UK India Business Council signs partnership to support IFB2016

By Kealan Finnegan

ONE OF THE UK'S MOST SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COUNCILS, UNITED KINGDOM INDIA BUSINESS COUNCIL HAS SIGNED UP TO A WORKING PARTNERSHIP WITH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR BUSINESS 2016 (IFB2016) TO HELP PROMOTE THE FESTIVAL AND THE BENEFITS OF ATTENDING TO ITS CORPORATE MEMBERS ACROSS INDIA AND THE UK.

UK India British Council’s chair, Rt Hon. Patricia Hewitt, met with festival director, Ian McCarthy, to officially sign the agreement. This supports IFB2016’s objectives to encourage UK businesses in manufacturing, environment and energy, and creative and digital sectors to attend the three week festival, which runs between 13 June and 1 July 2016.

“The UK India British Business Council is delighted to be IFB’s international partner for India. 2014 was a fantastic experience – generating £300 million of business – and we’re sure that 2016 will be an even greater success!” said Rt Hon. Patricia Hewitt, chair, UK India Business Council

Ian McCarthy, festival director of IFB2016, said:
“IFB is very pleased that it can rely on the respected UKIBC, which provides a vital link to the international business community in both India and Britain. Their members are exactly the sort of motivated people we want to see attending our three week festival, which covers manufacturing, environment and energy and creative and digital.

“We are also delighted that UKIBC recognises the benefits we offer their large membership. But benefits don’t just start when the festival launches; numerous benefits can be accessed by any motivated business during the coming months when they activate free membership to our Business Club.

“Subscription to IFB’s Business Club opens doors for any business by offering Business Support Services, which includes advice, guidance and signposting to essential professional services such as market research, patents, banking and financial as well as international digital matching service and a comprehensive Meet the Buyer programme. This will be launched on ifb2016.com in the coming months and we expect demand to be high.”

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Photos available: Rt Hon. Patricia Hewitt, chair, UK India British Council and Ian McCarthy, IFB 2016 festival director


About the International Festival for Business 2016

As well as receiving support from Virgin Trains, IFB2016 is supported by UKTI and the GREAT campaign. Its main partner is HSBC – the world’s second largest bank, and its global media partner Bloomberg. Other Festival Supporters are DLA Piper, Heathrow and PwC, Siemens.

IFB 2016 is a global marketplace for creating connections and doing deals. It brings together thousands of businesses from around the world for three weeks of events, networking and deal-making.

Among the very many events planned during IFB2016 in June is the World Broadband Alliance’s Wi-Fi Global Congress 2016. The world’s leading Wi-Fi event for the world’s leading telecoms providers, it’s a crucial meeting place for individuals and organisations driving carrier Wi-Fi keeping professionals one step ahead on technology, trends and key players. The much respected ACCELERATE event also returns in 2016, providing a unique accelerator for growth, motivation and an opportunity to connect businesses.

Designed to help businesses think smarter, connect to a wider audience and grow companies, ACCELERATE 2016 brings together high profile, entrepreneurial keynote speakers from different business sectors to inspire delegates wanting to kick-start their business or take current business to the next level.

EEF, which represents over 200,000 UK manufacturing businesses, is proposing to deliver a seminar on the ‘Future of Manufacturing’ targeting UK-based manufacturers wanting to gain interest from an international market as it explores the next wave of transformation likely to change UK manufacturing. It will debate the opportunities and challenges that may face manufacturers over the next two decades.

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About the UK India Business Council

The UK India Business Council supports UK businesses with the insights, networks, policy advocacy, services, and facilities needed to succeed in India.

Our first-hand experience of entering and growing businesses in India make us uniquely qualified. We want to share our experiences to help others achieve success whether they are well-established in India or in the early stages of their engagement.

Working with the UK Government and other influential and connected partners, we ensure business interests are conveyed to India’s Union and State legislators. We seek to influence decisions that will make it easier for UK businesses to operate in India.

For those seeking practical advice, our talented team provide a range of sector-specific research, market entry and expansion services that help businesses understand – and take – the opportunities..

For those setting up operations in India, we provide a home-away-from-home with a network of Business Centres in major cities, and an unrivalled network of government and business contacts, service providers, and our specialist staff to support business success.

Our network is at the heart of our support. Through our wide variety of events and our member-only sector policy groups, we enable businesspeople to meet each other, identify potential partners, suppliers and customers, and to learn from top business leaders and commentators, including those on our Advisory Council.

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Contact

Tori Hywel-Davies, PR and communications manager at IFB until 17 July (on annual leave until 27 July)

thyweldavies@ifb2016.com

+44 151 600 2938

After 17 July, contact
Marcus Hall, director of marketing at IFB
mhall@ifb2016.com
+44 151 600 2954


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