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BCCG PUBLICATION I/2014
NEWS
YEARBOOK 2014 / 2015
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NEWS
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CONTENT
MESSAGES
Simon McDonald CMG,
HM Ambassador to Berlin
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Norbert Strohschen,
President of the British Chamber of Commerce in Germany
Andreas Meyer-Schwickerath,
Director of the British Chamber of Commerce in Germany
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BCCG ORGANISATION
Patron and Honoraries
Board and Council
Regional Group Committees
GREAT Britain MINI
BCCG Foundation
BCCG Foundation Awards
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Page 16-24
BCCG Foundation and students’ reports
ARTICLE
Im Fokus: Der Wohnungsmarkt in Berlin –
„Haushohe“ Erwartungen in Zeiten zunehmender Regulierungsdichte
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Der Unfall mit einem alten Pkw
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CRM – ganz einfach
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Media Information BCCG News
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Die ewige Suche nach günstigen Geschäftsgelegenheiten Internationale Absatzmärkte und Produktionsstandorte auf dem Prüfstand
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Koalitionsverhandlungen: Immobilienwirtschaft kann etwas aufatmen
Branche diskutierte erste Verlautbarungen bei OLSWANG
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Region Berlin/Brandenburg
Young British Chamber (YBCCG): Jahresrückblick und -ausblick
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Region Baden-Württemberg
War for Talents an der Hochschule für Medien in Stuttgart
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Region Bayern
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Region UK
Germany after the election
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Gala Dinner with Dr. Marijn Dekkers,
Dusseldorf
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Region North Rhine- Westphalia
Gala Dinner with Lord Kakkar and Dr. Marijn Dekkers (Bayer AG)
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Region Sachsen
Jahreshauptversammlung (AGM) Dresden
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39. Golf-Turnier der British Chamber of Commerce
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Sustaining Members
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New Year's Conference and Reception Berlin, 23 January 2014
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AGM and Conference, Dresden
BCCG DIRECTORY
About the BCCG
Membership Application
BCCG Membership List - Alphabetical Version
Member Company Details - Amendment Form
BCCG Membership List - Classified Version
Official Representatives in Britain and Germany
Impressum/Publisher's Imprint
List of Advertisers
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Page 50-51
New Year's Conference and Reception,
Berlin
MESSAGES
As we slide into 2014, a year of important anniversaries, we can also look back
on the successes of 2013. As an organisation whose primary role is to support
trade and investment between the UK and Germany, you can be proud of your
achievements last year.
For the first time ever, the UK overtook France as Germany's largest trading
partner. Exports from the UK are worth double our exports to the four BRIC
countries put together; NRW takes almost as many British goods and services
as India and China combined.
German investment in the UK was on the increase in 2013. Bentley chose to
make their new SUV in Crewe - the Prime Minister announced the £800m, 1,000
jobs investment - while BMW launched a new Mini, partly the result of the
£2bn they have poured into the UK in recent years. More than 400,000 UK jobs
depend on the £100bn investment in the UK by German firms - a solid platform
for growth.
So to 2014 and the 300th anniversary of the Personal Union - the union of the
crowns of Hanover and Great Britain and Ireland, lasting 123 years and five
British kings. As well as the museum openings, historical conferences and the
staging of the Queen's Birthday Party at Schloss Herrenhausen in Hanover,
there is a major commercial element to the celebration.
For 2014 we are Partner Country for CeBIT, the world's largest IT and communications trade fair. We will double the number of exhibitors and triple the
exhibition space at this annual event taking place at the Hanover fair grounds.
This Messegelaende is now the largest in the world and was set up by the
British in 1947.
CeBIT is a chance to showcase both our IT export strength but also the UK as
a destination for investment. The decision to become Partner Country for this
show is more than just about IT, it is about showing the strength of our economy and the closeness of the German-UK economic and business relationship.
It is important in a year of anniversaries - including of the start of the First World
War and the fall of Berlin Wall - that we look to the future. Partnering for a show
which is all about revolutionary products and cutting edge technologies is the
right way to do that.
I wish you success. As ever, my teams led by Dan Rutstein in Berlin and Consuls General Susan Speller and Paul Heardman stand ready to work with you.
Simon McDonald CMG
HM Ambassador, Berlin
Simon McDonald CMG
HM Ambassador, Berlin
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Dear Members and Friends of BCCG,
The year 2013 was another year of the continuing debt and euro crisis. Despite
this economically difficult environment, growth of BCCG membership was positive, with over with 86 new members, including 6 new sustaining members.
We are grateful for this development, which shows further interest in the BCCG
network. The overall outlook for 2014 improved recently, as the effects of some
political decisions are resulting in significantly better economic data. Also, trade
volume between Germany and the UK increased substantially and became the
most important in Europe in recent years, surpassing other European countries
and the Far East.
In 2013, the BCCG regional committees and our management team organised
many high-quality networking events, especially our conferences in all BCCG
regions, as well as our successful AGM in Dresden. In addition, we were able to
establish a new region, BCCG Bremen/Lower Saxony, with initial notable events
being held in Bremen and Hanover. We are grateful to all for their contributions.
The BCCG Yearbook 2014/2015 contains the updated lists of BCCG members
and various articles relating to the GREAT Britain MINI, expactations of the real
estate market in Berlin, pitfalls of having an accident with a used car in Germany, custom-made, user-friendly CRM systems, the eternal search for business
opportunities via the IBC.
A few articles and photos have also been included to illustrate such high-calibre
regional events as the Gala Dinner in Dusseldorf with Dr Marijn Dekkers of
Bayer, the Sustaining Members' Dinner, our 10th New Year's Conference and
Reception in January 2014, and the Real Estate Conference with OLSWANG in
Berlin. The BCCG Yearbook 2014 is also available as an interactive version on
our Members' exclusive access pages on the BCCG website. The advertisements and articles by BCCG members are furthermore listed on our website for
inter-active viewing.
This Yearbook contains a number of articles from notable members such as Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft, Simon und Partner, BTB concept beam, BDO
Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, OLSWANG and the BCCG Golfing Society, as
well as from UKTI. Please further note articles about events in our various BCCG
regions. The next publications to appear this year will be our two annual BCCG
newsletters. the summer issue being due in May and the winter issue in October 2014 - please pay attention to our media information on page 32. These
publications aditionally will be available in an interactive electronic format (flip
book) on the BCCG website.
The BCCG e-News Update will continue to be a main means of communication
with over 4,500 personal addressees of our members, cooperating partners and
guests. It offers invitations to events, special information about our members
and provides interesting advertising opportunities at low cost for members.
The year 2014 will be the 31st for the BCCG Foundation, our independent organisation supporting student exchange between the UK and Germany. We
would like to take this opportunity to kindly ask all our readers to contribute to
the Foundation with any amount they can afford. Also, we thank all honorary
committee members of the foundation for their continued support. To find out
more about the BCCG Foundation and the scholarships granted in 2013, please
read pages 16 to 24.
2014 will see further development for the BCCG, especially with our main Conference and AGM in Hamburg (15 May), and some more interesting conferences in all of our ten regions. We would like to to thank all our members and
sponsoring partners, as well as our honorary committees very much for their
personal contribution and support in helping us to achieve our goals and to
strengthen the growing BCCG network.
Norbert Strohschen
President
Andreas Meyer-Schwickerath
Director
Norbert Strohschen
President
Andreas Meyer-Schwickerath
Director
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BCCG ORGANISATION
Patron and Honoraries
BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN GERMANY E.V.
PATRON AND HONORARIES
PATRON
Simon McDonald CMG, HM Ambassador, Berlin
HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS
Dr. F. T. Hamblin CBE, Brighton
Kenneth H. Lewis OBE, Lodève, France
Dan Rutstein, UK Trade & Investment (Germany), Berlin
Andy Scott, Confederation of British Industry, London
HONORARY AUDITOR
Ralf Ellsel, Deloitte & Touche GmbH
Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Berlin
HONORARY LEGAL ADVISOR
Hagen Trenkner MBE, Simon & Partner, Frankfurt
HONORARY SECRETARY BCCG GOLFING SOCIETY
Dr. Henner Schmick, Meerbusch
HONORARY EXECUTIVE AND MANAGEMENT ADVISORS
Dr. Michael Ensser, Egon Zehnder International GmbH
Olaf Wegner, IFP-Institut für Personal- und
Unternehmensberatung, Cologne
Dr. Andreas Windel, Dr. Windel & Partner, Bonn
HONORARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Prof. Dr. Manfred Pohl, ICCA e. V., Frankfurt
Dr. Michael Schlößer, Berlin
Sir Peter Torry, Berlin
Hagen Trenkner MBE, Rechtsanwälte Simon & Partner,
Frankfurt
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Essen
Frankfurt a. M.
Hamburg
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Munich
Stuttgart
Brussels
Budapest
London
Luxembourg
Shanghai
Singapore
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Legal advice. Tax advice. Luther.
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BCCG ORGANISATION
Board and Council
BCCG BOARD AND COUNCIL
Norbert Strohschen
Prof. David Marsh CBE
Gerd W. Stürz
Gertrud R. Bergmann
PRESIDENT
Norbert Strohschen, Cologne
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENTS
Prof. David Marsh CBE, OMFIF Ltd, London
Gerd W. Stürz, Ernst & Young GmbH, Dusseldorf
TREASURER
Gertrud R. Bergmann,
RBS RoeverBroennerSusat GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin
OTHER BOARD MEMBERS
Hansjörg Bürk, Commerzbank AG, Munich
Manfred R. Eilers, INSEAM GmbH, Berlin
Dr. Rainer M. Giersch, Accordo Partners Ltd., Hamburg
Ilka Hartmann, Commerzbank, AG Berlin
Reiner Kunz, PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Stuttgart
Andreas Meyer-Schwickerath, British Chamber of
Commerce in Germany e.V., Berlin
Dr. Christian Ossig, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc,
Frankfurt
Dan Rutstein, UK Trade & Investment (Germany), Berlin
Arnim Schiffmann, Ernst & Young GmbH, Leipzig
Guy Street, Deloitte & Touche GmbH, Dusseldorf
Tobias Verlende, LL.M. M.B.A, Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, London
OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS
Erhard H. Arent, HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG, Dusseldorf
Dr. Hanno Goltz, Oppenhoff & Partner, Cologne
Achim P. Klüber, Europe Arab Bank plc, London
Thomas Knollmann, c/o Siemens AG, Berlin
Jörg Waldeck, MOVENTUS GmbH, Corporate & Public
Affairs, Berlin
Volker Wiegmann, WiegmannClark Ltd., Dusseldorf
Hansjörg Bürk
Manfred R. Eilers
Dr. Rainer M. Giersch
Ilka Hartmann
Reiner Kunz
Dr. Christian Ossig
Daniel Rutstein
Arnim Schiffmann
Guy Street
Tobias Verlende
Andreas MeyerSchwickerath