Hong Kong Week: Morrisons sets up shop

SUPERMARKET chain Morrisons is one of the latest UK firms to set up a base in Hong Kong.

The Bradford-based group, the UK's fourth largest supermarket chain, only opened its Hong Kong office on June 22 to source products from China and the wider Asian market.

It will sell these in its more than 450 stores in the UK and has already shipped the first goods back to Britain for sale this season.

Bob Guard, executive director of Morrisons in Hong Kong, said: "It was a logical choice for what we do with non-food in the ... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...