BCCG YEARBOOK NEWS 1 bccg YEARBOOK 2014 / 2015 BCCG PUBLICATION I/2014
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4 CONTENT MESSAGES Simon McDonald CMG, HM Ambassador to Berlin 5 Norbert Strohschen, President of the British Chamber of Commerce in Germany Andreas Meyer-Schwickerath, Director of the British Chamber of Commerce in Germany 6 BCCG ORGANISATION Patron and Honoraries 8 Board and Council 10 Regional Group Committees 12 GREAT Britain MINI 15 BCCG Foundation 16 BCCG Foundation Awards 18 Page 16-24 BCCG Foundation and students reports ARTICLE Im Fokus: Der Wohnungsmarkt in Berlin Haushohe Erwartungen in Zeiten zunehmender Regulierungsdichte 26 Der Unfall mit einem alten Pkw 28 CRM ganz einfach 30 Media Information BCCG News 32 Die ewige Suche nach günstigen Geschäftsgelegenheiten - Internationale Absatzmärkte und Produktionsstandorte auf dem Prüfstand 33 Koalitionsverhandlungen: Immobilienwirtschaft kann etwas aufatmen Branche diskutierte erste Verlautbarungen bei OLSWANG 34 Page 42 Gala Dinner with Dr. Marijn Dekkers, Dusseldorf Region Berlin/Brandenburg Young British Chamber (YBCCG): Jahresrückblick und -ausblick 36 Region Baden-Württemberg War for Talents an der Hochschule für Medien in Stuttgart 38 Region Bayern 38 Region UK Germany after the election 40 Region North Rhine- Westphalia Gala Dinner with Lord Kakkar and Dr. Marijn Dekkers (Bayer AG) 42 Page 44-45 AGM and Conference, Dresden Region Sachsen Jahreshauptversammlung (AGM) Dresden 44 39. Golf-Turnier der British Chamber of Commerce 46 Sustaining Members 48 New Year's Conference and Reception Berlin, 23 January 2014 50 BCCG DIRECTORY About the BCCG 52 Membership Application 54 BCCG Membership List - Alphabetical Version 55 Member Company Details - Amendment Form 110 BCCG Membership List - Classified Version 111 Official Representatives in Britain and Germany 124 Impressum/Publisher's Imprint 130 List of Advertisers 130 Page 50-51 New Year's Conference and Reception, Berlin
MESSAGES 5 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. Simon McDonald CMG HM Ambassador, Berlin 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
6 MESSAGES 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. Norbert Strohschen President Andreas Meyer-Schwickerath Director 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
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8 BCCG ORGANISATION Patron and Honoraries BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN GERMANY E.V. PATRON AND HONORARIES PATRON HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS HONORARY AUDITOR HONORARY LEGAL ADVISOR HONORARY SECRETARY BCCG GOLFING SOCIETY HONORARY EXECUTIVE AND MANAGEMENT ADVISORS Simon McDonald CMG, HM Ambassador, Berlin 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 Ralf Ellsel, Deloitte & Touche GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Berlin Hagen Trenkner MBE, Simon & Partner, Frankfurt Dr. Henner Schmick, Meerbusch 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
BCCG YEARBOOK NEWS 9 Precision, perfect timing and an eye for what matters. Berlin Cologne Dresden Dusseldorf Essen Frankfurt a. M. Hamburg Hanover Leipzig Munich Stuttgart Brussels Budapest London Luxembourg Shanghai Singapore www.luther-lawfirm.com Hits the mark. Luther. Legal advice. Tax advice. Luther.
10 BCCG ORGANISATION Board and Council BCCG BOARD AND COUNCIL Norbert Strohschen Prof. David Marsh CBE Gerd W. Stürz Gertrud R. Bergmann PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENTS TREASURER OTHER BOARD MEMBERS OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS Norbert Strohschen, Cologne Prof. David Marsh CBE, OMFIF Ltd, London Gerd W. Stürz, Ernst & Young GmbH, Dusseldorf Gertrud R. Bergmann, RBS RoeverBroennerSusat GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin 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 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 Andreas Meyer- Schwickerath Dr. Christian Ossig Daniel Rutstein Arnim Schiffmann Guy Street Tobias Verlende