The British Swedish Chamber of Commerce and Edrington welcomed members of the Chamber to experience ‘the liquid gold from Scotland’, better known as Single Malt Scotch Whisky, during the annual BSCC whisky tasting on 9 March. Edrington highlighted the classic whisky producers from Speyside and welcomed members to experience The Macallan. Beyond an extraordinary whisky selection the evening was filled with great conversations and intriguing stories about The Macallan. The BSCC ...
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On 8 March we celebrated the International Women's Day in partnership with Global Thinkers Forum, Malmö University and Athena40 - A Platform for Visionary Leadership. Connecting speakers from around the world to discuss innovation, change & education for women in the digital age. The panel connecting from Malmö was moderated by Maria Tibblin and included: Rebecka Lettevall, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Global Engagement and Human Rights at Malmö University, Charlotta Löfgren, Professor at Malmö University, Annicken R. Day, Global Culture ...
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On Tuesday 14 February, the BSCC had the pleasure of welcoming members to a financial outlook with Barclays at their office in Stockholm. The briefing was given by Mr. Christian Keller, Managing Director and Head of Economics Research at Barclays. Mr. Keller’s run-down of the financial situation could be summarised by a positive start to 2023 and a risk of over-optimistic markets. Today we can see that markets took the rapid ...
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Yesterday we welcomed members to the third seminar in our series on geopolitics and security. The speakers, Christian Hedelin, Chief Strategy Officer at Saab together with Mattias Hedwall, Head of the International Commercial & Trade Group at Baker McKenzie Advokatbyrå provided the highly engaged audience with an update on the current geopolitical landscape. We would like to extend many thanks to Christian and Mattias for comprehensively addressing the implications of current ...
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On Tuesday we were very happy to welcome members to the first BSCC event of the year. No better start than looking at The World Ahead with Tom Standage, Editor of The World Ahead Economist publication and Deputy Editor of The Economist. In The World Ahead 2023 correspondents and outside experts consider the interlocking challenges facing the world: the war in Ukraine, high food and fuel prices, the fight against inflation, the transition to renewable energy, and China’s uncertain post-pandemic path. During ...
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Yesterday the BSCC and H.E. Ms Judith Gough welcomed members to the BSCC Annual Christmas Reception and Award Ceremony hosted at the Ambassador's residence. It was lovely to see so many of you yesterday and we would like to extend many thanks to all of our members for your contribution and support throughout the year. During the evening we had the honour of announcing Ludvig Andersson as the winner of the ...
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Last week the BSCC Young Patrons 2022 were invited to attend the Swedish-British Summit 2022 in London. The summit brought together business leaders, entrepreneurs, politicians and academics from Sweden and Britain to discuss leadership in today’s society. It was greatly inspiring to attend and we wish to extend many thanks to the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the UK with Peter Sandberg and team for welcoming us. During our visit to London we also had ...
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Sustainability is a rapidly evolving topic shaped by the urgent need to find innovative solutions to global challenges, as well as increasing regulation requiring increased transparency on companies’ sustainability performance. On 24 November the BSCC welcomed members to a webinar on Sustainability Due Diligence with Cederquist law firm. During the webinar the speakers Elsa Arbrandt and Sara Magnéli, both lawyers and part of the Corporate Sustainability team at Cederquist law firm, ...
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It has been a great privilege to be part of the Bright Green Summit organised in cooperation with Mundus International and AmCham Sweden - American Chamber of Commerce in Sweden. The summit has featured great insight from both private and public sector, not least from our member HSBC and the British Ambassador to Sweden. Thank you to everyone involved for facilitating such nuanced conversations. The summit has underscored the urgency of ...
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On Monday evening we had the honour of welcoming representatives from our Patron companies to our Annual Patrons’ Dinner with guest of honour and speaker Peter Carlsson, CEO & Founder, Northvolt. We would like to extend many thanks to Peter Carlsson for sharing great insights from Northvolt’s journey and shedding some light on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. We would also like to extend a very big thank you to our Patron members. Your ...
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