EXAMPLES OF TRANSNATIONAL WORK BY BSPA MEMBERS
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Providing
a range of services associated with opening a subsidiary
of a US manufacturer in the UK, including:
advice on how
the company should manage
its affairs from a legal standpoint – registering the company to
comply with tax regulations – managing payroll – producing
monthly management accounts – and supplying a full company-secretarial
service.
- Managing Risk and advising on Testing and
Regulatory compliance for an American manufacturer exporting
pumping platforms
to the power generation industry in the Netherlands,
and in the
UK.
- Establishing and then
running a ‘virtual’ Human
Resources department for the UK employees of a
Minneapolis-based IT company, including the establishment
of a benefits
programme (ultimately with share options), employee
communications and documentation, and HR support
systems.
- Developing and managing a rolling strategic, project
management and move-management programme for a major
US household
and personal-care manufacturer and distributor with
European head
office in the UK. Services across a two-year
period included: refurbishing new head office buildings,
with all associated
staff moves – regular staff communications – and
strategic planning and validation of new country
locations as far afield as the Czech Republic
and Russia, where
necessary selecting and then liasing with local
business partners.
- Arranging a marketing
programme for a US city’s
economic development organisation, taking place in
five UK cities
in the space of five days, covering the whole process
from development
of contact database to event delivery.
- Providing regulatory management and European Authorized
Representative support for a Canadian manufacturer of medical
devices.
- Advising on and preparing
UK and European agency and distribution agreements
for
US company – with
particular regard to complex European Union Directives
concerning competition
and
compensation for agents, including applicable
case law decisions.
- Arranging employee benefits, payroll, expenses management
and other HR matters for a joint-venture
with HQ in the UK but majority-owned by a Philadelphia
company. Employees
located
in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, France,
Holland, Australia and Israel in addition to the UK.
- Risk Assessment and Regulatory Compliance management for
an American manufacturer of pharmaceutical powder process
equipment being exported to Ireland and Italy.
- Audiovisual communication work for multinational pharmaceutical
manufacturer based in Denmark, including informational
videos about products and manufacturing processes for worldwide
use,
promotional videos for their operations in the United
States and Japan, and product promotion in China.
- Assisting furniture distribution company in UK in ways
such as developing start-up finance packages using UK tax
regime,
negotiating double-tax treaty breaks, reducing exposure
to duties on goods, and advising on transfer pricing regulations.
- Working with US high-tech manufacturer with small office
already in the UK to develop and implement a five-year
plan of expansion
throughout Europe, while maximising efficiency and
minimising overheads. Work included identifying, refurbishing
and
relocating to a new headquarters, as well as establishing
offices in Germany,
France, Italy and Switzerland.
- Re-writing of brochure
content for investment company in South Carolina
relaunching financial products, to
raise
the level
of clarity for lay people at
the same time as introducing a more international flavour
to the material (even for
use within
the US).
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