Vince Cable, the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills, arrives today for a 2-day programme. How to secure growth, trade and reform in Europe is on his agenda.
The UK and Sweden are close European partners: like-minded on many issues, including a shared ambition to deepen and strengthen the Single Market and extend free trade as part of a liberal, outward facing and competitive EU.
The Secretary of State will attend a number of meetings with politicians and industry leaders: Jacob Wallenberg, Jan Björklund, Annie Lööf, Birgitta Ohlsson and Mike Putnam of Skanska, among others.
He will emphasise to top Swedish investors and stakeholders the UK’s pro EU, pro-reform agenda, and highlight the attractiveness of the UK as an investment destination and a dynamic, innovative, and business friendly destination for Swedish and other Nordic companies.
The visit includes lunch with Svenskt Näringsliv and a seminar with the Stockholm chamber of commerce and the Ohlin institute.
The visit will culminate with a site visit to the New Karolinska Hospital (NKS) in Solna, where there will be an official signing of contracts worth almost £30m, won by two British construction companies, Astins and Measom.