| If you’re using this Handbook,
you must be interested in transatlantic business. So
I do hope you already know about the British-American
Business Council (BABC), as it can help just about anyone
build their business between North America and the UK
and Continental Europe.
If, by some misadventure, you don’t know us already,
do get to know us soon and take advantage of the business
opportunities that we offer exclusively to our 3,500-plus
members – like Michael Batt, Founder of USAlliance
Consulting, who says: “Membership provides tremendous
value for small companies.
| “The Exchange Visitor Program
was amazingly quick and hassle free. It accomplished
our human resource objectives quickly and efficiently”
Mark Knight, President, British Airports Authority
(BAA) Pittsburgh |
Since joining last autumn, I have secured a major consulting
assignment and three collaborative agreements by taking
advantage of the BABC’s powerful online database
and networking with members throughout the US and UK.”
BABC was created in the mid-1990s to help companies
in the US and UK build their business, by providing
them with a transatlantic business network and services.
We are now by far the largest transatlantic business
network, with 31 chapters and more than 3,500 member
companies based in all of the major business regions
throughout North America and the UK. So if, for example,
you are a US company looking to establish or expand
your business in London, in the Midlands, in the North
of England, in Wales or in Scotland – we have
a regional chapter right on the spot, ready and willing
to help you. Equally, if you are a UK company looking
to build your business in almost any region of North
America, we have a similarly well-positioned chapter,
right there, ready and willing to assist you.
Our chapters all know their regional markets well and
have a range of business services to offer you. They
also have member companies who want to do business with
you. Through our network, you can meet these companies
by visiting with them face-to-face, or through our passwordprotected
Online Membership Directory; we also provide plenty
of opportunities for you to promote your services and
products directly to them. In addition, we offer our
members a broad range of other services that directly
help US and British companies build and manage their
business, ranging from immigration assistance and crosscultural
programmes to access to extensive D&B databases.
Our role is very simple: we help companies make connections
and do business. So, if you are interested in making
connections and building your business in any of the
31 regions listed after this article, please visit us
at www.babc.org and contact our chapters in the regions
where you are based and where you are looking to expand
your business (see the map on page 190-191 for details
of your nearest chapter in the US). I know that they
will all be happy to help you.
I’ll leave the last word to another of our members,
who is the current President of the BABC – David
Birch, Partner, Wragge & Co:
“We have acquired an ever-growing string of excellent
clients as a result of our participation in the BABC,
and our interaction with the BABC’s many regional
chapters. These include multinationals on both sides
of the Atlantic, as well as smaller and medium-sized
businesses, to whom we have secured introductions –
and subsequently cultivated – through the BABC
and its chapters,”
For more information, contact:
British-American Business Council
(Secretariat)
52 Vanderbilt Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10017
In the US:
Tel: +1 212 661 5660
Fax: +1 212 661 1886
In the UK:
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7467 7400
E-mail: info@babc.org
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BABC business
links
Atlanta
The British-American Business
Group – Atlanta
Suite 600
1350 Spring Street
Atlanta, GA 30309
Tel: +1 404 681 2224
Fax: +1 404 249 9465
British Consulate General
Suite 2700
Marquis One Tower
245 Peachtree Center Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30303
Tel: +1 404 524 5856
UK Trade & Investment
– USA
British Consulate General
Suite 3400
Georgia Pacific Center
133 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Tel: +1 404 954 7700
Boston
British-American Business Council
of New England
Suite 523, Lewis Wharf
Atlantic Avenue,
Boston, MA 02110
Tel: +1 617 720 3622
Fax: +1 617 720 4331
British Consulate General
Federal Reserve Plaza
25th Floor, 600 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, MA 02210
Tel: +1 617 535 0107
UK Trade & Investment
– USA
British Consulate General
Suite 1500
One Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02142
Tel: +1 617 245 4500
Charlotte
British American Business Council
of North Carolina, Inc
PO Box 49055
Charlotte, NC 28277
Tel: +1 704 543 5460
Fax: +1 704 543 9330
Chicago
British-American Chamber of
Commerce for the Midwest, Inc
Suite 411
400 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Tel: +1 312 828 9861
Fax: +1 312 828 9867
UK Trade & Investment – USA
British Consulate General
The Wrigley Building
Suite 1300, 400 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Tel: +1 312 970 3800
Cleveland
British-American Chamber of
Commerce - Great Lakes Region
Suite 470, 1120 Chester Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
Tel: +1 216 289 4061
Fax: +1 216 696 2582
Dallas
British-American Business Council
of North Texas
PO Box 742551,
Dallas, TX 75374-2551
Tel: +1 972 414 6650
Fax: +1 972 414 6675
UK Trade & Investment
– USA
British Consulate General
Suite 940
2911 Turtle Creek Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75219
Tel: +1 214 521 4090
Denver
British-American Business Council
of the Rocky Mountain Region
283 Columbine Street
PO Box 181
Denver, CO 80206
Tel: +1 303 893 1577
Fax: +1 303 759 2938
UK Trade & Investment
– USA
British Consulate General
World Trade Centre
Suite 1030, 1675 Broadway
Denver, CO 80202
Tel: +1 303 592 5212
Fax: +1 303 592 5209
Houston
British-American Business Council
– Southwest
1107 Mariner Cove
Sugar Land
TX 77478
Tel: +1 281 240 919
Fax: +1 281 240 8854
British Consulate General
Suite 1900
1000 Louisiana
Houston, TX 77002
Tel: +1 713 655 0536
UK Trade & Investment
– USA
British Consulate General
Wells Fargo Place
Suite 1900
19th Floor
1000 Louisiana
Houston, TX 77002
Tel: +1 713 659 6270
British Consulate General
Trade Section (Oil and Gas)
Suite 900
11490 Westheimer
Houston, TX 77077
Tel: +1 713 425 6300
Los Angeles
British-American Business Council
of Los Angeles
Suite 1260
11766 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles
CA 90025-6557
Tel: +1 310 312 1962
Fax: +1 310 312 1914
British Consulate General
Suite 400
11766 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles
CA 90025-6538
Tel:`+1 310 481 0031
UK Trade & Investment
– USA
British Consulate General
Landmark II Suite 1200
11766 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles
CA 90025-6538
Tel:+1 310 481 0031
Miami
British-American Chamber of
Commerce of Miami
PO Box 560036
Miami, FL 33256-0036 Tel:
+1 305 377 0992
Fax: +1 305 448 7605 UK
Trade & Investment – USA
British Consulate
Brickell Bay Office Tower
Suite 2800
1001 Brickell Bay Drive
Miami, FL 33131 Tel: +1
205 374 1522 Minneapolis/St
Paul
British-American Business Council
Minnesota, Inc
1684 Highland Parkway
Minneapolis-St. Paul MN 55116 Tel:
+1 612 205 0505 New
York City
BritishAmerican Business Inc
New York
52 Vanderbilt Avenue
20th Floor
New York, NY 10017 Tel:
+1 212 661 4060
Fax: +1 212 661 4074
UK Trade & Investment – USA
British Consulate
845 Third Avenue
9th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Tel: +1 212 745 0300 Orange
County
British-American Business Council
of Orange County
Suite 440, 27068 La Paz Road
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656-3041 Tel:
+1 949 916 2259
Fax: +1 949 215 3977 Orlando
British-American Chamber of
Commerce of Central Florida
PO Box 691795
Orlando, FL 32869-1795 Tel:
+1 407 428 6226
Fax: +1 407 428 6294 Philadelphia
British-American Business Council
of Philadelphia
Suite 700, 200 South Broad Street
Philadelphia PA 19102-3896 Tel:
+1 215 790 3686
Fax: +1 215 790 3600 Phoenix
British-American Business Council
of Arizona
Suite 305, 2198 East Camelback Road
Phoenix
AZ 85016 Tel:+1 602 957
9752
Fax: +1 602 954 8089
UK Trade & Investment – USA
British Trade and Investment Office
Suite 500, 2375 East Camelback Road
Phoenix
AZ 85016 Tel: +1 602 387
5092 Pittsburgh
British-American Business Council
– Pittsburgh Region
425 Sixth Avenue
6th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Tel:
+1 412 392 4555
Fax: +1 412 392 1040 San
Diego
British-American Chamber of
Commerce of San Diego
Suite 2-G, 2707 Congress Street
San Diego, CA 92110-2658 Tel:
+1 619 525 3270
Fax: +1 619 525 3395 San
Francisco
British-American Chamber of
Commerce Northern California
Suite 303, 41 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel:
+1 415 296 8645
Fax: +1 415 296 9649 UK
Trade & Investment – USA
British Consulate General
Suite 850, 1 Sansome Street
San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel:
+1 415 617 1300 San
Juan
Puerto Rico/United Kingdom Chamber
of Commerce
Suite 1100
1509 Lopez Landron
San Juan, PR 00911 Tel:
+1 787 721 0160
Fax: +1 787 721 7333 UK
Trade & Investment – USA
British Consulate General
Torre Chardon
Suite 1236
350 Chardon Avenue
San Juan, PR 00918 Tel:
+1 787 758 9828 Seattle
British-American Chamber of
Commerce of the Pacific Northwest
PO Box 1080
Mercer Island WA 98040 Tel:
+1 206 236 2116
Fax: +1 206 236 2117 UK
Trade & Investment – USA
British Consulate
Suite 3001
900 Fourth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98164 Tel: +1
206 622 9255 Tampa
British-American Chamber of
Commerce of Tampa Bay
PO Box 3447
Tampa, FL 33601 Tel: +1
813 259 9590
Fax: +1 813 258 5902 Washington
DC
British-American Business Association
of Washington, DC
PO Box 16482
Washington, DC 20041 Tel:
+1 202 293 0010
Fax: +1 202 296 3332 UK
Trade & Investment – USA
Trade Promotion Section
British Embassy
3100 Massachusetts Avenue
Washington, DC 20008-3600 Tel:
+1 202 588 6500 |
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