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11th May 2016 Vancouver, Canada

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by Rupert Potter

British Consul General, Vancouver

New Planes and New Opportunities

British Airways A380 lands at Vancouver International Airport.

It defies logic. Every sensible instinct tells me it should be impossible. At almost 73 metres it’s longer than an ice hockey rink, it’s four times the height of my house (and I don’t live in a bungalow) and it carries over 500 passengers (plus luggage). Staring at it through the window of Vancouver International […]

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7th December 2012

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by Peter Beckingham

Former governor in Turks and Caicos Islands

The return of Boris to Bollyland: 48 hours of business

Boris Johnson with English cricket team

Many people in London, and other parts of the UK, think they know a good deal about the Mayor of the capital, Boris Johnson: judging from the number of British tourists who greeted him in hotels or on the streets of Mumbai he must also be one of our most widely recognised politicians. Less well […]

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30th November 2012

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by Paul Madden

British Ambassador to Japan

Promoting Australian investment in UK infrastructure

One of the British Government’s top economic priorities is promoting international investment in the  infrastructure needed to support growth and prosperity, such as transport and energy. So I addressed the annual Australian Super Fund Association conference (ASFA 2012) in Sydney to set out the opportunities for Australian superannuation funds.  In my speech I described the […]

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