News from BritishAmerican Business
Dan Glaser, President and CEO, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Appointed Chair of the BritishAmerican Business International Advisory Board April 8, 2019 Dan Glaser, President and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies, has been appointed Chair of the International Advisory Board (IAB) of BritishAmerican Business (BAB) it was announced today by BAB CEO, Duncan Edwards. He succeeds…
April Update A Message From Duncan Edwards, CEO How I wish that I could start this April newsletter on any other subject than Brexit…stupidly, I had thought that, nearly three years after the referendum, the UK and the EU would have been able to find a way of executing on the result without inflicting…
Duncan Edwards, CEO, Comments on Third Withdrawal Agreement Failing to Achieve Parliamentary Approval “The transatlantic business community has continued to support the passing of the Withdrawal Agreement negotiated between the UK and the EU. The failure by the UK Parliament to pass the Withdrawal Agreement today in the House is deeply disappointing. While we welcome…
On Wednesday 13th March, 2019, Woodland Media (a division of Woodland Group – one of the largest privately-owned logistics companies with offices in the UK, Asia, Europe and the US) proudly celebrated its 25th Anniversary during the London Book Fair at Kensington’s Olympia Exhibition Halls in London, UK. This significant landmark reflects a remarkable journey…
Trailblazing Businesses to be Celebrated at 2019 Transatlantic Growth (TAG) Awards Contact: Dominic Parker, Communications Manager dparker@babinc.org | 020 7290 9882 For a PDF copy of this press release, please click here 19 March 2019 London – Start-ups forging new international trade ties have joined household names as BritishAmerican Business (BAB) today announced the winners of…
BAB Executive Director Emanuel Adam Delivers Speech to International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences The following speech was delivered at the Palace of Westminster on Thursday 14 March, to attendees at the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Board Meeting welcoming event Ladies and Gentleman, honourable members of the House, it is…
BritishAmerican Business Responds to a ‘No-Deal’ Brexit Scenario Being Taken off of the Table In response to tonight’s votes in the House of Commons, which saw The House reject a ‘No-Deal’ Brexit, Duncan Edwards, BAB CEO, said: “The prospect of leaving the EU without a deal on 29 March has caused significant…
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…