Brilliant news to end the week!

Great to visit Hitachi Energy HQ & manufacturing sites in Zurich with Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy stephen timms

Thanks to CEO Claudio Facchin for insightful discussion on sustainable energy technology solutions for global Net Zero future, as well as 🇬🇧 investment opportunities

Happy #StGeorgesDay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Danke vielmal Gerhard Pfister 🤍💙💛 für den exzellenten Austausch und die Einblicke in politische Entwicklungen und wichtige internationale Herausforderungen.

🇬🇧&🇨🇭haben so viele Gemeinsamkeiten und sind unverzichtbare Partner mit so viel Potenzial zur Vertiefung unserer Beziehungen.

Viel Glück, Nemo!

Great to co-host the official send-off for Swiss Eurovision Song Contest contestant Nemo, alongside my Swedish colleague Carl Magnus Nesser

We also celebrated ABBA’s historic win in Brighton, UK, 50 years ago.🇬🇧🇨🇭🇸🇪

Thanks also to SRF and ABBAVoyage.

Very encouraging to see the level of interest in the ground-breaking 🇬🇧-🇨🇭Berne Financial Services Agreement at packed The British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce event in Zurich.

Great speakers incl Policy Chairman. Excited to see the opportunities this deal can unlock.

Find out more: gov.uk/government/pub…

Launching:

The UK Embassy Berne 🇬🇧🇨🇭🇱🇮’s Interactive Map of Lord Byron’s Travels through Europe to mark the bicentenary of Byron's death: viewer.mapme.com/7df7d2b6-1fdc-… 🌍

In collaboration with UK Mission Geneva 🇬🇧, UK in Italy 🇬🇧🇮🇹 & UK in Greece.

Simon Manley Ed Llewellyn Matthew Lodge

Victoria Harrison has been appointed HM Ambassador to Slovenia, taking over from Tiffany Sadler. Victoria takes up her appointment in August 2024.
Victoria is the first blind person to be appointed a British Ambassador and will be accompanied by her #GuideDog Otto.Victoria Harrison FCDO

A great pleasure to catch up with Nicoletta della Valle, Director fedpol to discuss ongoing strong 🇬🇧-🇨🇭collaboration & partnership in tackling the wide range of criminal threats impacting the UK & Switzerland.