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Our long-term membership includes the world’s leading multinationals and middle-market companies. We provide them with access to practical, measurable business expansion opportunities, by delivering high-caliber networking and targeted marketing platforms, as well as top-quality business intelligence and regulatory advice and influence.

BritishAmerican Business stands at the heart of the business relationship between the US and the UK and Continental Europe, with a membership of more than 700 member companies in New York and London. Our business networks cover 60 other European and American cities. British and American companies are the world’s largest outward investors, and by far the largest investors in each other’s economies.

Membership benefits

We leverage the strengths of our membership base and strategic position to provide a broad range of targeted services to help our members build and manage their business, including:

• Platforms to promote their brand, services and products to a high-level transatlantic business audience;
• Access to business and government leaders on both sides of the Atlantic, and to potential clients and partners;
• Business intelligence and strategies to inform their planning and decision-making;
• Business facilities to support the growth and management of their business;
• Occasions and events for high-quality business networking and client entertainment;
• A voice with governments on issues that impact business.

Leadership acces

Through a robust events program of more than 120 events annually in New York and London, BritishAmerican Business offers members the opportunity to meet and interact with business, government and opinion-leaders.

Our programs include:

• CEO presentations by business leaders such as Sir Tom McKillop, Chairman, The Royal Bank of Scotland; Jim O’Neill, Head of Global Economic Research, Goldman Sachs; Willie Walsh, CEO of British Airways;
• Ministerial/ Ambassadorial briefings with US/UK/European Union (EU) Cabinet Ministers, Ambassadors and senior officials;
• Business briefings by industry experts and opinion-leaders; such as the editors-in-chief of publications including the Financial Times, Business Week and The Economist;
• Leadership forums and roundtables to discuss specific business challenges and opportunities;
• High-level networking and client entertainment events at venues such as the House of Commons, Ambassadorial Residences, leading hotels and corporate venues, golf clubs and retail stores.

BritishAmerican Business has more than 700 member companies in New York and London

We also provide our members with access to information and influence on US/UK/EU policy issues that impact their business through our briefings on policy development and our representations to government leaders on behalf of members. Further highlights, in addition to our business program, include:

Transatlantic Business Awards

Each year, at a gala dinner in New York, BritishAmerican Business honors the chief executives of two major multinationals and a leading entrepreneur for their contribution to transatlantic business. Since its launch in 1995, this dinner has become the premier event in the transatlantic business calendar.

Channing Corporate Citizenship Awards Dinner

This prestigious award is presented annually in London and recognizes business leaders that not only have an outstanding track record in corporate citizenship, but also lead international efforts to engage with the challenges of corporate responsibility and governance.

Annual Christmas Luncheons

On both sides of the Atlantic, BritishAmerican Business’s Christmas Luncheons have been one of our largest and most popular events for more than 40 years. Held in December, the luncheons attract more than 1,000 executives.

Business Support

BritishAmerican Business offers a full portfolio of programs to advance the business goals of all our members. We do this by helping them:

• Raise their business profile with the business communities on both sides of the Atlantic, through our events and publications;

• Market their services and products to our members through our website, publications, direct mail and “member-tomember” programs;

• Develop business through targeted networking at our events, personalized introductions, and our Bureau van Dijk and membership databases;

• Manage their transatlantic operations by using our visa and cross-cultural services to relocate their employees, and our Member Space to conduct business in midtown Manhattan and Mayfair in London.

Our Networks

BritishAmerican Business enjoys strong support from our International Advisory Board, which consists of leaders representing more than 70 major multinational companies, as well as the UK and US governments. We also offer several levels of members, designed to meet the needs and interests of different types and sizes of company.

Our extended networks provide all our members with access to more than 60 major business centers throughout North America and Europe through our active participation in:

• The British-American Business Council (BABC), with chapters in more than 20 business regions throughout North America and the UK, enabling members of BritishAmerican Business to participate in the programs and access to the membership databases of all these chapters.
• The US Chamber of Commerce and its European Council of American Chambers of Commerce (ECACC), with a presence in 32 cities throughout Europe.

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