Together with The Netherlands British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) & The Anglo-Netherlands Society the BCCG’s London and Southern England Committee cordially invites you to our reception:

Toast to Trade!
A sunset reception on navigating UK/EU Trade Opportunities
in a Changing Global Landscape

Date: Monday, 30 June 2025‍
Time: 7:30 h pm -10:30 h pm BST
Location: The Cholmondeley Room, House of Lords, London

This exclusive gathering comes at a pivotal moment for UK-EU relations. Following the recent and historic UK-EU Summit on 19th May, and with the anticipated release of the UK Industrial Strategy and Spending Review, this event will serve as a timely platform to explore how trade and cooperation can evolve in this new phase of economic alignment and shared opportunity.

With leading policy makers, industry figures, and prominent speakers in attendance, this reception will offer high-level insights into future UK-EU economic priorities and provide an invaluable opportunity to network within the German-British business community. Join us for a celebratory evening of dialogue, connection, and forward-looking perspectives as we once again Toast to Trade!

Agenda of the evening:

19:30 Guests arrive
19:45 Start programme
19:55 Keynote speech by Karl-Matthias Klause, Deputy German Ambassador
20:05 Keynote speech by Paul Drechsler, Lead Non-Executive Board Member, Department for Business and Trade

20:15 Panel
– RT Hon Greg Hands, former Minister of State for Trade Policies
– Wera Hobhouse MP, Member of Parliament
– Peter Foster, Financial Times
– Richard Sterneberg, DLA Piper
– Ian Robinson, Immigration specialist

Moderator: Fleur Launspach

20:45 Q&A
21:30 Closing remarks York-Alexander von Massenbach, Chairman BCCG Regional Committee London/Southern England

Participation notes: 
The number of participants is limited. Registrations will be considered in the order of their receipt.
Please note that photographs and footage might be taken at this event, which will be used for marketing and publicity in our publications, on our website and in our social media channel. Please contact us, if you have any concerns or if you wish to be exempted from this activity.