City Briefings
British diplomatic staff at posts overseas are an invaluable
resource for the promotion of UK-based financial and business
services, and for linking City expertise to other areas of trade
and development. In partnership with
UKTI, the joint agency between the Foreign
& Commonwealth Office and the Department for Business,
Innovation and Skills, the City of London co-ordinates a
twice-yearly programme of five-day courses covering City issues in
more depth are held for staff at a senior level, including some
going to post as HM Ambassadors of Deputy Heads of Mission.
The courses are held in the City of London's
City Marketing Suite at Guildhall, and are designed to generate
a general awareness of the size, scope and international nature of
the City in order to assist commercial staff in dealing with
financial services and inward investment queries, and to introduce
the participants to practitioners and trade associations in order
to foster links which will be of value to both sides in the
future.
Recent briefings
The latest briefing course was held in June
2009. 18 people from a wide range of countries attended the
course, together with 4 colleagues from UKTI in the UK. They
received talks from, or visited, a wide range of business City
representatives. A welcome lunch and networking reception were also
held for them.
For more information please
email or
tel 020 7332 3645.
City Contacts Programme
The Economic Development team aims to ensure that the City of
London Corporation is fully aware of and responsive to the
views of its business constituency, regardless of size, sector or
national ownership. In this way it ensures that its promotional
work, its local authority functions and its ability to focus
influence in Westminster, Whitehall and increasingly Brussels is
properly informed. A programme of contacts with City firms, markets
and trade associations gathers intelligence and enhances joint
working. The programme complements other areas of the City of
London’s work, including high-level hospitality, contacts between
Members and their electors, and the work of
The City Together in developing the City’s Community
Strategy.
For more information email
cityinternational@cityoflondon.gov.uk or
telephone 020 7332 3645.