overseas (see the "Countries" section of the website www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk) by adding a case study dimension to the information available.

This section currently focuses on a broad range of countries. We shall be adding to the portfolio over the coming months more in-depth research using case studies of companies trading in Italy and France.

For Turkey, you will find here interviews with company staff and business support organisations, basic phrases in the language as part of the "Talk the Talk" series of materials, and short cultural briefing sheets. The "Talk the Talk" series comes with PDF handouts and accompanying audio materials, and the full range of resources can be found on the website www.rlnpodcast.com.

NB: Each link will take you through to a page offering the downloads available for that particular country.