16th February 2012 Athens, Greece
The British Embassy always enjoyed a close relationship with the British Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and has been supportive of its objective to enhance trade relations between the two countries. To this end, for the second year running, the Embassy and the BHCC combined forces for this New Year reception and traditional pitta cutting which […]
6th February 2012 Washington DC, USA
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… going to the UK this weekend. Flying into Heathrow on Saturday morning, I found Britain in great excitement about Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday. So it was clearly the best of times to head to Broadstairs, Dickens’ favourite holiday destination where he spent his […]
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4th October 2011
Dr. Vince Cable, the UK’s Minister for Business, Skills and Innovation, came to Bucharest last week with a very clear message – the EU has got to get back on the path to sustainable long term growth. And that means doing what the EU does best – free trade. Romania and the UK are both […]
25th June 2011
When President Basescu and David Cameron met in Downing Street on 6 June they agreed to work together to promote new growth in the European economy, including by reducing the regulatory burden on business. We took the first steps to implement this agenda at the European Council yesterday. Romania and the UK worked together to […]
1st June 2011
President Basescu will visit London next week for talks with David Cameron. High on their agenda will be economic growth [*ro, PDF brochure 871 KB, new window]. This question is now urgent. Both our countries are emerging from recession, but the recovery is slow. Growth is forecast to be around 1.7% in the UK this […]
29th March 2011
On Tuesday 15 March, Professor Dan Hamilton of Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Transatlantic Relations in DC hosted a panel discussion to launch "Europe 2020 – Competitive or Complacent". Professor Hamilton warned that 2020 was the closing window for Europe within which it needed to position itself into a competitive place in an increasingly inter-connected […]
29th March 2011 New York, USA
Guest blog by Greg Barker, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change. This week, Mr. Barker is leading a six-company business delegation to Pennsylvania, DC, North Carolina and South Carolina. An interesting lexicon is developing as our society and our global economy changes: wOOt- an electronic expression of enthusiasm. Bajillion- a large number. Shovel-ready. Game-changer- […]
9th February 2011
On Friday the Embassy was packed with Mayors and Deputy Mayors from across the country, engaging with senior staff and managers from Tesco. It was a chance for this British-based company to thank them for all those two-way, mutually satisfactory arrangements that exist in many Hungarian towns and cities where there are Tesco stores. And […]
1st February 2011
The global climate change debate is often characterised in terms of a struggle between developed and developing world countries. While it is easy to understand why, this duality does not really help us in our efforts to strengthen the global response to climate change and global warming. After all, there are developed countries that are […]
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20th January 2011
In my previous posting, I mentioned the informal meeting of European Union EPSCO (Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs) Ministers here earlier this week at the newly renovated Grassalkovich Royal Palace in Gödöllő. Discussion revolved around the question of what can be done to create jobs at a time of economic downturn. Earlier meetings […]