26 January 2004

Advancing Enterprise: Britain in a global economy

Foreword by Rt. Hon Gordon Brown MP

The theme of this conference is equipping Britain for the increasingly competitive challenges of the global economy. And I am delighted that so many distinguished international business men and women, experts and members of other countries’ governments are coming together for what I believe will be an important and forward-looking event. Click here to read more ....

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Speeches
Speech by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, at the Advancing Enterprise Conference
Speech by Bill Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Microsoft Corporation at the Advancing Enterprising Conference
Remarks by Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Federal Reserve Board (Federal Reserve Board website)

Associated documents
PDF file of ´Enterprise in a globalised world´: the conference outline (40kb)
PDF file of ´Creating an Enterprise Culture: a discussion paper´ (132kb)
PDF file of ´Towards an enterprising Europe: A paper by the French, German and UK governments´ (184kb)
PDF file of Joint Initiative on Regulatory Reform: An initiative of the Irish, Dutch, Luxembourg and UK Presidencies of the European Union (50kb)

Conference Panel "Economic Reform in Europe”
Speech by Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Finance (Netherlands), Gerrit Zalm, at the Enterprising Britain Conference Panel
PDF file of contribution to the panel by Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank, Economic reform in Europe (32kb)

Conference Panel "EU/US economic cooperation"
Opening remarks by Mervyn King, Governor, Bank of England (Bank of England website)
Remarks by U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow to the Enterprise Conference (U.S. Department of the Treasury website)

Media links
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