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Why the UK’s Northern Powerhouse is a top trading destination for US firms Known as a hub of industry and innovation, the Northern Powerhouse region of the UK offers plentiful opportunities for US businesses looking to invest or trade. Five of the UK’s 10 largest cities – Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield –…
Preparing Your Business for Expansion to the US This article was kindly provided to BAB by Dominique Thew, Communications Manager, Precision Global Consulting. You can find out more about them here. The business world is continually developing and emerging throughout the world, and it’s more important than ever for companies with ambitions for international…
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…
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…
Gibraltar’s Bid to Become a Global FinTech Powerhouse This article was kindly provided to BAB by James Lasry, President, AmCham Gibraltar. You can find out more about them here. With a population of around 33,573 on an area of just 6.7 km², Gibraltar may be small, but that hasn’t stopped it make big headlines…
Edward Sloan Founding Partner London, Rooney Nimmo GDPR is coming. Don’t get caught out. Will the European Union’s new data regulation affect you? If you do business in the European Union (“EU”) or offer products or services to EU citizens, the answer is very likely yes. While a discussion on Brexit is beyond the scope…
BJSS, a member of BritishAmerican Business, is awarded the Queen’s Prize for Enterprise. Please click here to read the full story in City A.M.
Steve Harper Executive Director, International Business, Invest Northern Ireland Tech culture propels FDI growth in Northern Ireland The harnessing of industry, academia and government in building solution-focused ecosystems, allows Northern Ireland to offer inward investors a unique proposition especially in technology sectors. When BT announced the opening of the new £28.6 million BT Ireland Innovation…
The following is a speech delivered by the Hon Liam Fox, UK Secretary of State for Trade, before the Commonwealth Business Forum on the UK’s ambition to become the foremost global champion of free trade. Hello and let me add my welcome to London, and to the Commonwealth Business Forum. It is great to see so…