Gary has over 34 years’ experience working in the Customs and Trade Compliance arena. Having spent the first 15 years of those working in the freight forwarding world before switching lanes and working for JPMorgan in-house at Ford Motor Company, then Pump and Valve manufacturers Flowserve Corporati...

Qualified Accountant with 40 years commercial experience. Harshad has owned the practice for over 30 years, providing complete Accountancy and Taxation Services, including business advice and mentoring. Acted as FD and Non-Executive Director. Currently working closely with clients and KPMG on a spec...

Besides her City civic roles, Irem Yerdelen is a Partner at ERM, the world’s largest advisory firm solely focuses on sustainability. Irem brings 17 years of (re)insurance and risk industry expertise, previously worked at Marsh and WTW. Irem currently advises global businesses, from finance and corpo...

Karim Fatehi MBE Chief Executive OfficerKarim Fatehi is the Chief Executive of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI). He has served as an LCCI Board member since September 2022 and has been a member of the LCCI Council for seven years.Karim is a highly experienced business leader and ha...

James principally works on larger, strategic planning applications, often accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment. This frequently involves site promotion, allocation, the co-ordination of planning application submissions and, where necessary, appeal work. Clients include housebuilders, st...

LCCI and London Councils have published the London Business 1000 2023. This survey of over 1,000 London business leaders is an annual report, considering their views on a range of important issues. These include skills, apprenticeships, recruitment, devolution, business crime, and the path to net ze...

Julia is a Partner at Fragomen, focusing on Global Government Strategies and Compliance. She divides her time between Fragomen’s London and Dubai offices and supports clients worldwide to optimise global mobility strategies, enhance compliance and leverage best practices in all critical immigration-...

This year’s survey provides an update on businesses’ approaches to recruitment and the impact of the Apprenticeship Levy. ComRes interviewed 1,000 London business decision-makers by telephone between 14 May and 14 June 2019

The second annual London Business 1000 report by LCCI and London Councils focuses on the capital’s training and recruitment challenges and finds that the skills system is not providing what London businesses need. The report is based on a ComRes survey of 1020 London businesses between 15 May and 20 June 2018.