You can now watch the recording of our webinar Expanding to the UK – Advice for Startups. FBCC joined forces with Corporate Member Marks & Clerk, Leadoo, and Logmore, to bring you a lively discussion about the do’s and don’ts of expanding to the UK.

We would like to thank all of our participants and co-organiser the Norwegian-British Chamber of Commerce. A special thanks goes to our speakers Simon Portman from Mark & Clerk, Niko Polvinen from Logmore, and Henrik Viitanen from Leadoo for making the webinar happen!

You can also find recordings to all our past webinars here!

Be a responsible employer and get ready for the latest UK employment law changes.

FBCC joined the HR Team at Patron Member Goodwille and the Danish-UK Association to host a webinar to make sure businesses are aware of the changing employment landscape.

The panellists from Goodwille discuss the following topics:
– The Employer Basics – understanding your core responsibilities
– Changes in UK Employment Law from April 2021
– HR Implications post-Brexit & Covid-19

Thank you to everyone that participated! Watch past recordings here.

Finnmark Ltd Press Release
16th of March 2021

FBCC Corporate Member Finnmark Ltd has invested over £100,000 to scale up operations at their Enterprise city home near Durham in another positive move for levelling up and manufacturing in the region. The company, which has seen a spike in e-commerce sales since the start of the pandemic, currently imports all of its materials from Finland and is busy moving to larger warehouse and workshop facilities to allow product development teams to pioneer their own sauna and steam room solutions such as cold plunge and sauna cabin designs all on-site. The company is also poised to make a move into the luxury steam room market and is currently developing an offering to sit alongside its hugely successful authentic Finnish sauna installation brand –  Finnmark Sauna.

To service the growth, the company has made a number of appointments in key positions across sales, installations and e-commerce. George Oberg has joined this month as Installations Manager. He enthused, “I’m focussing on maintaining and improving upon our high standards. I’m keen to see how we can further develop and deepen our reach in both the residential and commercial sectors and see this as a great time to join such a forward-thinking and progressive company. I’m very excited to be part of the team here at Finnmark as the company grows.”

PR Manager Robbie Thompson said, “We are well known in the residential sector for being fastidious about the quality and authenticity of our Finnish sauna installation work and our aim is to take that reputation into the commercial and steam room markets as we grow. The key appointments we’ve made added to workshop equipment and tools we’ve bought plus the new larger warehouse facility we’ve secured are all certainly going to help us with that push. We are looking forward to developing our steam room brand and hope to be able to have a first-class and attractive service offering very shortly.”

Visit Finnmark’s website here.

We are happy to introduce two new board members: Sir Richard Snowden and Ioli Tassopoulou. We would also like to express our warmest thanks to Cormac Whelan, who is stepping down from the board. While we are sad to see Mr. Whelan go, we are grateful for the time he has served on FBCC’s board. We wish you all the best!

Sir Richard Snowden graduated in law from the University of Cambridge and then Harvard Law School, where he met his wife, Kirsti Niinisalo in 1984.  They returned to the UK where Richard practised as a barrister and QC specialising in business law for 30 years before being appointed as a High Court Judge in 2015.  Kirsti was the head of legal at Nordea for many years and was the Chairman of the FBCC and a board member from its inception until she retired due to ill-health in 2019.  Richard has been an active member of the FBCC and the Finnish/British community in the UK throughout that time.  They have two adult sons with dual Finnish/British nationality.  They live in Sussex and regularly visit Helsinki and their family cottage near Kouvola.

Ioli Tassopoulou is Head of Legal & Compliance for the UK & Ireland at Nokia; she is responsible for Nokia’s UK and Irish operations, as well as for one of its key global customer accounts. In addition, Ioli is serving on the Board of Directors of Nokia UK, Nokia Ireland and other Nokia group entities.  Before joining Nokia, Ioli was a partner in the shipping group of international law firm Reed Smith LLP.

Ioli was born and grew up in Greece before moving to the UK for her degree in Jurisprudence from University College, Oxford University. She also holds a LL.M. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and she has been admitted to the Law Society of England & Wales as a solicitor and to the Bar of the State of New York. Ioli is a member of the editorial board of the International In-House Counsel Journal and has moderated a number of panels at various international conferences. Ioli lives in London with her husband and their son.

Inspirational Leaders – Growing a Business

Financial Leadership – Inspire, Empower and Invest

FBCC would like to thank everyone that participated in the International Women’s Day event 2021 yesterday! You can now watch the recordings for the panel discussions in case you missed them.

We would like to thank the amazing speakers in both panel discussions who have great insights into leading thriving businesses globally to navigating and creating a more diverse financial industry. We would also like to thank our co-organisers, the Danish-UK Association, the Norwegian-British Chamber of Commerce, and the British Chamber of Commerce in Denmark.

Finally, we would like to express a special thanks to Goodwille, Ruby Cup, and Vestre that kindly sponsored the event.

Watch the recordings and FBCC’s previous webinars here!