Following another day of particularly bad violence in Baghdad, it would be easy to dismiss Iraq as a failing state with little hope of ever providing a normal life for its people. But that's not everyone's view. The United Kingdom, for example has just renewed its commitment to the country with the appointment of Baroness […]
While this week's Newsletter carries many reports of new investment in Iraq, there is still a perception among investors that the country is high risk, and there are some good reasons for this. As Anders Jönsson, a policy analyst at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), told the Iraq Finance forum in Dubai: […]
By Padraig O'Hannelly. This week the UK hosted a delegation of business people and officials from Erbil, who came to London to promote investment in the province. The delegation would have been larger were it not for the ongoing problem of getting visas to enter the UK; despite the recent opening of a new visa […]
The tragedy of sectarian violence continues in Iraq, but the country still presses ahead with its development, and foreign companies continue to seize opportunities to contribute to the country’s growth and prosperity. This week in our newsletter, we have details of a Russian company's first oil output at an Iraqi oilfield, a Danish company exploring […]
By Padraig O'Hannelly. Today we are proud to bring you the 200th edition of our Iraq Business News newsletter, and to mark the event we open this week's newsletter with three excellent articles from our panel of Expert Bloggers: Robert Tollast interviews a Basra-based Engineering Director about the positive developments taking place in the province; […]
By Padraig O'Hannelly. As we start another year, the focus of media attention has been, understandably, on Iraq's increasingly difficult security situation. But as always, there is more to the story. For example, professional services firm PwC has said its Iraqi business has grown by 30 percent over the past year; the government has just […]
This week in our Iraq Business News newsetter: 52 senior UK business executives visit Iraq; 27 articles for our readers; 16 new jets for Iraqi Airways; 2 major new contracts; 1 great Iraqi business website -- share it with your friends and colleagues!
Security incidents earlier this week at two sites in Southern Iraq have caused concern among oil companies and workers, and have prompted one company to issued force majeure notices to its customers. As a result of the disruption in the area, the Iraq Future Energy conference, scheduled to take place in Basra later this month, […]
Ask anyone where the most expensive property is in Iraq and you might expect to hear Baghdad, the capital, or Basra, the hub of the southern oil industry. But according to this report, the highest prices are being paid for development land in Karbala, site of the shrine of Imam al-Hussein, the grandson of the […]
At Iraq Business News we take pride in keeping you up to date on all aspects of Iraqi commerce, connecting you with the information that matters. As part of that mission, we can now help you find the right people to build your Iraqi team. Our new IBN Jobs Page offers free advertising to employers […]
Following its survey of 10 Iraqi cities the market research organisation TNS Mena says Iraq could be "the next big one" for consumer spending. The company's CEO, Steve Hamilton-Clark, said: “Considering the economic slowdown in the developed world, more and more clients would like to enter the Iraqi market which has intrigued marketers for years, […]
By John Lee. Iraq Business News is growing. Less than six months ago, the list of subscribers to our free weekly newsletter hit 15,000 — last week we topped 18,000! To put it another way, every working day twenty-five new readers join the ranks of the best-informed business minds in Iraq. Many of these join on […]
