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BritishAmerican Business Publishes Transatlantic Labour Mobility Paper – Open for Business; Open for People!? A Way Forward for UK-US Labour Mobility 2 March 2020 Contact: Dominic Parker, Communications Manager dparker@babinc.org | 020 7290 9882 | +44 7500 115 352 London/New York – Today, BritishAmerican Business (BAB) published its latest white paper laying out recommendations from the…
BritishAmerican Business (BAB) Statement on Heathrow Airport Expansion Ruling 27 February 2020 Contact: Dominic Parker, Communications Manager dparker@babinc.org | 020 7290 9882 | +44 7500 115 352 London – Commenting on the news that the UK Court of Appeals has ruled against the runway expansion at Heathrow Airport, BritishAmerican Business CEO Duncan Edwards said: “Despite…
BritishAmerican Business (BAB) Statement on the Meeting of U.S.-UK Trade Officials 27 February 2020 Contact: Dominic Parker, Communications Manager dparker@babinc.org | 020 7290 9882 | +44 7500 115 352 London – BritishAmerican Business welcomes today’s meeting between the UK International Trade Secretary, Liz Truss, and U.S. Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer. It is an important step towards…
Fragomen and BritishAmerican Business Publish Brexit Immigration Guide for International Companies Doing Business in the UK 26 February 2020 Contact: Dominic Parker, Communications Manager dparker@babinc.org | 020 7290 9882 | +44 7500 115 352 BritishAmerican Business (BAB) and Fragomen have published an immigration-focused guide for international companies doing business in the UK. Moving My…
Notes from the CEO – February 2019 The following article is an extract from BAB’s February Transatlantic Topics. You can read it here: Transatlantic Topics – February 2020 Want to receive Transatlantic Topics to your inbox each month? Sign up to our mailing list Three days in Washington DC last week and the sense of…
BAB CEO Duncan Edwards Talks to Yahoo Finance About Brexit and the Future of UK-EU Trade 30 January 2020 BritishAmerican Business CEO Duncan Edwards joined Yahoo Finance’s ‘On The Move’ Panel today, to talk about the UK’s departure from the European Union. Speaking on the importance of a UK-EU and UK-US free trade agreement, Duncan said:…
BritishAmerican Business (BAB) Statement on the United Kingdom Leaving the European Union 31 January 2020 Today, the United Kingdom will formally leave the European Union and begin a transition period. It is a new era and a momentous time for the UK. It will require effort, creativity, optimism and persistence to make it a success.…
BritishAmerican Business (BAB) Statement on the Use of Equipment from High-Risk Vendors in UK Telecoms Networks London/New York – Commenting on the decision by the UK Government to continue to allow Huawei to build 5G infrastructure in the UK, BAB CEO, Duncan Edwards said: “Today, we took note of the UK Government’s decision to allow…
BritishAmerican Business Welcomes Migration Advisory Committee Report on ‘A Points-Based System and Salary Thresholds for Immigration’ London/New York – Responding to newly-published findings and recommendations from the Migration Advisory Committee on the ‘points-based system’ of immigration proposed by the UK Government, BAB CEO Duncan Edwards said: “We welcome today’s publication of the Migration Advisory Committee’s…
BritishAmerican Business Comments on Elimination of £30,000 Income Threshold for EU Migrants “We welcome the news that the UK Government is considering eliminating the £30,000 income threshold for migrants from the European Union post-Brexit that were originally proposed in 2018. “This adjustment is something we have repeatedly called for to keep the UK open for…