LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

LETTER FROM THE BRITISH CONSUL GENERAL

We're thrilled to announce we have secured a fantastic new location for this event, taking place at SAP'S San Francisco Office located at 135 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107.

The British American Business Council Northern California, French American Chamber of Commerce San Francisco and German American Business Association  in cooperation with many European Chambers of Commerce invite you to join us for another wonderful European Networking Evening. 

Come and mingle with entrepreneurs and a range of professionals involved in cross-border business in a relaxed and European atmosphere! We can't wait to see you there!

REGISTER TODAY! 3 WEEKS AWAY!

The BABC NeXtGen | Emerging Leaders group, in partnership with Bia Mindset, are excited to launch a leadership series, Empower Now: Leading Self.

Throughout the series, you will embark on a transformative learning experience, gaining valuable insights and practical tools that empower you to navigate the challenges and opportunities of the modern workplace with confidence and finesse. By increasing self-awareness, focusing on leadership development, and behavioral dynamics, Empower Now: Leading Self provides a solid foundation for personal and professional growth.

Join us on Tuesday, October 3rd 2023, for Session 1: Resilient Self – Train The Inevitable (location TBD).

In an ever-changing world where expectations to meet demands are high and faced with a level of uncertainty, developing, and training your resilience supports you to deal with this. Not only this but it moves to help individuals and teams to thrive rather than just cope or survive. The purpose of this session is to highlight the latest insights about resilience from elite sport and business that you can take back and train for the inevitable.

$25 - BABC Members

$50 - Non Members

LESS THAN ONE MONTH TO GO! REGISTER TODAY!



Calling all golfers! We're a little less than one month away from our 2023 tournament, this year to be held on Thursday, October 5, 2023, at the beautiful and sunny Crystal Springs Golf Course in Burlingame, with awe-inspiring scenery along the 20-mile Crystal Springs Reservoir.

The Course, which forms part of a 32,000-acre wildlife refuge, was designed by British architect W. Herbert Fowler, a golf-lover who changed the history of course design.

Get your foursomes together and join us for a fun day of golf and networking, or become a sponsor (foursomes included!). There is a cash prize of $20,000 for your Par 3 Hole-in-One and lots of other prizes to be won as well!

Join us for an insightful and comprehensive webinar reviewing recent changes and trends in US I-9 and UK Right to Work rules and regulations. This webinar, presented by Squire Patton Boggs, brings together legal experts in immigration and employment verification law to provide you with valuable insights with the following: 

•  Recent changes to US I-9/Employment Verification process including phase-in of the newly designed Form I-9 and implementation of remote verification option.
• An update on the latest UK Right to Work and immigration compliance developments in a post-Brexit environment.
• Technological considerations including implementation of electronic I-9 systems and cautionary tales relating to use of AI tools triggering immigration discrimination exposure in the hiring process.
• Strategies and insights for maintaining compliance including record-keeping best practices.
• Q&A session with our panel.

Whether you're an HR professional, legal counsel, or a business owner, this webinar equips you with the knowledge and strategies needed to effectively manage cross-border hiring and compliance within the United States and the United Kingdom.

Sustainability has shifted from what many viewed as "nice to have" to a business imperative. While the need is clear, the vision and framework varies. In this session, we're inviting expert panelists to help tackle the what, why, business case and regulatory policies that are driving sustainability to the top of the corporate boardroom. Speakers will navigate today's sustainability landscape from supply chain and data collection to reporting and positioning.    

Join us on Wednesday, October 25th at 5:30 p.m. for an engaging interactive panel discussion on this important topic. Carmen Sanchez, Senior Vice President at Bank of America and Linda Pfatteicher, Partner at Dentons will moderate. Special guests include Ellen Leung, VP, Sustainability at E.L.F. Beauty; Erin L. Smith, Bank of America Sustainability Strategy Executive, Business Banking & Global Commercial Banking; and Aaron Fishleder, VP of Operations at Cakebread Cellars.

NEW DATE, SAME FABULOUS LOCATION!

The Annual Christmas Luncheon is the BABC's flagship social event and a real highlight of the City's holiday season. Typically attended by over 1,000 members of the Bay Area business community, this year, we will celebrate the 60th "Diamond" Annual Christmas Luncheon which will once again be held at the spectacular Fairmont Hotel, atop Nob Hill on Friday, December 15th, 2023.

The Fairmont is pleased to offer discounted room rates for our guests. There are currently 10 rooms available at these rates. If the block is showing as full, please contact Jo Healey. We will see if we can get an additional room block.

CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR DISCOUNTED ROOM

Sponsorship opportunities are also now available, offering premium seating close to the stage,

as well as exclusive pre-and during-event promotional opportunities. Contact Jo Healey for more information.



Economic Institute Friends and Partners:

The capabilities and implications of recent advances in artificial intelligence are occupying media, governments, and board rooms around the world. The San Francisco Bay Area stands at the center of that conversation. Of 13 Generative AI companies with valuations of over $1 billion 7 are Bay Area headquartered. Open AI’s president Sam Altman has called San Francisco the best place to start an AI company, a new zone designated “Cerebral Valley” is attracting AI startups from across the country, and expanding AI companies are growing their office footprint in the city. 

The debate over how AI will impact business and society as applications become ubiquitous and Generative AI advances has just begun. This summer I had the opportunity to participate in a series of discussions organized by our partners at Reinvent Futures, led by former Managing Director of Wired Magazine Peter Leyden. On three occasions approximately 250 leaders in the field – from tech gurus with decades of experience to young AI founders – met to discuss the future in a conversation that produced remarkable insights. We are happy to share a summary of these discussions, which you can access through these links:

The Real Implications of Generative AI

The Many, Many Positive Possibilities of Generative AI

The Actual Risks of Generative AI

Sean Randolph | Senior Director 

Bay Area Council Economic Institute

We know that overseas remote working remains a hot topic for many of our clients, and so we are thrilled to be able to share our new Global Guide on Overseas Remote Working – which highlights the key issues for businesses to consider if they have staff living and working in one country for the benefit of a company in a different country, whether they are employed directly or via a Professional Employment Organisation/Employer of Record.

It provides a high-level overview in relation to employment, immigration, tax and social security risks, as well as, where applicable, labour leasing restrictions and Posted Workers Directive obligations.

To read, CLICK HERE.

British Airways has announced a new three-year partnership with Alzheimer’s Society, a charity that works with people living with and affected by dementia. The charity provides expert support services, ground-breaking research discoveries and leading campaigns to make dementia a priority – and is the only UK charity to cover all three areas.

In addition to raising vital funds that will support life-changing services and ground-breaking research for people with dementia, the new partnership will also see the airline working closely with Alzheimer’s Society on a number of initiatives. These include bespoke customer service dementia training for customer-facing colleagues and the uptake of Dementia Friends across the organisation, an initiative that will help British Airways colleagues learn how to better support customers, family and friends affected by the condition. As the partnership progresses, British Airways will also review and implement changes internally to work towards making the airline even more dementia-aware.

Those wishing to make a donation to Alzheimer’s Society can do so via the BA Better World Community Fund at www.bacommunityfund.co.uk/alzheimerssociety.

British Airways Executive Club Members can also choose to make a donation using their Avios. When Avios are donated to a project supported by the Community Fund, British Airways Executive Club will donate the equivalent value of the Avios in pounds to the chosen project, up to a total of £100,000. More information and T&Cs can be found at www.bacommunityfund.co.uk/avios.

Until 31 October 2023, each donation of £1 or 125 Avios to Alzheimer’s Society through British Airways’ BA Better World Community Fund will enter a Prize Draw for the chance to win a holiday of a lifetime to Dubai, including return flights in Club World and five nights’ accommodation (T&Cs apply). Donations to Alzheimer’s Society, and full details of the Prize Draw, can be found through the BA Better World Community Fund website at www.bacommunityfund.co.uk/dubai-holiday.  

Explore Ireland and Europe this Fall and Winter on Aer Lingus!

Save up to $100* off any Economy fare and $200* off Business from San Francisco non-stop to Dublin with easy connections to Europe. 

Travel October 1^st to March 31^st 2023. Hurry! Book by Sept. 20th HERE. 

Restrictions apply*

Duncan Edwards

CEO

BritishAmerican Business

As someone who likes to keep on top of what’s going on in popular culture, I loved the concept of Barbenheimer; we didn’t try to watch both films on opening day, but we did go to see them on consecutive Saturday nights in the local non-profit movie house in north west CT where we live. You will have your own views as to the artistic merit of each film but both are fantastic examples of Transatlantic co-operation. Oppenheimer’s theme of course, if rather tangentially, is perhaps the greatest historic moment of such collaboration, but more prosaically, half the on-screen talent are Brits and the director, a dual citizen. And Barbie, that most American of icons, was made almost entirely in my home town of Watford, where British off-screen talent has built a globally brilliant reputation...

Continue reading HERE.

Today, BritishAmerican Business (BAB) has published its Policy Agenda for the year ahead, ‘Recommendations for a 21st Century US-UK Economic Partnership.’  The Policy Agenda sets out the top issues that will help deepen economic integration between both countries and closely reflects the ambitions and commitments set out in the Atlantic Declaration.

The Policy Agenda includes six main themes each with its own set of recommendations for policymakers. These include: Digital Transformation, Aerospace & Defense, Clean & Sustainable Energy, Digital Skills, Competition & Regulation and Trade & Investment.

To read, CLICK HERE.

Stay two nights at the luxurious Rosewood Sand Hill in Menlo Park and enjoy the third night complimentary with their More Rosewood Offer. From the breathtaking views of the Santa Cruz Mountains to a poolside dining experience — it's the perfect end-of-summer staycation.

Use your extra day to venture out and enjoy the Bluejay electric bikes and Lucid Air cars with easy access to shopping, cycling, wine tasting, beaches, and hikes.

Offer valid: Now - March 31, 2024

Booking dates: Now - March 31, 2024

To book this special offer, CLICK HERE.

BUSINESS MEMBER

GroupA is a Northern California based certified Minority Business Enterprise and Woman-Owned Small Business, providing Digital Transformation Services for a wide range of customers including public agencies. Our Consulting Services are centered around Enterprise Cloud Software and helping our customers operate their businesses on cutting edge technology. GroupA Cloud Consulting Services are streamlining how our customers deploy, implement, integrate, and support their Cloud based environment. We execute project-based work, both individually and team based, throughout the technical arena.

Some key areas we specialize in, but not limited to are IT Support, Network Security and Engineering, Development, Implementations and Integrations of Systems/Software, Digital Marketing and Professional Services.

CORPORATE MEMBER

Why does CoinZoom love blockchain? Because anyone can send money around the world instantly, for free - no fees, no expensive exchange rates, no cash-pick-ups. ZoomMe, CoinZoom’s unique international peer-to-peer payment system, is part of its cash-to-crypto ecosystem for customers in almost 200 countries, allowing them to deposit and send cash or crypto, around the globe instantly for free – saving millions of dollars in remittance fees. Whether it’s across the room or across continents, what you send is what they get.

The CoinZoom team has extensive global exchange and trading experience with proven capabilities of designing, building, and operating a global financial services company. Our decades of experience in building financial technology companies is as equally important as ensuring our customers’ funds and information are safe and secure. 

PREMIER MEMBER

SVN | Capital West Partners is an independently-owned commercial real estate firm based in Silicon Valley and specializes in investment sales brokerage throughout the Bay Area region and across the United States. Property types include office, retail, industrial, multi-family, and land for future development. Additional services include landlord and tenant representation for properties located in the Bay Area market.

We address each client’s individual needs and build a property-specific strategy, harnessing the power of collaboration to drive outsized success.

CORPORATE MEMBERS

The InterContinental SF Hotel offers 556 guest rooms (all non-smoking), including 14 suites featuring a spectacular duplex Presidential Suite with unrivaled city skyline and San Francisco Bay views. Amenities include an acclaimed fine-dining restaurant, a bar, and a 24-hour fitness center with an indoor pool. There's also a high-end day spa, along with 23 meeting rooms and 2 ballrooms.

Situated next to the magnificent Moscone Convention Center and a short stroll away from the city's financial, entertainment, and shopping districts, InterContinental San Francisco offers guests an endless list of reasons to stay.

Lewis & Llewellyn is a San Francisco-based boutique law firm that delivers aggressive and efficient representation to its clients. Led by founding partners Marc Lewis and Paul Llewellyn, the firm focuses exclusively on civil litigation. It handles litigation matters ranging from “bet the company” litigation to discrete issues and disputes. The firm has been named by the Daily Journal one of the top boutique law firms in California, and by The National Law Journal as one of the country’s “Elite Boutiques.” Corporate LiveWire recently selected the firm as the “Best in Civil Litigation – North America” describing it as an “international litigation powerhouse.”

BUSINESS MEMBERS

AIVIA Jewelry solves the challenges of traveling with jewelry. The AIVIA set is a collection of fine jewelry that folds flat into a slim travel case, it’s the size of a credit card and just a little thicker. It’s the perfect travel companion if you’re trying to pack lightly as each piece can be worn multiple ways, to suit any occasion or opportunity.

The idea for creating flatpack jewelry came about while founder Anna was waiting for her Green Card. She was traveling frequently between Glasgow and San Francisco and realized how awkward it was to travel with jewelry as it often became bent, broken or tangled. So she set to designing a solution, and developed a set of jewelry that is both convenient and multifunctional.

Fieldfisher is a full service international law firm with a market-leading reputation in technology. Our Silicon Valley office provides access to an on-the-ground team of 15 UK and European lawyers who advise clients at all stages of their lifecycle in the time zone.

Clients choose us because we understand their business, we’ve been in their shoes, and together we find solutions. It is our in-depth industry knowledge and down-to-earth delivery that means you can trust us to provide the best possible advice.

Our team also facilitate access to Fieldfisher’s network of UK, European and Chinese offices.

What does it mean to live in your element? It begins with the acknowledgment that home is the most important place there is. It should be everything we can imagine, and more.

At Landsea Homes, we believe that all of the expertise, innovation and care that go into designing and building your new home should be felt and sensed at first sight, and for decades to come. The harmony between the outside environment, and the inside livability. The form, and the function. The beauty, and the brains. From the moment you enter, it should feel like a celebration of life and space.

Living in your element, therefore, is what happens when your home and its surroundings change the way you live, work and play.

Landsea Homes was named the 2022 winner of the prestigious Builder of the Year award, presented by BUILDER magazine, in recognition of a historical year of transformation.

London & Partners is the official promotional company for London. We support economic growth and job creation for London by attracting investment, businesses, events, visitors and students today, helping London businesses to internationalise and building London’s reputation for tomorrow.

Our mission is to tell London’s story brilliantly.

Who are we? Well, we call ourselves a marketing communications firm. We’ve also been referred to as an ad shop, a PR firm, a branding agency, or an outsourced marketing department. And sometimes we’re just counselors, helping clients think through how to respond and react to issues and trends. Regardless of where the descriptor falls, clients rely on us for our communications expertise.

For 30 years, MacKenzie has created and implemented marketing, communications and outreach programs that enable our clients to start and drive compelling and meaningful conversations with those who matter most to their success — customers, employees, influencers, community leaders, the media.

Elizabeth R. Monnet is the author of the courtroom comedy-drama series set in wine country, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley. The series begins with A Vintage Year for Insider Trading, described by author Stephen M. Murphy as “an enjoyable romp through wine country with high-powered lawyers, rich techies, and a talking sheepdog.”

The sequel will feature the same sheepdog, Sidney deciding to take matters into his own paws after a $50 million diamond engagement ring mysteriously disappears during a wine country event.

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS

Peter Presley

Naz Roudiani

Sandra Spector

One of the benefits of membership in the BABC Northern California is the opportunity to access Member-to-Member-Only special offers and hot deals.

To learn how to access codes and instructions, log in to your BABC Account and click on the Member-to-Member Deals button.

To take advantage of these Member-to-Member offers, join the BABC today to obtain the discount code. Click here to learn more about membership.