BESO Consultant Submits Recommendations

Nepal Britain Chamber of Commerce & Industry invited Mr. W.F. Nicholas, ex-director of the London Chamber of Commerce and BESO Consultant to Nepal with the view of using his experience and expertise to make the functioning of the Chamber more efficient and effective. He was in the country from October 20 to November 10, 2000.
During his two weeks with us Mr. Nicholas visited several Chambers of Commerce and Bi-lateral Chambers, including the apex body FNCCI. He also went to Pokhara Chamber of Commerce and was quite impressed with their functioning. Nepal Chamber of Commerce, Nepal-German Chamber Commerce and Industry, Nepal-France Chamber and Trade Promotion Center were a few of the other places he visited to see how our Chamber could effectively work in co-ordination and combination with these organizations.
Mr. Nicholas also conducted an interaction program with our members in the Embassy Hall on October 31, 2000. This program was organized for finding out the expectations of the members from the Chamber and how the Chamber could be of more use and help to the members.
His observation, evaluations and suggestions have been summed up in a report, which he has submitted to the President. The Office Bearers will meet separately to look into his report.
President, Mr. R.K. Khetan presented a small momento to Mr. W.F. Nicholas as a token of thanks and goodwill on behalf of the Chamber and its members while seeing him off on November 10, 2000.


Duke of Edinburgh Inaugurates Sterling Club
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh inaugurated the new British Embassy Hall and Sterling Club at 11 am on Wednesday, November 15, 2000. Office Bearers of NBCCI were invited for the opening ceremony. The Office Bearers also had an opportunity to meet with HRH during the ceremony.




NBCCI Updates Members' Records
NBCCI’s Secretariat is undergoing an exercise to update its members' records to facilitate prompt communication. We have already collected the e-mail addresses of around 69 members and hope to collect all in the near future. We have also circulated the information sheet to our members to be filled and submitted back to the Chamber along with our last newsletter. 
We are again circulating the questionnaire on last page of this newsletter to get a better idea of members’ interests and their requirements which this Chamber can assist to fulfill. Your prompt submission of the same after completion is requested to serve you better.
You can e-mail us the information at nbcci@wlink.com.np or fax it at 413187.

10 Golden Rules For Success

NBCCI, with the view of providing its members with better facilities and increasing its scope of service, organized a talk program on “The Principles of Doing Business” on October 22, 2000 at the Embassy Hall. It was attended by more than 100 distinguished persons from different fields.
William Johnson, Managing Director of PDN (one of the biggest consultant firms of UK) and a self-made millionaire from the United Kingdom, gave a talk on the importance of the internet in today’s competitive business world.
The 10 Golden Rules for the success of business, according to Mr. Johnson, are:
1. Define your business by what you know, not what you do
2. Create an internal market for ideas
3. Create a cause, not a business
4. Remove risks from staff trying to innovate
5. Small is Beautiful (in Project Terms)
6. Set outlandish aspirations
7. Create an internal market that attracts talent to opportunities in company
8. Reward: if you want to eat you have got to kill
9. Work with youth: they live closer to the future
10. Raise your aspiration
The talk program was followed by cocktails in the Sterling Club at the Embassy.
Our due thanks to the British Embassy & Deputy Head of Mission, Mr. Andrew Mitchell, for their help and co-operation for this program.
A copy of his presentation can be obtained from the office of NBCCI at the British Embassy.
Mr. William Johnson can be contacted at contact@pdnltd.com