Italians of London

12/10/2007

A presentation by
Giovanni Brauzzi
The Italian community in the
U.K.

166.853 Italian
citizens

 110.103 London
London
 27.441 Manchester Manchester
 19.168 Bedford Bedford
Edinburgh
 10.141 Edinburgh
¼ of them double citizens
(both British and Italian)
The Italian Immigration to the U.K.
The way we were

Until the ’60s the

Italian
immigrants
worked in:

 Industry
 Food sector
 Construction
works
 Railways
 The way we are

Type of employment of Italian immigrants in the U.K

1,7%
1,7% Professionals

Workers

25% 20%
25 Employees
%

8%
Pensioners
30% 30%

15% Depending
family members
Unemployed
Who we are…

Working in Business and Finance

Sectors, Insurances, Services Industry,
Research, and also… Food Industry!
Italy-U.K.
How we flew
Italy-U.K.
How we fly

942 weekly
Commercial Exchange Italy-
U.K.

6,000
4,000

2,000
0
1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st
Sem. Sem. Sem. Sem. Sem.
2005 2005 2006 2006 2007

Italian Exports to the U.K. Italian Imports from the U.K.

Trade Balance for Italy
 The Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
Representations Abroad (2006)
Embassies
2 11
121
90
Consulates

Italian Cultural Institutes

Special Diplomatic
Delegations

11 Permanent
5 Representatives
Geographic Distribution of
the Embassies (2006)
Diplomatic-Consular Network of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
A comparison in Europe (year 2006)

Diplomatic/consular Staff Budget

network
ITALY 339 8.568 1.591

FRANCE 431 16.721 2.690

GERMANY 357 11.201 2.511

UNITED 467 17.000 2.491

KINGDOM
A Challenge
Punching
above
its weight

Le nozze con i
fichi secchi
The
answer

is…

… OUTREACH
and
NETWORKING!
 London’s “Italian Orchestra”

Italian
Chamber of
ENIT
Commerce
Italian Cultural Institutes Italian Bankitali
Trade a
Consulate Commissio Defence
s n Attaché
Scientific
Embassy of Italy Attaché

Italian
Embassy

Italian
Ambassador