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Previous events






Summer Cocktail Party 2007

Luckily the weather allowed the guests
to enjoy the company, food and drinks
at the outdoor terrace
July 12 2007, at the outdoor terrace of the Royal Danish Embassy

Following the success of last year’s Grand DUCC Summer Cocktail Party this event has become an annual tradition.




This year the DUCC Summer Cocktail Party was held on the 12th of July 2007 at the outdoor terrace of the Royal Danish Embassy where delicious ‘snitter’, prepared by MadsenFood, and champagne was served.


The food was prepared by Madsen herself

Director Martin Mortensen
welcomes the guests

The Danish-UK Chamber of Commerce was very delighted to see that our members are very active in promoting their businesses as more than 80 people participated in the Summer Cocktail Party and took the occasion enjoy good food and drinks amongst the company of fellow DUCC members and guests in tranquil surroundings.
 
The food was served outside









Per Troen, Chairman DUCC
Martin Mortensen, Director DUCC
Signe Krabek, Trainee DUCC		 Active networking















Pastor Ronald Pedersen, Danish Chuch London
Oliver W. Norris, International Business Coach
Dr Thierry R Dorfsman, International Business and Life Coach		 Jan Bowen-Nielsen, JBBI Ltd
Kyrre Haugen, ProPlan International Ltd		 Ambassador Birger Riis-Jørgensen
Jens Nielsen
Guest
Peter Hughes, Danske Bank
Per Troen, Corren Troen		 Lars Sindberg, Danmerc
Nikolai Heering, Anglodan Services Ltd
John Jacobsen, Royal Danish Embassy		 Chris Coverdale, Lloyds TSB
Per Troen, Corren Troen
Kathryn Ball, Lloyds TSB
Ambassador Birger Riis-Jørgensen
Bob Rutter, Lloyds TSB		 Morten Østergaard, Lundbeck
Paul Lockenwitz, Nokia		 Fredrik Oerling, Georg Jensen
Vibeke Ulmann, Catalyst Communications
Kim Dohm, 95% Danish
Elizabeth Johnson, Corren Troen
Tina Weller, Corren Troen
Grethe Hauge, Grundberg Mocatta Rakison LLP		 Jens Nielsen
Håkan Winberg, Securitas
Pastor Ronald Pedersen, Danish Church London		 Susan Jayne Young, Danske Bank
Shargill Bashir, Danske Bank
Kim Bang-Sørensen, Nyt fra Danmark
Tom Schrøder, Grundberg Mocatta Rakison LLP		 Kati Lindgren, NBCC
Viggo Birch, Novo Nordisk
Ulrik Walther, Prytania Investment Group
Ambassador Birger Riis-Jørgesen		 Jan Bowen-Nielsen, JBBI Ltd
Viggo Birch, Novo Nordisk
Lars Christiansen, Royal Danish Embassy




Nordic Thursday Drinks July 2007

The 26th of July was the evening when the monthly Nordic Thursday Drinks took place at the Radisson SAS Portman Hotel.
Guest - Scandinavian Kitchen
Leon Olsen - Deloitte

Unfortunately the weather was not too good so the drinks were served inside. The event was as always popular with 50 people attending.
Susan Jayne Young - Danske Bank
Monika Pladesen - Danske Bank
Julie Smyth - Danske Bank

The members who had signed up before hand were offered a free drink and delicious canapés sponsored by the Radisson SAS Portman.

The next Nordic Thursday Drinks will be on the 30th of August. If the weather allows we hope to welcome you all outside for traditional English Pimm's and delicious canapés at the hotel's patio.
Birgitte Olsen - VisitDenmark
Jakob Bjersing - SkabelonDesign

Leon Pedersen - Brdr. Dahl
Gitte Pedersen - VisitDenmark

  News from the Director






 
Dear Members,

Welcome to the summer issue of the DUCC Red Letter.

First, I would like to thank all those of you who attended the DUCC Summer Cocktail Party for your excellent company on the 12th of July 2007. Despite the inclement weather throughout the last month, the sun at least shone throughout this enjoyable evening on Denmark, or at least on the Terrace of the Royal Danish Embassy, which proves that sometimes you can be lucky with the weather in London.

Once again, we are delighted with success of the four traditional annual events and it is extremely pleasing to see how they continue to blossom. The three annual events of the year to date have all been resounding successes, the Annual Dinner, the Easter Evening Buffet and, on this very evening, our Summer Cocktail Party at which 85 members and their guests attended.

The last Annual Event of 2007 is the DUCC Christmas Lunch, which will take place on the 14th of December 2007. It will provide a great opportunity for our members to use this occasion as their internal staff Christmas ‘do’. We expect it to be extremely popular so please ensure to book your places ASAP.

Until then we have a very busy autumn programme starting on the 13th of September with a visit to Saxo Bank at their Canary Wharf offices. Peter Klein, UK Director has invited the Head of Corporate Communications at Saxo Bank Mr. Samuel Rachlin to address members of the Chamber on Global Communication. Peter Klein will also give an introduction on their extremely dynamic and successful organisation.

Please welcome to the Chamber this month our newest members The Change Group and JBBI. The Change Group is a pre-eminent, multi-national, foreign currency exchange organisation looking to expand on both their activities and their seven branches in Denmark. Please see page 6 for details. In addition we also have the pleasure of welcoming JBBI, a successful management consultancy founded by two Danes. Mr. Jan Bowen-Nielsen, one of the founders will be the facilitator at the Chamber-supported Network groups for entrepreneurs and leaders launched by the Danish Trade Council. Please see page 7 for details

Also please welcome our new intern Michaela Horn Simonsen. Michaela took over from Signe at the end of July and will stay with us until February 2008, please see over for more information on Michaela.



Best regards,



Martin Mortensen

Executive Director

Danish-UK Chamber of Commerce



New staff






Michaela Horn Simonsen

Michaela Horn Simonsen started as a new intern the 30th of July and will be here until February 2008. This summer she graduated with a Bachelor Degree from Political Science at the University of Copenhagen. Michaela would like to obtain her master degree from the Copenhagen Business School in communication. She has during her studies worked at Ledernes Hovedorganisation and at Post Danmark in the department of analysis.

Michaela can be reached at the following adress: mhs@ducc.co.uk















New members






The Change Group


The Change Group is one of the pre-eminent, multi-national, foreign currency exchange organisations in the world. They provide top-of-the-line foreign currency and travellers cheque services,

37Coventry Street, London         
including money transfers through Money Gram and Western Union in some of the most prestigious locations in nine countries spread across the globe.

Our history dates back to April 1992, when TCG opened its first branch in Regent Street London. T

Vimmelskaftet 47, Copenhagen
he international vision of the founding family led the group to soon commence operations in Copenhagen Denmark. TCG is the largest FX operator in Copenhagen with 7 branches along Strøget and was awarded a AAA rating from D&B Denmark.

The core values of the group: Excellence, Innovation, and Passion led us to win accolades including the Queens Award for Enterprise 2006, an Ambassador for London Award and the Investor in People Accreditation.

www.changegroup.com






JBBI Ltd.






JBBI is a management consultancy specialising in helping senior management drive major change programmes, especially where changes in behaviour, mindset and culture are critical to success. This could for example be in connection with mergers, re-organisations, changes in sales or market approach, performance improvement, strategic change programmes etc.

We have an excellent track record of successfully facilitating step change in blue chip companies and organisations in the UK, Scandinavia and other parts of the world including such household names as Shell, HBOS, DaimlerChrysler, DONG, Dampskibsselskabet Norden, TeliaSonera etc.

JBBI was founded by two Danes, Jesper Berggreen and Jan Bowen-Nielsen, 6 years ago. We have over the years assembled a strong international team of very experienced strategy and change practitioners and now have offices in London, Edinburgh, Bath, Copenhagen and Munich.

If you would like to discuss your challenges with us or to find out more about JBBI and our team please contact Jan on +44 (0) 207 871 1901 or jan@jbbi.com, or visit our web-site on www.jbbi.com.

Jesper Berggreen and Jan Bowen-Nielsen

Please also not that Jan from JBBI is the facilitator of the network groups for entrepreneurs and leaders launched by the Danish Trade Council in London and supported by DUCC. For more information please click here





Job vacancies





As a member of The Danish-UK Chamber of Commerce the DUCC website can be used to post job adverts. Click here for all job adverts.
















Dates for your diary 2007





August

30 August - Nordic Thursday Drinks

September

13 September - Global Communication at Saxo Bank, Guest Speaker: Samuel Rachlin

October

2 October - MEP Karin Riis-Jørgensen visits DUCC, Topic: “The interaction between the European Parliament and the World of Business”

19 October - Pre-Club for Young Nordic Professionals

23 October - An evening at Georg Jensen

November

20 November - Joint Nordic Branding and Communication Forum

21 November - Danish Design Seminar and Reception

December

14 December - DUCC Christmas Lunch


Nordic Thrusday Drinks take place the last Thursday of every month at the Radisson SAS Portman Hotel.

We are in addition to the above scheduled events still waiting for a few dates and venues to be confirmed. Please stay updated by visiting www.ducc.co.uk regulary.


Membership offers





Business services

Goodwille Corporate Services
Goodwille provides corporate services to small and medium sized companies

The offer
50% off your first boardroom or meeting room booking.
Read more click here

 
Miller Rosenfalck
Anglo-Scandinavian law firm in London with an expertise in English, Danish and European business law for UK and overseas based clients.

The Offer
Offers Individual members a free half hour consultation at their offices with regards to legal matters.
Read more click here

Subscriptions

Berlingske Tidende
The Danish newspaper Berlingske Tidende is launching a new universe on the internet Berlingske VIP

Read more click here

Hotels

Radisson SAS Portman Hotel
22 Portman Square
London, W1H 7BG

The Offer
The hotel offers rooms to special discounted rates to DUCC members. The discount range from 25% to 55%. For any specific enquires contact info@ducc.co.uk


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