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Graham Tully
GT Translation
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In recent years the former ‘British Business Lunch Club’ has given itself a thorough dusting-off and transformed into the slicker, more streamlined BCCD.
Since then, the BCCD has established itself as a dynamic, forward-looking organisation serving the needs of upper-level executives and business-active individuals – with the emphasis on trade and commerce between the UK and Denmark - and for those who can bring to the table an aptitude that is in demand, there is certainly no dearth of opportunities for striking strategic deals.
Under the aegis of the BCCD, monthly networking lunch meetings with guest speakers drawn from both the Danish and British corporate and political spectrum, supplemented by a diversity of special events throughout the year, offer an informal forum in which to establish key contacts that one is unlikely to collectively encounter in any other active forum in Denmark today.
Not only does this mark a turnaround on the part of the BCCD, but also a marked about-turn in my own perceptions of the organisation. I first came to the BCCD – or rather, its predecessor, the British Business Lunch Club - slightly sceptical as to what the organisation could actually offer me as a one-man company, and I was prepared to walk again pretty quickly if it didn’t deliver the goods. But how quickly the sea change occurred on my part! For every year of membership, I have established sufficient new business contacts to generate a flow of work that places the cost of membership among my premium investments in recent years. And these are by no means ‘lightweight’ associations: the first - and still flourishing - contact to come about via the BCCD was with Copenhagen Capacity, an organisation instrumental in attracting foreign businesses to the Greater Copenhagen area and a recommended first ‘port of call’ for companies considering Copenhagen as a base for their northern European and pan-Scandinavian activities; and my most recent work-generating contact is with the UK Trade & Investment section of the British Embassy.
The networking opportunities afforded by the BCCD keep you in the know about the latest business developments – and being aware, weeks or even months before news breaks in the media, of key players on the move and strategic alliances in the making, positions you to prime your own ball-play to perfection.
Which leaves me only to say on the subject of BCCD membership: take the decision, make the investment – and make it pay!
Graham Tully
If you have experienced similar networking successes through your contact with the British Chamber of Commerce in Denmark please do not hesitate to contact us at ps@bccd.dk
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