Events Calendar

Free consultancy support from students working on real-world business challenges set by your organisation. These credit-bearing projects span disciplines like business, law, health, policy, and creative industries. Guided by academic experts, students work in groups to deliver a final report with tangible solutions. This is a free, low time-commitment initiative, and you retain all project results at no cost.

Property Nexus (UK property network) is holding our Summer Boat Party Property Networking Event on Tuesday 8 July 2025 aboard The Tattershall Castle. We are expecting up to 180 attendees for this event and have exclusively booked The Aft Deck which will allow you to enjoy the summer sunshine and provide you with spectacular views. At the event you can expect to meet a diverse group of professionals from the property industry, construction, and other sectors within the built environment.

This introduction covers the five main types of payment for International Trade.

This introduction course is ideal for personnel who administer the documentation, sales, purchasing, dispatch, logistics, Freight Forwarders and companies embarking into the export world. This is also an excellent refresher for those already working in International Trade and for those going into new territories. Essential learning for accounts, export and sales teams.

• Identification of types of International Payment methods
• Examination of documents required
• Types and levels of security
• What can go wrong?
• Top tips for success every time UCP600/ISBP Sources of help and advice

The General Product Safety Regulations (GPSR) set out the requirement that consumer products must be safe when sold within the EU member states. This regulatory update replaces earlier legislation with an emphasis being placed on pre-market safety assessments and the appointment of ‘Responsible Persons’.

Join our webinar to discover the outline, scope, limitations and responsibilities of companies sending and selling consumer products to the EU. 

We are delighted that Linda Middleton-Jones, MD, International Trade Matters Ltd will be delivering this essential session for exporters to the EU. There will also be the opportunity for you to have your questions answered.

This introduction course is aimed at those involved in the importing of goods. The course will cover import documentation and procedures, commercial considerations, the importance of your purchase order, calculating VAT and duty, and how to reduce import customs clearance delays. Incoterms® and their impact on importing will be shown, along with an introduction to duty regimes to help importers.

• Import documentation and procedures
• Calculating VAT and duty
• Incoterms®
• Customs regimes and import controls
• Sources of help and advice

Join LCCI as we launch the latest Quarterly Economic Survey (Capital 500) Report for Q2 2025.

The QES is one of London's largest regular business surveys. Conducted by polling professionals Savanta, the report looks to highlight how London’s businesses have been performing in the previous three months offering insights into companies’ outlooks for the future.

Our expert panel will present their views on the results of the report, discuss the challenges and opportunities that it presents, and answer questions from the audience.

This meeting will update you on the opportunities for Financial and Professional service providers in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA); we are delighted to be joined by Ben Aldred, Deputy Trade Commissioner for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Department for Business and Trade (DBT).

As Deputy Trade Commissioner for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Ben Aldred oversees DBT’s activities from Moldova to Mongolia, including the key countries of Ukraine, Turkey and Kazakhstan. Ben has worked on Trade, in both FCO and DIT/DBT for nearly 20 years, including postings in Japan, India and now Turkey. Prior to that, he worked on tax policy and financial services.

Join us to discover how businesses and industries across London are evolving to meet the growing demand for Green ways of working, and the skills required to do this. The event will provide the opportunity for relevant employers to talk to local residents about the current and future Green job roles they are looking to recruit for. If you are interested in having a stand to do this, please contact us via businessdevelopment@uel.ac.uk Networking will be available throughout the event. 

This introduction course covers the eight main types of Letters of Credit used in international trade from advance payment, including Sight Documentary Collection and Documentary Letters of Credit. It also includes the use of Bills of Exchange with and without documents.

Over 75% of first presentations to banks against Documentary Letters of Credit are rejected, resulting in delayed payments to exporters, additional costs, and breached delivery deadlines. This introduction course is suitable for all staff who need to have a clear understanding of the procedures required to ensure payments for goods sold on documentary credit terms. Knowledge and understanding are reinforced through the use of exercises, tips on getting the credit you want and working examples of documentary credits.

Course Contents

• What is a Letter of Credit?
• The eight main types of Letters of Credit
• Letter of Credit administration and procedure
• Types and levels of security
• Letters of Credit costs, Letter of Credit content - getting the credit you want
• Examination of documents required for presentation
• What can go wrong?
• Top tips for success every time UCP600/ISBP
• Sources of help and advice

We’re delighted to invite LCCI members to attend our forthcoming in person Maximise Your Membership event in our Members' Lounge in the heart of the City. Join us for drinks and networking with fellow members and the Chamber team. Learn what your benefits are and how you can access them. Meet key staff who can help explain how to maximise your membership from the start.