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For the first time, the Birmingham based National Express transport company has run a graduate exchange with our sister city of Chicago, through their “Graduate Training Scheme”. In June 2016 a total of five graduates from National Expresses’ American branch came to Birmingham for a week long visit […]
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The Leader of Birmingham City Council Councillor John Clancy attended the Birmingham Sister City Chicago’s Global Cities Forum. The Forum brought the Mayors of approximately 20 world status cities together, with over 500 senior representatives of both Chicago’s Sister Cities and many others. The forum comprised of several […]
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You may be interested to know that UKTI (UK Trade & Investment) has published its list of West Midlands market visits for 2015 / 2016. West Midlands Companies are eligible to attend these market visits but any funding would be subject to availability and approval […]
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Icelandair is pleased to announce it will commence services from Iceland to Chicago O’Hare International Airport from March 2016. The service will operate throughout the year with 4 flights per week (Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays). Chicago will be the airlines 11th gateway in the […]
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Birmingham based International Synergies took centre stage alongside some of the global leaders in sustainability at the Global Green Business Summit in Mexico last week (27th & 28th April). Peter Laybourn, Chief Executive of International Synergies, gave the keynote speech at this global event on […]