Happy Finnish Independence Day from the FBCC!
Today, Finland celebrates its 99th year of independence. With fond feelings towards the homeland and plans to see the Presidential Ball in the evening, we also look forward to the big one hundred celebrations next year. Stay tuned for more information.
We warmly welcome our new Corporate Member Luxus Worldwide
Luxus Worldwide is the world’s smallest global digital marketing and technology agency. Founded in 2001 in Helsinki, Finland, Luxus is on a mission to help leading brands drive impact and become more meaningful through marketing, design and technology. Today, Luxus is a group of companies with operations on four continents. Their offices in Helsinki, Helsingborg, […]
MeetingPackage wins the 2016 AmCham EU Youth Entrepreneurship Award
One of our most recent Corporate Members, MeetingPackage.com, is the winner of the 2016 AmCham EU Youth Entrepreneurship Award. The Finnish online meeting room booking platform was announced winner by the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU) and Junior Achievement Europe. We wish all the best to the company as they are […]
We warmly welcome our new Corporate Member Scandicanvas
Scandicanvas is a start-up business based in the South of Sweden, close to the beautiful South coast and the scenic Österlen. The company offers canvas art inspired by Scandinavia. Their products are unique, affordable and produced in an eco-friendly way. Scandicanvas provides scenic views to your home and office or make great gifts for family […]
Outdoor sauna installed at Southbank Centre for Nordic Matters festival
Next year there will be a great opportunity to explore the Nordic culture at Southbank Centre in London. Nordic Matters, a year-long festival will give visitors a taste of traditional Scandinavian and Nordic activities. One of the highlights will be an all-weather outdoor sauna which has been designed by architecture students and will be open […]
We warmly welcome our new Corporate Member Keto Software
Keto Software produces enterprise level software that allows large organisations to become more innovative and run better projects. It is a cloud-based system with modules covering ideas management, project selection, project portfolio management and project management. In the UK, clients include Boots, Tata Steel, Sellafield and HMRC. The company has been established for over 5 years in […]
We warmly welcome our new Corporate Member MeetingPackage
MeetingPackage.com, a site for booking all-inclusive business meeting packages is the only service to standardize meeting and conference packages of half a day, full day, overnight and two days for side-by-side price comparison and live online booking. Corporate clients can add their own content to the tool, including on-site meeting rooms and negotiated rates with […]
Wirepas Raises €4.5m in Funding
One of FBCC’s newest Corporate Members, Wirepas, has raised €4.5m in funding. Backers included ETF Partners, Inventure and Vito Ventures. The Tampere, Finland-based IoT connectivity company, which has raised €10m in 2016 including loan agreements and an earlier Series A round from Inventure and Vito Ventures, intends to use the funds for further growth and product development. Led […]
Tove Jansson’s art gets major UK exhibition
The art of Tove Jansson, the Finnish writer, illustator and creator of the cherished Moomin characters, will get a major exhibition next year at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. From 25 October 2017 to 28 January 2018, the show will include around 150 works from private collections and museums in Finland, as well as drawings of her famous creations that […]
Hellon helps you bring the human back
Markus Hohl, the CEO of our corporate member Hellon London, has written an interesting blog post, instructing you how to make your organization more customer centric in 9 steps. As customer experience is becoming more and more important as a key brand differentiator, taking a look might be a good idea. It is quite different to […]