FAQs

Why should I join the BABC?

BABC members have a direct contact to business. The connections made through the BABC are tailored to the specific needs of the member company.

In becoming a member of the BABC Midlands you are automatically a member of the overall BABC and its transatlantic business network of over 3,000 businesses in more than 20 locations throughout the North America and the UK. These businesses include many of the world’s largest multinational corporations, in addition to many SMEs. Like you, they all share a common interest in transatlantic trade and investment and you are able to contact any members through the BABC database.
As well as this you will receive information updates, regular invitations to BABC events and have the opportunity to promote your products/services on the BABC website and newsletters.

What are the benefits of joining the BABC?

The most important BABC member benefit is the one each member company identifies and then works with the BABC staff to achieve. Past requests have varied from a simple introduction request to finding a weed killer formulator in the US Midwest. You tell us what you need.
Aside from the benefits mentioned above, the BABC Midlands offers many membership benefits including: Business, professional and government contacts; access to visiting BABC delegations and BABC contacts in major US cities, policy and investment updates and membership discounts.

Why is the US/UK business relationship so important?

The UK-US business relationship represents the largest economic partnership between any two countries in the world, including more than $460 billion in two-way investment, split equally between the two countries, and some $74 billion annually in two-way trade.
UK and US companies are the world’s largest outward investors, with the US being the outright largest global outward investor at approximately $1.1 trillion. The UK comes in second at $400 billion (UNCTAD).
39 cents from every US Dollar invested in the EU stops in the UK (US Department of Commerce).

40% of overseas direct investment in Great Britain is from the United States, representing in 2000, £100.5 billion.

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