"On the evening of November 7th, the British Chamber of Commerce in Guatemala sponsored a welcome reception for the new U.K. ambassador, Nick Whittingham, at the British Residence in La Canada.  Norman Laxton, President of BritCham opened the event with an introduction that underlined Ambassador Whittingham's experience n China and his interest in developing trade and commercial relations. 

"On the evening of November 7th, the British Chamber of Commerce in Guatemala sponsored a welcome reception for the new U.K. ambassador, Nick Whittingham, at the British Residence in La Canada. Norman Laxton, President of BritCham opened the event with an introduction that underlined Ambassador Whittingham's experience n China and his interest in developing trade an"d commercial relations. After Laxton's comments, Amb. Whittingham shared his belief that trade and commerce should increase overall prosperity in equitable development strategies and thereby improve the quality of life. BritCham shares that perspective and looks forward to building greater bi-lateral commercial cooperation that Amb. Whittingham described.