Dear British Business Club members,

Christmas and the New Year are with us again and I wanted to take the opportunity to wish each one of you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 2023 has certainly been challenging for all of us. We had to learn to live with new changes and world events continue to cause concerns. Yet despite all of this, the BBC continues to grow with new members, and we continue to hold events.  We do believe that we are unique, a club that is diverse and inclusive, non-political, and open to people from all nationalities. We continue to focus on delivering a wide range of social and business activities that give our members the opportunity to network widely.  

During the year we held a variety of events that included some with partners and BBC friends and this is what we aim to continue and indeed grow in 2024; however, we could not do any of this without you, our BBC members. As I often say, we try to provide a platform to success but without your support and attendance, it would not work. Thank you again to the incredibly supportive BBC Committee, Svetlana Kondrashina-Scott, Irina Gagarova, Edward Johnson and Stas Shafransky and to all the numerous venue hosts for welcoming us and providing such memorable events.

Very recently, the British Business Club held a partner social event Christmas Networking Reception 2023 with our friends from the Canada Eurasia Chamber of Commerce (CECC). This was an incredibly successful event with over 150 guests. I would like to say a special thank you to event sponsors  and lottery prize givers. Thank you to  Kucher Kuleshov Maximenko & Partners (KKMP),  Marillion, Mamaison Hotel, Jimmy Vestoro, Imperial Tailors, Penta Hotel, Red Machine, Sous-Sol Gastro Pub, Katie O’Shea’s, Vybor Podarkov, Etiquette School, Group English, Japonica, Newby Teas, Z Brothers and Lotte Hotel for their support and generosity. Thanks to our photographer Alexey Komarov. Please see the link below for all the beautiful photos:

Once again, I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from myself, Irina and Evangelina. I do hope that in 2024 we will finally see peace return across the world and that each of us enjoys a happy, healthy, and successful year.

My kindest wishes to you all,

Christopher Mawer
BBC President