London calling southland firms.Coming? The British are already here. Beyond the flashy imports of movie stars and models, more than half-a-million British subjects live in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the consulate in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . There are also dozens of British companies with offices in the L.A. area and L.A. companies with offices in the United Kingdom. In an effort to remind Southern California companies of the importance of the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community economy, and especially the U.K.'s, Sir Digby Jones, director-general of the Confederation of British Industry The Confederation of British Industry is a not for profit organisation incorporated by Royal charter[1] which promotes the interests of its members, some 200,000 British businesses, a figure which includes some 80% of FTSE 100 companies and around 50% of FTSE 350 , came to L.A. last week for meetings with entertainment and aerospace executives. "London is the number one choice when companies establish an office in the EU," Jones explained. He wants to keep it that way. The topic of conversation with Walt Disney Co. executives? Stopping piracy. With aerospace executives? Relaxing intellectual property laws so aerospace companies can freely bring IP back to the UK. Jones pledged to start advocating harsher penalties in Britain for video pirates in the interest of preserving the good relationship between Hollywood and London. "That is as important to Britain as it is to Southern California," he said. HILARY POTKEWITZ Staff Reporter |
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