The Indian army is one of about 70 foreign government customers for the London company TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/GETTY IMAGESIt’s music to the ears of the trade department: a small British company has won a lucrative contract to supply the entire Indian army with military band instruments. The British Band Instrument Company said the deal would be worth £3.4 million as it supplies about 15,000 instruments to 47 regiments. The business, which is based in London and has only six members of staff, says the contract is “by far and away the most complex” it has delivered, and it is also one of the biggest. Baroness Fairhead, the trade minister, praised the business, calling it a “great example of the success that exporting can bring to UK companies”. “When a government wants a low-cost way of distilling pride and national identity, we can supply…

Source: The Times December 03, 2018 00:00 UTC