The Asian Business Association hosts a lunch with James Caan
8th December 2010

Colin Stanbridge, Chief Executive of the London Chamber of Commerce and Sunil Gadhia , Chairman of The Asian Business Association (ABA) hosted a lunch with Founder and Chief Executive Officer of private equity firm Hamilton Bradshaw and panelist on BBC's Dragons' Den, James Caan, on Wednesday 8th December 2010 at Gordon Ramsey's Maze restaurant in London. Mr Caan gave his detailed perspective on financing business growth, family businesses, shareholder structures and his own experiences of growing and selling enterprises to a group of Asian entrepreneurs. Sponsored by HSBC, lunch guests included media companies like Mr C B Patel of Asian Business Publications, Mr Javed Husain of MediaReach Advertising, Mrs Anjali Bulley of V&A Publishing, Mrs Lopa Patel of Redhotcurry.com as a well Mrs Kiran Tawadey of Hampstead Tea, among the twenty guests.

About the Asian Business Association

The ABA of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) was established in 1995 and is the voice of Asian business in the capital. It campaigns on issues directly affecting Asian businesses within London's business community and encourages development through publicity and networking opportunities

Facts and Figures about the Asian Business Community

• The Asian economy accounts for approximately £60bn every single year, or thirteen per cent of annual turnover in the capital
• Census figures consistently show that Asian people are statistically more likely to set up their own company than any other ethnic group
• There are 41,000 Asian owned businesses in London which together provide 210,000 jobs
• The strong links that many Asians continue to have with the subcontinent help London attract around a third of all Indian FDI projects in Europe
• Asian wealth increased by 69 per cent between 1998 and 2005, across the UK compared with just 23 per cent on average for the rest of the population

For further information about the ABA, click here.