Buy tickets for Doing Business in the UK – how, what, why, 16.06.2015. in ZIP.Factory coworking space, Zagreb

The British Business Centre Croatia (BBCC), British Embassy and UK Trade & Investment would like to invite you to attend a seminar

Doing Business in the UK – how, what, why

It will offer you a good opportunity to find out more about UK market opportunities for Croatian companies and listen to UK experts discuss topics including market potential, accounting and legal framework, setting up a business in the UK, taxation, opening a non-resident bank account, best location for opening company, UK business culture and business etiquette.

This interactive and practical seminar will offer an insight into the practicalities, opportunities and challenges of doing business in the UK as well as an opportunity to network with the speakers from the UK.

The speakers at the conference will include experts from UK Trade & Investment, Michael Jacobsen, serial entrepreneur and founder of Global Entrepreneurs Agency which enables the entry of entrepreneurs into the UK market and others.


AGENDA:

09:00h Registration

09:30h Welcome Address
Why the UK?
Ian Cliff, Charge d’Affaires, British Embassy
BBCC – your partner for doing business
Vedrana Likan, BBCC President

9:45h UK as a top destination for business expansion
Gergely Balázs, UKTI
• Market potential
• Favorable business environment
• High quality of life
• Easy access to talent
• Attractive tax regime
• Choosing your location, clients, partners, resources, costs, initiatives
• UKTI service and support

10:05h An Entrepreneurs Journey to the UK
Michael Jacobsen, Global Entrepreneurs Agency
• The UK “Ecosystem”
• Tech City
• Acceleration
• Money time
• Who can I ask?
• I need a partner

10:40h Coffee break

11:00h Business Etiquette
Michael Jacobsen, Global Entrepreneurs Agency
• UK business culture, business etiquette
• Communication style in the UK
• Business correspondence
• Top tips

11:30h Global Entrepreneur Programme (GEP)
Mark Shaw, GEP via Skype
• Mentorship program connecting international business with a global aspiration to investors and clients

11:45h Setting up in the UK
Jonathan Seymour, Kingston Smith
• Accounting and legal framework
• Regulations and procedures
• The UK tax regime
• Practical solutions
• How to find the best location in the UK
• Institutions and platforms that can help
• How to structure operations in the UK
• How Kingston Smith can assist with setting up in the UK - Outsourcing your finance operations

12:10h Accounting dos and don’ts
Paul Suchar
• Croatian tax implications of a Croatian tax resident individual/company incorporating a company in the UK and receiving dividends from that UK company or selling the shares in that UK company
• Croatian tax implications of a Croatian tax resident individual employee of a Croatian company working in the UK
• Croatian tax implications of a Croatian tax resident individual (self-employed) working for himself in the UK

12:20h Experience Clinique
• Interactive session with companies who have opened a business in the UK:
Teddy the Guardian, Kisha, and MicroBlink/PhotoPay

13:00h Start-up scene in the UK
Terry Mankertz, UKTI via Skype
• ICT Sector in the UK
• ICT Clusters
• ICT Association & cooperation
• ICT Possibility for funding in the UK

13:20h Closing Remarks
BBCC

13:30h Networking Lunch