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Today's BAG Update features:

  • BAG Annual Review 2020 Launch
  • Welcome to our new Member!
  • BAG Members Virtual Briefing- Call for Submissions
  • BAG ACC Virtual Global Business Summit 2021- *Presentations & Recording available*
  • BAG Meetings with MPs
  • DIT Update- DIT Webinar: African Infrastructure Export Opportunities in Egypt, Ghana and Uganda &France: Call for expression of interest HYDROGEN H2 HUB AIRPORT ADP AIRBUS
  • SME Brexit support fund

BAG Annual Review 2020 Launch
BAG is delighted to launch their first online digital BAG Annual Review! Traditionally, BAG has produced a document showcasing activities over the course of the previous year which has been circulated at events and exhibitions. This year, we wanted to showcase BAG’s activities in a virtual and interactive way to highlight month by month what BAG has achieved, including key activities, webinars, Special Interest Groups and Regions, and how BAG has successfully engaged with its members throughout a challenging year. To view the 2020 BAG Annual Review please click here. Please tell us what you think and give us some feedback by contacting Hannah Sallabanks.
 

Welcome to our new Member!
BAG are delighted to welcome Think Research Ltd to our membership!
We look forward to collaborating with you!

BAG Members Virtual Briefing

The British Aviation Group will be holding their first virtual Members Briefing of 2021, in place of its traditional Spring BAG Members day, on the 25 February 2021 from 15:00-16:00 via MS Teams. The session will be hosted by Jane Thompson, BAG Board Member and Lead of the BAG Events Working Group and Toby Gibbs, Lead of the BAG Sustainability Working Group.

A renewed emphasis on Sustainability is emerging as the front and centre topic for aviation recovery and securing the sector’s future license to operate and grow. With this emphasis on sustainability the sector needs to focus its efforts around this theme and we have therefore dedicated our traditional BAG Spring Members Day to this topic.  We are delighted to welcome our guest speaker Jean-Louis Bartlett, Senior Consultant, Sustainability at WSP who will be presenting on the latest Developments in the Airport Carbon Accreditation Programme.

We are also giving members the opportunity to present their companies at the briefing around the Sustainability theme and share experiences, lessons learnt and case studies with the membership. If you would be interested in presenting, please find the criteria and themes below. Please click here to submit your interest to present. The organisers, in collaboration with the BAG Sustainability Working Group, will select the best examples which meet the set criteria, also ensuring fair representation across the 5 BAG pillars and the 5 presentation themes.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact
 Hannah Sallabanks or Bettina RiggIf you would like to attend the briefing, please book your space through the BAG website
 

BAG ACC Virtual Global Business Summit 2021- *Presentations & Recording available*
On the 11 February 20201, BAG and ACC hosted their first virtual BAG ACC Global Business Summit 2021! We would like to thank our guest speakers for their engagement in an exceptional two hour panel session on how the aviation industry recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic in the coming years, what governments & aviation stakeholders are doing to address the climate challenge, and how airport development companies can assist airports. We would like to thank:

  • Kevin Welsh, Executive Director, Office of Environment & Energy, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
  • Michael Rossell, Senior Vice President International Relations and Corporate Secretary, ACI World
  • Martin Braun, Assistant Director Airport Development, IATA
  • Tim Pohle, Senior Managing Director of Environmental Affairs, Airlines for America

Please find the Recording of the session as well as the presentations here. If you have any feedback you would like to share on the session please do get in touch with the BAG Secretariat. Alternatively, if you have any thoughts or suggestions for part 2 of the summit, please do let us know.

BAG Meetings with MPs
Last week BAG, as part of the Future of Aviation Group, met with Andrew Bridgen MP and Paul Girvan MP to highlight the impacts of the current crisis on the aviation supply chain.
DIT Update

DIT Webinar: African Infrastructure Export Opportunities in Egypt, Ghana and Uganda - 17 February 2021
Join this webinar jointly organised by DIT Midlands, DIT Africa and UKEF to hear directly from nine major contractors with projects across Egypt, Ghana, Uganda and elsewhere seeking new UK suppliers. Also included will be presentations from DIT representatives in each country, covering market dynamics and business environment information. To register and for more information click here.

France: Call for expression of interest HYDROGEN H2 HUB AIRPORT ADP AIRBUS
For information on this expression if interest please click here.

The SME Brexit Support Fund
HMG has announced a new £20m fund to provide grants to help small and medium-sized businesses new to importing or exporting.
Details:
 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/grants-to-help-small-and-medium-sized-businesses-new-to-importing-or-exporting.
The SME Brexit Support Fund could give up to £2,000 to help with training or professional advice, if the business has up to 500 employees and no more than £100 million annual turnover.  To note, applications are not yet open but should be soon. The scheme will be administered by PwC.
Additionally, Cabinet Office has published a page showing all the helplines on gov.uk –
 at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-transition-helplines.

 

 Looking Ahead

BAG Webinars
BAG are offering all members the chance for regular Virtual Get Togethers to have the chance for some regular interaction between members as well as information share. Please see below the upcoming schedule:

 

Future Events:

 Past Events & Webinars

Please find all our past events and webinars with presentations and recordings on the BAG website!
        BAG ACC Virtual Global Business Summit 202111 February 2021
        BAG Virtual Get Together- Future Flight 14 January 2021
        BAG Saudi Aviation Market Workshop1 February 2021
        BAG Africa Deep Dive Workshop Session10 December 2020
 
       BAG China Deep Dive Workshop Session- 24 November 2020

  Sales Leads & Tenders and BAG News

BAG Sales leads & Tenders

Tender for runway light upgrade at Constanta Airport

Cargo Parking Lot Expansion

On-Call FAA Safety Risk Management Facilitation Services

Terminal A Redevelopment – Support for Airport-Wide Needs Via Work Order

Integrated Pavement Preservation Services

Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments

Radio Upgrade

Rain Effected Dynamic UPS - Refurbishment

Terminal - Construction

Baggage Handling System - Spare Parts

 

To view our Sales Leads & Tender and access WikiBAG, please click here!
BAG News

Stay updated on the latest Government's Coronavirus Business Support page

NEW grant scheme for small businesses, who trade goods with the EU

100 businesses urge Rishi Sunak to deliver on 'delayed' aviation rescue package to save millions of jobs
New portal to register to order coronavirus tests for your employees

Office for National Statistics: Coronavirus and the impact on output in the UK economy: December 2020

ACI Europe: Newly published report highlights continued airport industry climate action amid COVID-19 pandemic
ACI Europe: Europe’s airport 2020 passenger traffic back to 1995 levels
 
WIAAC launches new Resource Hub

Liz Truss deepens trade ties during India visit and announces investment wins

Destination 2050 - A Route to Net Zero European Aviation

Read more news here

 
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