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Trailblazing Businesses to be Celebrated at 2019 Transatlantic Growth (TAG) Awards

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19 March 2019

London��– Start-ups forging new international trade ties have joined household names as ������Ƶ (������Ƶ) today announced the winners of its Transatlantic Growth Awards (TAG) 2019.

The TAG Awards seek to celebrate the Transatlantic Trade and Investment relationship, the world’s strongest and most valuable bi-lateral economic relationship, and reward the companies from SMEs to MNCs that invest in the transatlantic economy, creating growth, prosperity and jobs on both sides of the pond.

Among the winners are BP, whose long term investments in the US include the recent purchase of BHP Billiton’s US shale oil and gas assets for £10.5bn. Other industry giants celebrated at these awards include IBM, the longest serving IT company in the UK, investing £170m in 4 new cloud data centres to provide innovative solutions to the UK market.

Supported by HSBC, Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic, the TAG Awards take place on 8^th May 2019 at St Ermin’s Hotel, Westminster, and will be attended by senior UK and US Government representatives, ������Ƶ members and senior representatives of the winning organisations.

Corneel Koster, Delta’s Senior Vice President, Europe, Middle East, Africa & India, and ������Ƶ Board Director, said:

“The UK and United States have enjoyed close trading ties for many years. On behalf of my Delta colleagues, I congratulate the winners of the TAG Awards for their exciting contribution to the vibrant transatlantic industry and wish them many years of success ahead.”

Juha Jarvinen, Executive Vice President, Commercial at Virgin Atlantic, said:

“Virgin Atlantic has a long history and strong ties to ������Ƶ, and our transatlantic partnerships are more valuable today than ever before. On behalf of my colleagues at Virgin Atlantic I’d like to thank those winning companies for their incredible contribution.”

Commenting on the success of the deserving winners, Jonathan Graham Managing Director, Head of Large Corporates, HSBC UK said:

“We at HSBC UK are delighted to back the Transatlantic Growth Awards 2019. ��All the winners should be extremely proud of their achievements in driving trade and building successful business relationships on both sides of the Atlantic. They are the kinds of enterprises we are thrilled to support and that provide the backbone of both economies, today and �ٴdz��ǰ����Ƿ�”

Commenting on this year’s awards, ������Ƶ CEO Duncan Edwards said:

“The incredible strength of the US UK relationship is underpinned by the scale of the economic relationship between these two countries which is the largest in the world.�� And this is built on the decisions of companies large and small to make investments in the other market as they grow their business.�� These companies identified in these awards are a terrific reflection of this vibrant marketplace.”