U.S. lawmakers including four members of Georgia’s congressional delegation are seeking assurances that market access for American poultry will be on the table in any discussions of a trade deal with the United Kingdom. American-made chicken and turkey have been practically banned from the European Union since 1997 over testing procedures and antimicrobial washes used in sterilization. So-called […]
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Atlanta’s Blackhall Studios to Build First Global Complex in United Kingdom
Atlanta’s Blackhall Studios is set to build a £150 million (about $193.3 million) movie production campus west of London, the first of what it hopes will be multiple locations serving customers internationally. The studios are to be located at the Thames Valley Science Park, owned by the University of Reading and are expected to generate £500 million […]
Atlanta International School Wins Global Award in London for Student-Led Slavery Prevention Campaign
Atlanta International School last month took home an award in London showing how its students are taking to heart the admonition to become global citizens.
NCR Buys British Software Firm for $131 million
Atlanta-based NCR Corp. has purchased Zynstra, a United Kingdom-based provider of software to the retail, hospitality and banking industries, for £100 million, or about $131 million. The companies began working together years ago, but the relationship intensified last January when NCR engaged Zynstra to launch a virtualization platform focused on retail customers. Such platforms bridge stores’ existing […]
Books 2019: The Literary Giant Who Valued the Little Man
Book: Samuel Johnson: A Biography Author: Professor John Wain Review by: Phil Bolton, founder, Global Atlanta During a recent Christmas tour of homes in Atlanta, I visited several newly, beautifully restored houses and was most struck by the absence of books on the shelves. It was said that in the South every house had both […]
Books 2019: Rethinking the European Origins of American Tolerance
Book: The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America Author: Russell Shorto Review by: Trevor Williams, Managing Editor, Global Atlanta Anyone who has been through fifth-grade civics would know that European thinkers incubated the American sense of reason and the religious tolerance […]
Atlanta’s Consuls: U.K. Conservatives’ New Brexit Mandate Will Transform EU Relations
The reactions at a luncheon of the Atlanta Council on International Relations (ACIR) from the Atlanta-based consuls general of Britain, Germany and Ireland to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s pro-Brexit general-election victory captured a mixture of relief and recognition that a new age in the diplomatic and economic relations of their countries was upon them. Alasdair […]
British Packaging Firm With Sustainable Focus Announces New Execs
DS Smith, a London-based packaging firm that set up shop in Atlanta earlier this year, is building out its executive team to advance its sustainable business model in North America. The British company put its regional headquarters in Buckhead in June, announcing that it would hire 50 at the start of what is being planned […]
European Consulates Team Up for Atlanta Pride March
For the first time, the consulates of the European Union in Atlanta will march together at the Atlanta Pride Festival Oct. 13. The diplomatic offices of Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland and the Netherlands banded together to support the 49th annual march, which they said shows the city’s long history of fighting against discrimination of […]
Cortland Buys U.K. Apartment Developer
Atlanta apartment giant Cortland, which has about 55,000 units in 18 U.S. cities, has purchased the U.K. firm LIV Group in Leeds as it continues an expansion into that market. Cortland CEO Steven DeFrancis told the Atlanta Business Chronicle that the acquisition would ensure the company doesn’t have to start from scratch in a market that is […]
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