Biggest UK team coming to Bengal Global Business Sumit

Kolkata: The United Kingdom is set to bring its biggest ever delegation to this year's Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS), a two-day conclave by the Mamata Banerjee government to attract investments in West Bengal.

British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis, accompanied by UK’s Deputy Trade Commissioner to South Asia Anna Shotbolt, will lead a 55-member delegation of business leaders to BGBS to be held on November 21 and 22.

Mr Ellis said, “I am greatly looking forward to leading the UK’s largest ever delegation to the BGBS in Kolkata, including to learn about West Bengal’s pioneering green transition, for the electrification of its public transport system. I hope the summit will help British businesses to expand here and that companies from Bengal can enhance their footprint in the UK.”

British Deputy High Commissioner to East and Northeast India Dr. Andrew Fleming said, “I would like to congratulate the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee and the Government of West Bengal for hosting the BGBS this year. The UK-India 2030 Roadmap agreed by our Prime Ministers promised to transform trade and investment between the UK and India. That’s what we are here to do.”

On November 21, the UK, in collaboration with the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will facilitate a ‘B2B (Business-to-Business) UK Country session on ‘Building a Net Zero Future.’ A day before, the UK is also organizing a ‘Green Adda on a Tram’ with climate experts in Kolkata.