We are honoured to welcome Magdalena Gerger as the new Chair of the BSCC Executive Board. Magdalena was appointed at the Annual General Meeting which took place at the British Ambassador's Residence on 31 May. With Magdalena’s vast experience from working in various industries, within the UK and Sweden, she comes well equipped to carry forward the Chamber's mission of further strengthening the bilateral relations between the two nations. Magdalena ...
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Platinum Jubilee Celebrations The build up to the Platinum Jubilee, which is officially commemorated on the 5th of June, continues to excite the public with widespread celebrations already beginning across the country. Britain’s largest pub chain, Greene King, has chosen to offer pints for £0.06 at 408 sites as this was the average cost of a pint at the time of Her Majesty’s ascension to the throne in 1952. Britain is ...
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Newspapers & COVID The UK’s front page news cycle this week looked closely at the rising cost of living across the UK with Britain’s best-selling newspaper stating running the front page: “Fix Cost of Living Crunch or Lose Election”. There has also ben widespread coverage of Her Majesty’s run-up to the Platinum Jubilee with the opening of a new £19bn London tube network this week (on 24th May) named the ‘Elizabeth ...
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The BSCC is delighted to present our newest Patron member, Setterwalls, a leading business law firm from Sweden. Setterwalls was founded in 1878 making it the oldest law firm in Sweden. Setterwalls is a full-service agency that offers broad expertise in, for example: M&A, banking and finance, compliance and investigations, dispute resolution, environmental law, and FinTech. Besides the wide range of expertise, Setterwalls has knowledge of diverse industries, such as public ...
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Food Prices set to Rise The possibility of more rises in food prices has been deemed as a “major worry” for the UK and other countries according to the Bank of England (BoE). Andrew Bailey, the BoE governor, went as far as to describe future rises as “apocalyptic” as world wheat prices have risen 25% in the last 6 weeks. This comes as a result of Ukraine and Russia being the ...
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We are are always curious about the challenges and possibilities our member companies are facing within their industries. This week we are happy to share updates from Brunswick Group, M&G and Move By Numbers. Brunswick Group On 5 May, in Barcelona, Brunswick Group's Geopolitical Senior Advisor, and former US Ambassador to the EU during 2014-2017, Anthony Gardner, offered insight on the current energy security crisis and the significance of the multiple sanctions successfully imposed ...
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Food Prices set to Rise The possibility of more rises in food prices has been deemed as a “major worry” for the UK and other countries according to the Bank of England (BoE). Andrew Bailey, the BoE governor, went as far as to describe future rises as “apocalyptic” as world wheat prices have risen 25% in the last 6 weeks. This comes as a result of Ukraine and Russia being the ...
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The BSCC is delighted to introduce our new Patron member, Potter Clarkson, a multinational full-service intellectual property law firm specializing in patents, trademarks, designs, litigation, licensing, and consultancy. The company has offices in multiple European countries including the UK, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany. The company is recognised as a top-tier intellectual property operation for its wide-ranging technical and legal expertise, progressive thinking, business knowledge, deep commercial insight, and approachability. Chambers and Partners, one ...
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Council Elections & Polling On Thursday (5th May), many voters across England, Wales and Scotland will be voting in the local elections as the nation now sits around half-way through the traditional 5-year general election cycle. More than 4,350 council seats will be contested across 140 councils- with 32 and 22 councils fully up for election in Scotland and Wales respectively. UK councillors are responsible for a wide range of issues ...
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PM Johnson in India PM Johnson has vowed to deepen trade ties with India after developing talks with India’s PM Narendra Modi. Following the meeting with his Indian counterpart, Britain’s PM committed to getting a post-Brexit trade deal “done” by Diwali which is in late October. India has maintained high trade barriers on UK exports to India with, for instance, foreign cars hitting tariffs of up to 100%. As such, the ...
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