BCCJ Event
Olympic lessons from the best
London 2012 is an example to Tokyo 2020 of how the Games can inspire change.
The cost of a “free” scotland
Lord Jack McConnell explores the wider implications of the upcoming referendum on the future of the UK.
ONLINE PRESENCE
Experts highlight the importance of LinkedIn as a professional tool to represent your business and personal brand.
Martin Donnelly: Innovation and Diversity
Innovative firms in the UK have grown nearly twice as fast as those that are not introducing new products, ideas or processes.
The Devil’s in the Detail
A football behemoth for the best part of the past 20 years, Manchester United is just as much a colossus of the global business world.
Diversity Beyond Gender: LGBT
Firms that consider the LGBT community in their initiatives stand to gain in terms of human capital and market potential.
UK: Open for Business
Recent changes to Britain’s corporate taxation rules have been designed to promote the UK as a place to do business, according to the "tax minister".
Diversity Beyond Gender: People with Disabilities
People with certain disabilities—physical, mental or intellectual—are often an overlooked and under-hired sector of the talent pool.
Lord Marland
The UK’s business community in Japan is “in the vanguard of the British economic recovery” and successes here will translate into increased trade, the creation of more jobs and growth at home, Lord Jonathan Marland told a British Chamber of Commerce in Japan luncheon at the Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo in late February.
Diversity: What's the Point?
The concept of diversity—from gender, age and sexual orientation, to cultural background, education and handicap—is largely embraced and actively encouraged today by Western firms.
Sir John Major
The world is changing more rapidly than ever and new challenges are constantly being thrown up, but Japan will thrive if it is able to regain some of its economic self-confidence of years gone by, Sir John Major KG, CH told a BCCJ luncheon on 8 May.
Iberian Feast of Food and Wine
Restaurant Davis plays host to Berry Bros. & Rudd wine guru for evening of excellence.
Special 51 Night: Road to Recovery
The UK community’s compassion, caring and commitment to the people of north-east Japan were underlined at the unprecedented “Special 51 Night: Road to Recovery” event at the British Embassy Tokyo on 8 March, with more than 200 people gathering to mark almost exactly one year since the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Dateline: Tohoku
The world came to Japan’s assistance in the immediate aftermath of the disasters that devastated much of the north-east in March last year but, nearly 12 months on, the people of those coastal communities need a helping hand that is slightly different, according to those taking part in the BCCJ’s “Dateline: Tohoku” panel discussion.New Events Strategy
The BCCJ Events Committee is very pleased to announce an exciting new strategy for 2011–2012 that includes the introduction of five event categories. The change is designed to increase the value members derive from the BCCJ, while clarifying the nature and objectives of all events throughout the year.
The “Nuclear Sideshow”
Sir John Beddington was in Japan in late May for discussions with his Japanese counterparts about the ongoing situation at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. He also gave a full and frank briefing on the status of the facility at a BCCJ luncheon attended by more than 110 members and guests.
Harmonious Society, Harmonious Handover?
British firms must redouble their efforts to do business in China, as forthcoming regulatory changes and the intricacies of domestic politics threaten to stifle foreign involvement in the world’s second biggest economy.
British Airways-Moving Forward
With demand for air travel rebounding, Heathrow Terminal 5 over its teething problems, new aircraft ready to join the fleet, and alliances with other airlines enhancing its coverage, British Airways looks to have put behind it the turbulence of recent years, according to CEO Willie Walsh.
En Primeur, Bordeaux 2009
“The greatest wines represent the ultimate liquid investment”, said esteemed US wine critic Robert Parker Jr. They also make for excellent enjoyment, as was the case at the BCCJ’s Berry Bros. & Rudd (BBR) En Primeur Bordeaux wine tasting held at the Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo on 3 March.
