Let's hope this is a warm-up to the blockbuster events the BFC has planned for the summer to impress the thousands of visitors who are about to descend on London from around the globe.

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The BFC is taking designers to Hong Kong next month, and to Beijing and Shanghai next year, says Harold Tillman, its chairman (pointing to Paul Smith and Stella McCartney as examples of global British names who started small).

ECONOMIST: London Fashion Week

The Deputy-Director General then spoke about consolidating services, and announced that the DG has decided to create one consolidated Administrative Office (AO) for Corporate and Programme support services at Headquarters (MSS, BFM, HRM, ERI, BSP, AFR, BFC, GBS, ODG), with focal points for each sector and bureau.

UNESCO: Summary of Senior Management Team meeting of 2 July 2012