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BritishAmerican Business Responds to Brexit Parliament Vote 12 March 2019 In response to the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community failing to receive Parliamentary approval, Duncan Edwards, BAB CEO, said: “The failure to pass the Withdrawal Agreement…
Job Opportunity (London) – Events and Programme Manager Submit CV & Covering Letter to: Alice Mount, Director of Events and Marketing, amount@babinc.org Deadline for submissions: Wednesday 27 March Interviews to begin 4 April Please find a full job description here: Events and Programme Manager The transatlantic economic relationship between the UK and the US is…
March Update A Message From Duncan Edwards, CEO On March 1st, the United States Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, published the negotiating objectives for a future US-UK free trade agreement (FTA) which triggered a mini avalanche of comment in the British newspapers (much less in the USA). Unsurprisingly, the part of the document (which you…
International Women’s Day A Message From Tamra Eker, Executive Director, BAB Tamra Eker with panelists from last month’s “The Stir” event in NYC (From left to right: Tamra Eker, Executive Director, BritishAmerican Business, Vivian Hunt DBE, Managing Partner, UK and Ireland, London, McKinsey & Company, Natalie Runyon, Director, Talent, Culture & Inclusion Strategist, Enterprise Brand Marketing,…
BritishAmerican Business (BAB) Welcomes Bridget Walsh, EY Global Head of Transaction Tax, and Sally King, COO, Akin Gump, to Board of Directors Executive Committee 7 March 2019 BritishAmerican Business is proud to announce the appointment of both Bridget Walsh, EY Global Head of Transaction Tax, and Sally King, COO, Akin Gump, to our Executive Committee.…
BritishAmerican Business (BAB) Welcomes Bridget Walsh, EY Global Head of Transaction Tax, to Board of Directors Executive Committee Role Contact: Dominic Parker, Communications Manager dparker@babinc.org | 020 7290 9882 For a PDF copy of this press release, please click here 6 March 2019 London/New York – BritishAmerican Business today announced the appointment of Bridget Walsh,…
Emanuel Adam, Director of Policy & Trade Comments on Possible Article 50 Delay In response to Prime Minister Theresa May’s announcement that the UK may seek to extend the deadline of Brexit should no agreement be reached on 12 March 2019 and leaving the EU without a deal be rejected, Emanuel Adam, Director of Policy…
Emanuel Adam, Director of Policy & Trade Comments on Signing of UK-USA Mutual Recognition Agreements “The two mutual recognition agreements (MRAs) signed by the UK and US Governments yesterday, covering telecom equipment, electro-magnetic compatibility (EMC) for information and communications technology products, pharmaceutical good manufacturing practice (GMP) inspections, and marine equipment, are very welcome. The transatlantic…
February Update A Message From Duncan Edwards, CEO The tendency for short term issues to overshadow long term challenges of perhaps greater consequence is understandable. In business, fire fighting and the daily reality of an in-tray, sucks up time which most executives know needs to be spent on longer term thinking, planning and investment. There is…
Wendy Mendenhall, American Business Executive, to Receive Honorary MBE Honouree Recognised for Services to US and UK Transatlantic Relations February 5, 2019 NEW YORK – On behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Antony Phillipson, British Consul General to New York and Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for North America, is pleased to announce that Ms.…