Nottingham City Council officials, joined by British Ambassador Robin Barnett, and the Municipality of Timișoara, represented by Mayor George Ciuhandu, signed a Partnership Agreement on Thursday, 29 October. British business people looking for trade opportunities in Western Romania attended the event.

Nottingham and Timișoara have agreed to exchange experience and best practices  in local development, urban regeneration, transport and culture. The partnership will foster business relationships and investment and will facilitate communication in arts, education and on youth issues.

On this occasion, Ambassador Robin Barnett  noted: 

‘It is very clear: in difficult economic times we need a strong economic relationship between regions and towns in the UK and Romania. Our Embassy  therefore supports pragmatic partnerships like the one established between Nottingham and Timișoara’.

The official delegation from Nottingham will visit Timisoara during 28-30 October.

Notes for Editors

• Relations  between Timișoara and the East Midlands region in the UK have been steadily growing in the past few years, including through co-operation in finance and agriculture. The opening of a local branch of  the British company Provident Financial and the  delivery of a Romanian-British seminar on farm management are  two of the most recent examples in this sense.
• British and Romanian regions are developing furthermore  links, through exchanges of professional experience and  share of commercial opportunities. Examples of similar partnerships  include Wakefield-Craiova, Leeds-Brasov, Cardiff–Cluj and East Midlands-Prahova.
• Bilateral trade accounted for over €2 billion in 2008. The UK is a major inward investor with over €4 billion of investment and more than 4000 UK companies active in the market. 40 companies are registered in Timis County alone.
• For more details on Nottingham, please see http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk.

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