CEO’S Message : April 2018 This past month BritishAmerican Business played host to Liam Fox, UK Secretary of State for International Trade, with our friends at the DIT in New York, who gave a wide ranging and optimistic speech about the UK’s future as an outward facing, independent nation with an open and global approach to trade. The…
CEO’S Message : March 2018 It has been a busy and exciting first six weeks for me as chief executive at BAB; I have attended nearly a dozen events in New York and London and have tried to meet as many of our members as I can. There is a terrific level of energy around the…
British-American Business Council (BABC) Launches Finding Your Way: The Trade and Investment Guide to the US 2018/19 – Produced by BritishAmerican Business (BAB) On 7 June 2018, BABC launched the latest publication in its Trade & Investment Guide series: ‘Finding Your Way: The Trade and Investment Guide to the US 2018/19’. The publication was…
BritishAmerican Business Honours Jim Barber, UPS and Jayne-Anne Gadhia, Virgin Money at 15th Annual Corporate Citizenship Awards Dinner London – On 6 June 2018, BritishAmerican Business (BAB) presented its Corporate Citizenship Awards for 2018 to Jim Barber, Chief Operating Officer, UPS, and Jayne-Anne Gadhia CBE, Chief Executive, Virgin Money, in recognition of their exceptional…
Angus McCallum Founder, Valent Communications It’s official – as the Bureau of Labor Statistics just reported, unemployment is at record lows across the economy. That’s the good news. The bad news – and it’s no news to employers – is that companies are finding it harder than ever before to fill vacant positions and keep the…
BritishAmerican Business Publishes Statement on Heathrow Airport Expansion On 5 June 2018, BritishAmerican Business published a Press Release in response to a Heathrow Airport receiving approval from the UK Government for the construction of a third runway at its airport in West London, England, outlined in the latest Airports National Policy statement tabled by…
BritishAmerican Business Statement Regarding United States (US) Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Imports from the European Union (EU) In response to the United States Government’s announcement on 31 May 2018 that they will be proceeding with raised tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the European Union, BritishAmerican Business CEO Duncan Edwards delivered the following statement:…
BritishAmerican Business Statement on the Importance of Maintaining Cross-Border Data Flows Data is the lifeblood of the twenty first century economy. It fuels innovation in the private and public sector and is essential to every organisation and businesses effectiveness and growth. Ensuring the cross-border flow of data is one of the top priorities of the…
Jason Shuttleworth US Sales Director, Woodland Group The UK Referendum that opened the door to Brexit created a large amount of uncertainty globally. The UK government still have a great deal of work to do with their EU counterparts in order to get the deal they would like and political agendas are arguably not helping…
Tim Rezendes International Expansion & Business Development Manager, USA, Osborne Clarke The growing digital economy, shifting demands of tenants and the convergence of technology within the real estate sector will have significant implications in the coming years for all companies who occupy commercial real estate, technology companies, real estate developers, operators and investors. Some of the…