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The new BCCD Business Centre is now open, offering new services to existing members of the British Chamber of Commerce in Denmark - British Import Union, and providing yet another reason for non-members to consider joining 'the most powerful networking forum for British/Danish activities'. BCCD are very pleased about being able to offer more to members, and hopefully see more of them.
Penny Schmith, Executive Director of BCCD-BIU elaborates "The Chamber is growing both in terms of members and number of high quality business networking events being arranged throughout the year. After careful consideration, the Board and Secretariat agreed that now was the time to move on from the comfortable environment of support which Regus provides in their office concept for small businesses, to our own facilities." This was much more than a like-for-like office move. The new location has over four times as much space, including dedicated kitchen, open plan office area, printer room and a meeting room. Moving out of the city centre has enabled the 'BCCD office' to become the 'BCCD Business Centre'.
Our meeting facility for eight is equipped with digital screen with wireless connection and bluetooth teleconferencing for mobiles. Before long it will also be set up with fully functioning web conferencing. However, we also have a flip chart for those who prefer a non technical solution to presentations! This is now available to members for booking on an hourly basis. We also have extra desks which are available to members as an additional “hotdesking” service. We hope this will be a valuable benefit for individual and small business members, especially those who are further away from Copenhagen and need an occasional base for work when in town. (view full details)
Two BCCD members who are artists, Gordon Fazakerley and Alexandra Hayles, have kindly agreed to let us have some of their art on the walls and we invite you to pop in and see their paintings. They look so good that when they were first put on the walls, a certain member of staff had to be repeatedly reminded to work instead of continually gazing in admiration!
 
BCCD chose to move on 1 July to the “Copenhagen Business District” in Ørestad for many reasons, all of which have proved to be correct ones in the last two months:
Transport connections are fabulous. The metro connects us to all parts of Copenhagen in 10-20 minutes; the train comes in from Northern Zealand on a direct line in one direction and goes to the airport in the other – offering a no hitch location for our visitors from the UK and Denmark alike; driving is equally easy as in one minute you can be on the motorway to the airport or north Copenhagen. Parking is not only close by but also trouble free and at a fraction of the charges of central Copenhagen. It is the perfect location for an organisation which is “international” like ours as the airport is only max 10 minutes away, whatever mode you choose. Members can also cycle from town in 30 minutes if the urge comes upon them!
Field’s offers a complete and easy solution to virtually all the needs of a developing chamber. If we need something, it is simply a trip down in the lift to the shopping centre where the choice is overwhelming. Perhaps we need a gift for the next speaker, maybe a member is suddenly invited to a business meeting where a suit will be more suitable than jeans(!), or an IT cable is required right now to complete the task..........
Cost? Yes of course this had to be a consideration. We now have around four times the space for the same outlay and this includes kitchen, printer room area, plus our own meeting room. We could never have achieved this in central Copenhagen unless a member hosted us.
This is a vibrant and rapidly growing international business area which sets the right “tone” for the location of a modern chamber We already have members such as Rambøll as neighbours and the potential for new recruitment to our network in this dynamic hub is considerable. |