One Europe: The Dream of Unity : Perspectives : Getting Together: The People Speak : LONDON BANKER

Sir Hugh Bidwell, 57, is an urbane, dynamic businessman-banker--director of Glendronach Distillery Co. and Riggs A.P. Bank in the City of London, Europe’s leading financial district.

“We in Britain have to be at the heart of Europe. I have no doubt about that at all. The single market is a fantastic opportunity to enlarge our market from 56 million in the United Kingdom to 350 million in the EC.

“Fifty percent of our trade is with the Common Market, and we have to be competitive--we can’t afford not to be. The opportunities are there for competition. The bigger the market, the better the opportunity. We’d be foolish to allow ourselves to be somewhow left out . . .

“We should remember that we in Britain have always depended on foreign trade, and we can’t forget that now in relation to the EC. I’m enthusiastic about the future of Britian and the EC.”