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SUMMARY:Brit Events Northwest - Tax\, Immigration\, and UK Pensions for Expats
DESCRIPTION:Do you have questions about US Immigration / UK Private Pensions / IRS taxation of international income and assets? \nIf the answer is “Yes”\, then Britevents Northwest has organized a Panel of experts in these fields to answer your questions at a FREE Zoom event on Wednesday January 12th at 7 PM. \nOUR EXPERT PANEL IS: \nMOSES MAN : President and owner of M Squared Tax PLLC\, Moses has over 12 years of experience guiding businesses and individuals through complex international tax laws. \nEMMA COCKERTON : CEO of Florin Pensions LLC\, a US based investment advisory firm specializing in advising expatriates on UK pension transfers. \nTAHMINA WATSON : Nationally acclaimed immigration attorney and founder of Watson Immigration Law\, specializing in business\, employment\, and investment visas.
URL:https://babn.org/event/brit-events-northwest-tax-immigration-and-uk-pensions-for-expats/
CATEGORIES:BABN Event,Pacific Northwest
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SUMMARY:The Biden Administration's First Year: Multilateral Tax Agreements\, Landmark Legislation\, Climate and COVID Challenges 
DESCRIPTION:After the first year of the Biden Administration\, BAB brings together a panel of commentators and experts to review the policies of the past 12 months and their impact on US tax and the economy. \n\nThe past year has seen landmark legislation including: Biden’s $2.1 Trillion in net tax increases to upgrade and overhaul the US infrastructure\, a stronger focus on climate action by bringing together private and public sector leaders to focus on clean energy with a target to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions by 2030\, and a continued commitment to the Build Back Better plan. At the same time the Coronavirus pandemic still continues to dominate political coverage and affect economic recovery and\n\nEach January\, it is a good time to review the past year to take a deeper look at the year to come and what it might hold for the British-American business community\, including:\n\nthe multilateral corporate tax deal and impact on UK and US Business\nthe economic impact of the Biden’s infrastructure bill office and the ongoing implications of the global pandemic\nthe political strategy and dynamics of the administration\, particularly around the mid-term elections\n\nThanks to EY for their support and partnership to bring us this annual tax\, political and business outlook.
URL:https://babn.org/event/the-biden-administrations-first-year-multilateral-tax-agreements-landmark-legislation-climate-and-covid-challenges/
CATEGORIES:BABN Event,British American Business
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220128T050000
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SUMMARY:Start-Up Business Surgery - Ten Top Tips for New Businesses
DESCRIPTION:January 28\, 2022\n10:00 11:15 am GMT\n\nStarting up a business is not without challenges; feeling on your own\, uncertain of what to do first\, getting to grips with all elements of a business\, without a plan and a support network\, it can quickly feel overwhelming. But\, when you get it right\, it is incredibly rewarding.\nIn 2022 the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce is launching its first Start Up Programme\, consisting of 6 Start Up Surgeries and 4 Start Up exclusive networking sessions.\n\nIn 2022 the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce is launching its first Start Up Programme\, consisting of 6 Start Up Surgeries and 4 Start Up exclusive networking sessions.\n\nOur Start Up Surgeries are aimed at supporting start up businesses with a variety of critical start up elements ranging from marketing your business\, to dealing with staffing and HR issues through to scaling up. The surgeries will be hosted by a variety of expert speakers sharing not only their expertise but their journeys in business. The sessions will be workshop style\, with plenty of opportunity for questions\, and the aim is to leave each session with a few key take aways for you to implement in your business. \nSpeaker: \nIan Preston \nIan is a leading Business Coach & Trainer and Keynote Speaker who heads up his own consultancy business\, helping people and businesses work more effectively. \nHe has spent the last 30+ years in Sales & Marketing and has taken a particular interest in the art\, science and psychology of selling\, which he has shared by leading\, training & coaching many teams and individuals over the years.\nHe helps individuals and businesses be more successful by: \n\nArticulating their vision and strategy to achieve it\nAttracting and engaging with better quality prospects and key people in your market\nIncreasing your visibility and credibility\nMaking even more sales\nWorking more effectively and efficiently\n\nAs a business leader of many years’ standing he is therefore well placed to share his considerable experience of working with many individuals and organisations large and small to address their personal & business challenges and improve their performance. \nSynopsis of the presentation: \n10 Top Tips for New Businesses\n• Why are you going/did you go into business in the first place?\n• Have you a vision and a strategy to get where you want to be?\n• Do you have ALL the skills you need? If not\, what are you doing about it?\n• Do you have a support network? Are you fishing in the right pond?\n• Can you sell!!! \nAll our start up members will still have access to the wider GBCC calendar of events\, but these events are exclusively for you\, to connect you with other start up businesses \, to support you on your start up journey\, and to help you grow your business. \nIf you don’t receive the zoom link the day prior to the event\, then please get in touch with the Event Manager by emailing events@birmingham-chamber.com. If you book on the day of the event\, you will also receive the joining instructions before the event goes live. \n  \nAddress:\nOnline\nWebinar\nZoom
URL:https://babn.org/event/start-up-business-surgery-ten-top-tips-for-new-businesses/
CATEGORIES:BABN Event,Birmingham
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SUMMARY:How to Market Your Products Internationally Through Amazon 
DESCRIPTION:  \nAre you interested in exporting your products? Do you want to expand your market reach? Join World Trade Center Delaware on January 25th to learn how you can take advantage of Amazon’s international marketing capabilities to grow your business. All types of products\, both consumer and industrial\, are sold through Amazon. Jimmy Avendano\, the Operations Manager of Amazon Fulfillment will present a 60 minute webinar on how you can market through Amazon. \nThis virtual event is being presented by the World Trade Center of Delaware a British American Business Council of Greater Philadelphia regional partner. \n\n\nAre you interested in exporting your products? Do you want to expand your market reach? Join World Trade Center Delaware on January 25th to learn how you can take advantage of Amazon’s international marketing capabilities to grow your business. All types of products\, both consumer and industrial\, are sold through Amazon. Jimmy Avendano\, the Operations Manager of Amazon Fulfillment will present a 60 minute webinar on how you can market through Amazon.\nThis virtual event is being presented by the World Trade Center of Delaware\, a British American Business Council of Greater Philadelphia regional partner.
URL:https://babn.org/event/how-to-market-your-products-internationally-through-amazon/
CATEGORIES:BABN Event,Philadelpia
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SUMMARY:BAB Academy: What is Corporate Purpose? 
DESCRIPTION:The BritishAmerican Business (BAB)  Academy is a new series of workshops covering different business skills for high potential individuals aspiring to be general mangers and who are rising stars in their organisations. \nThe Academy offers a unique snapshot of key business functions and provides skills to help young professionals grow into general management roles. \nWho is the Academy for? \nLimited to 30 places\, the BAB Academy is designed for young professionals with about 5 years of professional experience who work for BAB member companies – transatlantic firms and organizations of all sizes\, based on both sides of the Atlantic. \nThe programme provides a great chance to to gain experience and insight in areas outside your core function from a variety of industry leaders\, and to make new professional relationships and contacts on both sides of the Atlantic. \nWe invite BAB members to nominate young professionals within their company to participate in the programme. \nEmail Emma Sherborne to put a colleague forward: esherborne@babinc.org. \nWhat to expect? \nThe series will consist of 10 wide-ranging interactive virtual workshop sessions\, running from October 2021 to July 2022\, including interactive workshops presented by leading business experts and advisors from a selection of carefully chosen BAB companies. \n  \nLed by Brandpie \nDATE: Monday\, January 24th \nTIME: 11:00am – 12:30pm EST | 4:00pm – 5.30pm GMT \nCorporate purpose is an increasingly talked-about business concept. A recent survey* showed that 87% of CEO’s agree that purpose delivers competitive advantage\, driving initiatives across their business. In this interactive session we’ll explore what purpose is (and importantly\, what it isn’t). We’ll share the criteria for a good purpose statement and work through the steps to defining one. The session will be facilitated by Brandpie – a consultancy who specialise in purpose-driven transformation. Their clients include EY\, TCS\, Capgemini and AstraZeneca. \n *Brandpie 2021 CEO survey \n 
URL:https://babn.org/event/bab-academy-what-is-corporate-purpose/
CATEGORIES:British American Business
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SUMMARY:CEO-Leadership Speaker Series with Badar Khan\, President\, National Grid U.S.
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss our first 2022 CEO-Leadership Speaker Series event! \nThe British-American Business Association’s Program Committee with the \nsupport of the Energy & Environment Committee \ninvites you to a \nCEO Speaker “fireside chat” with Badar Khan\, President\, National Grid U.S. \n“After COP26\, Infrastructure & Energy in a Changing Environment” \n \nDATE:  Thursday\, January 13\, 2022 \nTIME:  2:00 – 3:00 pm EST \nLOCATION:  Virtual “Town Hall” Meeting\nThis program is complimentary but all guests must register to attend.\nA Zoom meeting link will be provided within 24 hours of the program. \nIn early November 2021\, COP 26 took place in Glasgow\, Scotland and at the same time the Infrastructure Bill was signed by Congress here in the US. What does this mean for the TransAtlantic environment and associated business opportunities in 2022. Hear some inside perspectives from a key executive of a prominent UK/US energy company. Badar Khan\, President\, National Grid US will answer questions during an exciting fireside chat with Joe Tirone\, Chair of BABA DC’s Energy & Environment Committee. To make this event highly interactive\, it will be held in virtual ‘Town Hall’ type format; and all attendees will be given the opportunity to raise their questions as well. \nBadar Khan is the President of National Grid US. He is focused on driving the company’s vision of exceeding customer expectations and making the energy systems of tomorrow possible. He leads National Grid’s core\, regulated business operations\, serving 20 million people across Massachusetts\, New York and Rhode Island\, New York and Rhode Island. \nBadar has a passion for learning and creating empowered organizations\, inspiring leaders and employees to be the best versions of themselves\, unlocking their fullest potential and enabling significant commercial success. \nBadar has extensive experience spanning retail power\, gas and energy-related services\, renewable energy\, wholesale energy trading\, power generation and oil & gas exploration and production. Badar is a forward-thinking leader with a track record of leveraging technology to transform the way homes and businesses engage with and use energy. \nPreviously\, Badar served as President of National Grid Ventures\, where he was responsible for a growing global portfolio of energy projects\, technologies\, and partnerships that will help accelerate the development of a clean energy future. These included a portfolio of subsea electric interconnectors connecting the UK to low-cost renewable energy in Europe\, an onshore wind & solar renewable energy developer in the US Midwest\, competitive electricity transmission infrastructure connecting onshore and offshore renewables in the US Northeast\, and partnerships with distributed energy companies in the US. \nPrior to that\, Badar worked at Centrica plc for 14 years in the UK and USA\, including four years as CEO of Direct Energy\, the North American subsidiary.
URL:https://babn.org/event/ceo-leadership-speaker-series-with-badar-khan-president-national-grid-u-s/
CATEGORIES:Washington DC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220111T100000
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SUMMARY:The Good Business Forum
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with\n\n\n\n\n  \nEvent Description:\n  \nProfit with purpose\, Environmental & Social Governance (ESG)\, Social Value\, CSR. From climate change to attracting and retaining a new more socially minded generation of employees – recent events have brought exploring and articulating businesses’ wider role in society up many board and exec agendas. \nThis quarterly forum for GBCC members explores how businesses are tackling this subject and why: the tangible business benefits to doing so. Each event sees a panel of; a business case study\, a professional advisor and a representative from the public or third sector sharing their insights and perspectives before a series of roundtable discussions. \nAttend For:  \n\nInsight into approaches to ESG\, CSR and Social value\nOpportunities to learn from and share with your peers\nBroaden your network of likeminded businesses\nPractical tips that you can apply in your organisation\n\nAimed At:  \n\nBoard members\, leaders and managers looking to learn about and/or share their insights on this agenda\nIndividuals interested in informing their organisation’s approach to this agenda\n\nThis event is in partnership with Chamber Patron RSM. \nGuest Speaker: Deb Leary OBE \nDeb is multi-award winning CEO and Founder of Forensic Pathways Ltd an international consultancy and technology design company\, developing innovative technologies in the criminal and business intelligence field.  She is a Member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Women & Enterprise\, Director of the United Nations Global Compact UK Network and President of the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce. She will be sharing her perspective on what “Good Business” looks like for her and her company. \nGuest Speaker: Paul Callum \nPaul is Associate Director at RSM UK Risk Assurance services. He works with SME’s\, Corporations and the Public Sector\, supporting clients to manage governance\, risk and compliance associated with social risks such as Business Human Rights/Modern Slavery\, Sexual Harassment Anti-Bribery and Corruption\, Safeguarding. He will be sharing his perspective as an advisor on key trends\, tips and areas to be aware of related to “Good Business”. \nGuest Speaker: Ravinder Masih \nRavi is Head of Community Engagement & Gov’t Relations at Edgbaston and leads the Club’s official charity the Edgbaston Foundation. Community engagement is integral to business at Edgbaston with the Edgbaston Foundation leveraging the power of cricket to help address relevant issues in our region. Ravi will discuss how he leads on this work and share insight on the role that all sectors can play as a force for good. \nChair: Henrietta Brealey \nHenrietta is CEO of the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce\, she was appointed to the role in April 2021 after 5 years as the GBCC’s Director of Policy & Strategic Relationships .In 2019 she was named as one of Birmingham Live’s Brum 30 Under 30. In 2021 she was awarded an honorary fellowship by University College Birmingham for services to Birmingham. \nAgenda:  \n3:00pm-3:30pm Arrivals and Networking \n3:30pm-4:00pm Welcome & Presentations \n4:00pm-4:50pm Roundtable Discussions* \n4:50pm-5:00pm Reflections & Close \n*Guest speakers will rotate between roundtable based discussions every 15 minutes. \nWe are intending to hold this event in person\, however should COVID-19 guidelines change we would adapt this to an online event. As this is a member only forum we have not published the exact location of the event but will include it in your booking confirmation details which will be issued c.1 week ahead of the event. \n  \nAddress:\nThe Exchange\nCentenary Square\nBirmingham\nB1 2DR
URL:https://babn.org/event/the-good-business-forum/
CATEGORIES:Birmingham
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210918T140000
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SUMMARY:BABC Network Event: Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland's 2nd Annual Polo Classic!
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by: BABA WASHINGTON\, DC\n\nHabitat for Humanity Metro Maryland’s 2nd Annual Polo Classic! \n\nSaturday\, September 18\, 2021\n2:00 – 5:30 PM EST – Gates open at 1:00pm. First match will begin at 2:00pm.\n\nSupported by BABA Sponsoring Member\, MBDA\, Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland is excited to host its 2nd Annual Polo Classic. This “Derby” feel outdoor event will be held at the beautiful Congressional Polo Club in Poolesville\, MD. Guests will enjoy an afternoon outdoors with exclusive engagement opportunities and activities!
URL:https://babn.org/event/babc-network-event-habitat-for-humanity-metro-marylands-2nd-annual-polo-classic/
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SUMMARY:BABC Network Event: Summer Senses Series 2021 - With 4-time Grand Slam singles champion Jim Courier
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by: BABA WASHINGTON D.C.\n\nSummer Senses Series 2021 – With 4-time Grand Slam singles champion Jim Courier \nAugust 18\, 2021\n3:00 PM\nFormer world #1 and 4-time Grand Slam singles champion Jim Courier gives us a preview of the US Open and wraps up the summer tennis scene.
URL:https://babn.org/event/babc-network-event-summer-senses-series-2021-with-4-time-grand-slam-singles-champion-jim-courier/
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SUMMARY:BABC Network Event: Summer Senses Series 2021 - With Dr. Ruth Bennett
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by BABA WASHINGTON D.C.\nSummer Senses Series 2021 – With Dr. Ruth Bennett\nAugust 11\, 2021\n3:00 PM\n\nBrew\, smell and taste a more biodiverse\, sustainable world each morning with Bird Friendly® Coffee. Hear from Dr. Ruth Bennett\, Research Ecologist\, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center and learn how smell is the first sense explored in a coffee tasting.
URL:https://babn.org/event/babc-network-event-summer-senses-series-2021-with-dr-ruth-bennett/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210804T150000
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SUMMARY:BABC Network Event: Summer Senses Series 2021 - With Tony award nominee Lauren Patten
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by BABA WASHINGTON D.C.\n\nSummer Senses Series 2021 – With Tony award nominee Lauren Patten  \nAugust 4\, 2021\n3:00 PM\n\nWith Broadway back this fall\, sing along to the sounds of Broadway with many of the brightest stars performing live for you\, including Grammy and Tony award nominee Lauren Patten as well as actors from Phantom of the Opera\, Hamilton and more.
URL:https://babn.org/event/babc-network-event-summer-senses-series-2021-with-tony-award-nominee-lauren-patten/
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