Sun Mark’s Dr Rami Ranger CBE, Lord Karan Billimoria, Bristol Lab’s T Ramachandran, Media Guru Manish Tiwari, political pundit Manoj Ladwa, FICCI’s Pratik Dattani among prominent British Indian business leaders support ‘British Indians for IN’ to remain in the EU….reports Asian Lite News . Please send your comments to newsdesk@asianlite.asianlite.uk
The 81 British Indian business leaders, representing companies which range from multi-million pound businesses to SMEs and employ thousands of people across the UK, have signed an open letter in support of the UK’s continued membership of the European Union. The companies run by the business leaders operate across the country in a range of sectors including: financial and legal services, hospitality, consultancy, real estate, care services, retail, media, technology, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, construction and manufacturing.
Mr Alok Sharma MP, who is co-ordinating the cross-party campaign group ‘British Indians for IN’, said: “As the Prime Minister’s Infrastructure Envoy to India I speak very regularly with business leaders in the UK and India. Their overwhelming view echoes that of the signatories to this letter, that a vote for the UK to leave the EU will be bad for British businesses, jobs and investment.”
The signatories believe that the UK’s membership of the European Union helps to strengthen the British economy and that a vote to leave would create significant uncertainty and put jobs and business investment at risk.
“Brexit will have the double whammy effect of not only hitting UK businesses but also impacting on inward investment. Indian companies have informed me that some decisions on future investments into the UK have been deferred until the outcome of the referendum is known and, if we vote to leave the EU, there is a big risk that Indian companies will think twice before investing in the UK,” Mr Sharma added.
The full text of the letter is as follows:
We represent businesses across many sectors of the British economy and collectively employ thousands of people. We believe that the UK’s membership of the European Union helps to strengthen the British economy and a vote to leave the EU will undoubtedly create significant uncertainty and put jobs and business investment at risk.
Some of those who want Britain to leave the EU suggest that doing so will somehow help to increase our trade with high growth economies like that of India. We disagree with this assessment. Britain is a stronger economic partner with countries like India because we are part of the European Union. In our experience one of the key reasons that Britain is an attractive destination for inward overseas investment is because we are seen as a gateway to the European Single market of 500 million people.
We will be voting for Britain to remain in the European Union and urge all voters to do the same.
Yours faithfully”
Mr Rami Ranger CBE, Chairman, Sunmark Ltd
Lord Karan Bilimoria CBE DL, (supporting in a personal capacity)
Mr Manish Tiwari, Managing Director, Here&Now365 Ltd
Mr Manoj Ladwa, Chief Executive, India Inc Ltd
Professor Kartar Lalvani OBE, Chairman, Vitabiotics Ltd
Mr Yoganathan Ratheesan, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Lebara Group
Mr Abhishek Sachdev, Managing Director, Vedanta Hedging Limited
Mr Paul Sagoo, Founder, Asian Awards Ltd
Mr Sumit Agarwal, Founder & Managing Partner, DNS Associates Ltd
Mr Vivek Agarwal, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Strand of Silk Ltd
Mr JP Agrawal, Managing Director and Founder, Derivatives Value Advisors
Mr Rajesh Agrawal, Founder & Chairman, RationalFX
Mr Sats Ahluwalia, Group Managing Director, Mulberry Care Group
Mrs Pavan Ahluwalia, Chief Executive Officer, Pavan Henna Artist Limited
Mr Neeraj Arora, Executive Vice President and Head of International Business, Sony Entertainment Television (supporting in a personal capacity)
Mr Suneel Bakhshi, Chief Executive Officer, LCH (supporting in a personal capacity)
Mr Amit Bhatia, Chairman, Hope Construction Materials
Mr Raj Bhatt, Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Elara Capital PLC
Mr Jigs Chana, Director, Cameo Properties Development Ltd
Mr Prem Chander, Chief Executive Officer, London Energy Trading Ltd
Mr Nitin Dahad, Founder, Techspark Limited
Mr Pratik Dattani, Director – UK, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Mr Sudhir Dhanani, Director, Clearconsult Management Limited
Mr Uday Dholakia OBE, Senior Partner, Global Consulting UK Ltd
Ms Rupa Ganatra, Founding Partner, Millennial 20/20 Ltd
Mr Ravi Gidar, Director, Gold Care Homes
Mr Ram Gidoomal CBE, Chairman, Dulas Ltd
Mr Harminder Gill, Managing Director, Gillcrest Homes
Mr, Vijay Goel, Partner, Singhania & Co
Mr Raj Gupta, Director, Heathfield House Nursing Homes Ltd
Mr Arif Hussein, Director, Homebound UK Ltd (t/a Brockley Consulting)
Mr Jayesh Jotangia, Barrister at 33 Bedford Row
Mr Surjit Jutla, Director, Euro-Link Property Management Services Ltd
Miss Bhavini Kalaria, Managing Director, The London Law Practice Ltd
Dr Sanjeev Kanoria, Chairman, Advinia Health Care Limited
Dr Mohan Kaul, Vice Chairman, Indo-UK Institute of Health
Mr Sid Khemka, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Konnect Digital Limited
Ms Mani Kohli, Founder/Designer, Khubsoorat UK Ltd
Mr Saran Kohli, Director, Mani Kohli’s UK Ltd
Ms Preema Kohli-Verma, Chief Executive Officer, Preema International Limited
Mr Salil Kumar, Director, Asset India Ltd
Mr Anil Kumar, Chairman, Ransat Group
Dr Gurmit Mahay, GP, Poplars Medical Practice
Mr Andeep Mangal, Director, Thapers Chartered Accountants
Mr Tony Matharu, Managing Director, Grange Hotels (supporting in a personal capacity)
Mr Sukhdev Mattu, Chief Executive Officer, Chartwell Private Hospital
Dr Ravi Mehrotra CBE, Executive Chairman, Foresight Ltd
Mr Rahul Mehta, Founder, ViCos Ltd
Mr Ketan Mehta, Managing Director, Necessity Supplies Ltd
Mr Vish Mehta, Group Director, MiCasa Group
Mr Anirudh Misra, Director, International Metallurgical Resources Ltd
Mr Jagdish Nagrecha, Director, Crane International Limited
Mr Rajay Naik, Chief Executive Officer – Europe, Keypath Education
Mr Manoj Nair, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Redgirraffe.com
Mr Ashok Rabheru CVO DL, Chairman, Genisys Group
Mr Ravi Pandey, Managing Director, Rolta UK Ltd
Ms Chanda Pandya, Brand Director, Rossana UK Ltd
Ms Parita Patel, Director, Uniflora Limited
Mr Guppy Patel, Director, Xoocafe Limited
Mr Ashok Patel, Director, TNV Construction Ltd
Mr Hiren Patel, Project Architect, Black Elephant ID Studio Ltd
Mr Vikkas Puri, Director, Sunrise Developers Limited
Mr Thembalath Ramachandran, Chairman & Managing Director, Bristol Laboratories Ltd
Mr Arun Raman, Chief Executive Officer, Helm Natural Resources Ltd
Lord Diljit Rana MBE, Managing Director, Andras House Ltd
Mr Girish Sanger, Director, Mastcraft Ltd
Mr Nimesh Sanghrajka, Director, Mantra Consultancy & Capital Limited
Mr Gurvinder Sethi, Director, Flavors of India Ltd
Mr Pravin Shah, Director, Levershire Limited
Mr Shamir Shah, Director, Icone-International Ltd
Mr Pradip Sharma, Pradicorp UK Ltd
Ms Kavita Sharma, Chief Executive, Indo British Business Forum
Mr Anil Sharma, Chief Executive Officer, Kinedexe UK Ltd
Ms Sangeeta Sidhu-Robb, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Nosh Detox Delivery Ltd
Mr Amarjit Singh, Chief Executive Officer, India Business Consultancy Limited (t/a The India Business Group)
Mr Ajaya Sodha, Director, Arma Properties UK Ltd
Mr Jay Tahasildar, Director, Mercurius IT Limited
Mr Ranjit Thaker, Director, Thaker Acquisitions Ltd
Mr Subhash Thakrar, Partner, CBW Partners
Mr Madhava Turumella, Chief Executive Officer, Cove Venture Ltd
Mr Danesh Varma, Director, Global Preservation Strategies Limited
