The DBT’s webinar covered a IFI investor activity in Ukraine, along with the mechanisms to engage with procurement and business bids. Key IFI’s included The Word Bank , The EBRD, MIGA and IFC , who outlined the extent, nature and sectors for investment, and procurement portals Prozorro and RELINK, REPOWER, DREAM and PREPARE , the GOV UKR portal for prioritising projects, along with the procurement portals of both EBRD and World Bank. In short, the World Bank is investing

The EBA or European business association in Ukraine, represent about 900 businesses from all over Europe, many of them large corporates and investors. With 80 members of staff and various sector initiatives from bids to lobbying, they represent the most formidable business organisation in Ukraine and put on events, trips and conferences. The EBA covers sectors including industrial, agricultural, Pharma, IT, and government departments, though like UBBC is funded only by member

The University of Oxford Science and Technology facilities council hosted 15 of the top Ukrainian stem students from the Aviation Institute in Kyiv, one of the top universities in Ukraine. The students came with entrepreneurial projects they are seeking to expand, covering innovation in robotics, cybersecurity, AI and specialists from computer sciences, systems control, software and applied mathematics among other areas. From the Ukrainian side Yuliia Lysanet, Head of the Dep

UBBC held a well-attended reception in the House of Lords, hosted by Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne . The Baroness introduced a range of parliamentary speakers including Lord Green, who spoke of the importance of Trade to improve prosperity and the opportunity Ukraine as a current and future opportunity. Dame Nia Griffiths MP, of the Ukraine appg, who had just returned from a parliamentary visit to Kyiv. She presented the various initiatives that both political parties

On 11 th March UBBC held a webinar on the ‘Future defence of Europe’ based on the research and insights that Victoria Vdovychenko of Centre for Geopolitics provided and her key outtake is of the concept of asymmetric warfare the thinking in the new paradigm. Mykola Kuzmin of Henry Jackson Society amplified the insights with a compelling list of European companies that can provide substitute defence products instead of USA sources, and James Westlake of Molfar UK gave us insi

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.