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Sir Lenny Henry takes on a new role
Meet at the White
House finish line The British American Business Council (BABC) is to hold a special post US election event on 9 November, the day after the battle between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton reaches its climax. The event will take place at Birmingham
Airport and is free to members, including Future Faces members. The non-member price is £15, including VAT. The two main sponsors of the event are the
airport and American Airlines. The speaker line- up will be announced shortly. This year’s race to the White House has been
one of the most hotly contested ever, featuring two candidates who have been dogged by controversy nearly every step of the way, with neither managing to build up a convincing lead over the other.
Lenny Henry: From red nose to chancellor
Black Country comedian Sir Lenny Henry has become the new chancellor of Birmingham City University. The Dudley-born star has already paid a visit
to the university’s city centre campus to start preparing for his five-year term as chancellor. He was shown round the university’s industry
standard media facilities, which include four TV studios, radio recording studios and Europe’s largest static green screen. He also saw how the university is striving to
opens door to the creative arts for young people from a range of diverse backgrounds. He said: “Taking on the role of chancellor at
Birmingham City University is a superb opportunity for me to pursue my three passions: Birmingham and the West Midlands, the creative arts and giving life changing opportunities to young people from a wide range of backgrounds.” The university said it was keen to address Sir
Lenny’s calls for greater black, Asian and minority ethnic representation in the television industry, and said the organisation already had a reputation for giving life changing opportunities to students from diverse backgrounds. Professor Cliff Allan, vice-chancellor,
Birmingham City University, said: “Sir Lenny joins at a very exciting time for the university, as we continue to develop facilities that are the envy of other universities and even industry professionals. “What I’m most excited by is that Sir Lenny
doesn’t want to be a remote ceremonial figure but is determined to play an active role.
“He not only encapsulates the university’s
commitment to both the arts and widening participation, but he is a strong advocate for Birmingham and the region, including his home town of Dudley.”
About Sir Lenny
Sir Lenny Henry has succeeded Birmingham mayor councillor Ray Hassall as chancellor. Sir Lenny was born in 1958, and rose to
fame in 1975 when he won the TV talent show ‘New Faces’. He went on to become a household
name, fronting his own show, ‘The Lenny Henry Show’. In 1985 he founded Comic Relief with
Richard Curtis, which has since raised millions to help causes in the UK and around the world. Comic Relief is best known for ‘Red Nose Day’, a telethon event held every two years. In recent years, he has tried his hands at
serious acting, and singing, firstly doing soul music, and latterly, the blues. He was knighted in the Queen’s 2015
Birthday Honours for services to drama and charity. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1999.
Harry Reilly: New offices will be ideally placed New offices will
champion trade The UK is to open three new offices in the United States, in a new bid to boost overseas trade. The announcement was made in Chicago by
international trade secretary Liam Fox. The three offices will be in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Raleigh, North Carolina; and San Diego, California. The government said that the new offices
would complement existing ones in the US, and would ‘extend the UK’s reach into new and potentially lucrative areas’. Each office will be staffed by one locally recruited official, who will work to promote UK business, and economic and political ties, in conjunction with the Consulate General in the region. According to the British American Business
Council (BABC), this model has been proven to work well in Denver and Seattle, with the latter helping to bring a thousand jobs to the UK in the past year. BABC’s honorary chairman in the Midlands,
Harry Reilly, said: “The offices will be ideally placed to build relationships with key companies, politicians and educational centres and to support wider goals on economic reform, market access, innovation and climate change.”
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