The ‘Ukraine Music Aid’ day will take place on 2 nd May 2026, and all UK and Ukrainian Universities are invited to participate. The idea is for each Universities music department to arrange for a day of performances from 9am to 9pm or later, and to broadcast these via their digital media channels, such as YouTube or Facebook. The broadcast streams will then be aggregated and edited into an additional master live channel by Bath Spa university’s technical broadcast team. Ukra

UBBC attended the building bridges conference in Rzezow to learn of the opportunities for collaborating with Polish and Ukrainian companies. The forum’s key objective is to bring together British, Polish and Ukrainian companies to collaborate in the reconstruction of Ukraine, in the short and longer term. The British Embassy convened the event with Polish – British chambers of commerce, the Polish development agency, and Polish Gov for Ukraine. Attendees included a wide range

This investment conference comes at a time of continued uncertainty on the outcomes of Russia’s war on Ukraine, but the conference focused on what can be practically achieved and how investors can enter the Ukrainian market, despite uncertainty for investors. Some key facts emerged to reassure investors; from sustaining of the Ukrainian economy (4% growth this year), to the intended privatisation of large swathes of the old soviet economy (74%) of SOE’s and the drivers of inc

UBBC held a supply chain assurance webinar with leading professional services businesses in the country. With over $800 bn investment  lining up for restoration of infrastructure and critical mineral extraction , how finance and operational companies can protect and de risk  their suppliers becomes important. Alexander McWorter, Citibank Ukraine outlined the sectors least at risk and the significant interest in Ukraine. He also said the US fund is open to British suppliers i

Molfar the Ukrainian intelligence and communications agency launched their UK operations last night at the Travellers club. UBBC members, as outreach partners, were in attendance to hear James Westlake explain Molfar’s work and the wider defence context in Ukraine including the focus on Ukraine’s remarkable rise in the defence tech industry. Attendees included members of Ukraine and British start up and defence tech industries, advisors and businesspeople engaged in the secto

Lord Robertson, formerly defence secretary and head of Nato, addressed the UBBC reception at the Cavalry and Guards club, Piccadilly London. The event, hosted by Brigadier Ellery  and Baroness Nicholson  marked a busy year for UBBC including a business visit to Kyiv first week in November, and an opportunity to convene significant businesses operating with Ukraine in London. Lord Robertson spoke of the ingenuity, capability, and resilience of the Ukrainians, and how is essent

UBBC arranged a successful trade and research visit to Kyiv from 2–6 November, with the aim of meeting leading business organisations and contacts across critical sectors. Led by Christophe Michels, Managing Director of UBBC, the delegation comprised senior executives from Eurasia Group, Serco, Burns & Wilcox and EAME, bringing expertise in insurance, energy and defence analysis, environmental assessment, business-to-government relations, and industrial technology investment.

On Wednesday 5 th  November UBBC members hosted a reception at the City Hotel for businesses and organisations we met whilst visiting Kyiv. Among the attendees were representatives from Education, diplomacy and business including the British Embassy, the German Embassy, Asters, Kyiv economics University, Cormack consulting, The Ukraine Chamber of Commerce, the American Chamber of Commerce the British Chamber of commerce, Unit city, Innovation Norway, ECU, AV group, and Piraeu

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