The British Chamber of Commerce in Spain is pleased to inform its members that the 2010 Annual General Meeting will take place on Thursday 29th April 2010 at the Ilustre Colegio de Abogados in Barcelona. 

The Order of the Day will include issues of special interest to members, therefore all members are strongly encouraged to attend.  

A lunch will be held following the meeting.

More details to follow.

To read the Chamber's new Estatutes, please click here.
 

The British Chamber of Commerce in Spain is delighted to announce the Elections for the Governing Council 2010-2012 which will be held at the Annual General Meeting in Barcelona on the 29th April 2010.

The role of the Governing Council is to provide a resource, representative of the majority of Chamber members, that will guide and implement the strategy of the British Chamber of Commerce in Spain over the next two years. In compliance with our statutes, it will be the members of the Governing Council who will themselves elect the future President and Vice-President of the Chamber.

All members are entitled to apply as a candidate for the Governing Council 2010 - 2012. 

To read the AGM 2010 letter from the BCCS President, Karen Stock, regarding the Elections for the Governing Council 2010-2012, please click here.

To read more about the role of the Governing Council 2010-2012, please click here.

To download an application form and apply as a candidate for the Governing Council 2010-2012, please click here.

To read the Chamber's new Estatutes, please click here.
 
Please note all candidate applications must be completed and returned to the National Director, Charlotte Fraser-Prynne by email, fax or post no later than Friday 19th March 2010.

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Fax: +34 93 302 48 96

Post: C/ Bruc 21, 1º - 4ª, 
        08010 Barcelona

If you have trouble printing out the application form to apply as a candidate for the Governing Council 2010 - 2012 and cannot send it back via post/fax/email, please contact Emma Lewis This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for help.





 

Charlotte Fraser-Prynne, the National Director of The British Chamber of Commerce in Spain and Sebastián Cebrián, the CEO of Dircom, have signed an agreement in order to promote the recognition of Communication and the role it plays in organisations.

With this agreement,The British Chamber of Commerce in Spain and Dircom will collaborate to arrange activities which will contribute to the professionalization of the role of communication, in particular training activities that add value to the partners of both companies.

For more information and to read the whole article, please click here.

The British Chamber of Commerce in Spain, in collaboration with KPMG, is pleased to report the success of the European Business and Government Roundtable Conference at the Palace of Westminster, that took place on the 8th February 2010.

To view photos of the event, please click here and here  

Since the event, several articles have been published in the press.

The British Chamber of Commerce in Spain is pleased to report the success of the LSE Conference and Cocktail with guest speaker Sr. Juan María Nin, Director Nacional of La Caixa, who presented "The Future of La Caixa's International Development" that took place on the 19th January 2010.

Since the event, an interesting publication entitled "Nin (La Caixa) carga contra el castigo a las participaciones minoritarias en finanzas e industria" has been made.

To read the publication, please click here.

The British Chamber of Commerce in Spain, has the pleasure of inviting its members to take part in a study, coordinated by Hummanova, concerning Transformational Leadership and Cultural Innovation.

This study is based on a questionnaire, created by an academic committee coordinated by Hummanova. It is formed by experts in the scope of leadership and innovation belonging to consultants such as Konsac Human Capital and Europainnova, as well as insitutions, universites and prestigeous business schools such as Esade, UPC, Instituto de Empresa or Aedipe Centro.

Members will be sent more information on the study and how to participate.

The latest issue of `Links´ magazine is a fantastic way for you to see what COBCOE does. A further benefit of the magazine is that, as a member of a COBCOE Chamber, members have a right to attend any public event of any other COBCOE Chamber at the normal members´ price. To view the COBCOE events calender simply visit the COBCOE homepage

To view the latest issue of the magazine please click here

The British Chamber of Commerce in Spain has released a number of studies considering the economic and investment trends between Spain and the UK.

There are four studies in total:

• Economic Relations Spain - UK, 1998-2008
• Economic Relations Cataluña - UK, 1998-2008
• Economic Relations Madrid - UK, 1998-2008
• Economic Relations Andalucia - UK, 1998-2008

The British Chamber of Commerce in Spain is pleased to announce that it was presented with an award at this year´s COBCOE (Council of British Chambers of Commerce in Europe) Chamber of the Year Awards, celebrating the events which it organised in 2008.

For more information see the COBCOE website: www.cobcoe.eu/news/our-top-chambers