By John Lee. The Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) has welcomed two new members. Privately-owned Upstream Technical Consultants Limited is the organisation's first member from the recruitment sector. Established in the UK in 1998, it opened a branch office in Iraq in 2014, providing skilled exploration and production specialists to the oil and gas industry. Dubai-based […]
Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Bahaa Al Araji (pictured), told a high level international conference in Baghdad on Wednesday that his country recognised the vital importance of foreign investment and Iraq was full of opportunity. Dr Bahaa said the Government was ready to extend all facilities and offer incentives for businesses to come to Iraq. […]
Iraq’s Prime Minister and many of his most senior colleagues will address a top-level international business conference being held in Baghdad later this week. Organised by the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) together with Iraq’s National Investment Commission (NIC) and the Federation of Iraqi Chambers of Commerce, the event will also be attended by senior […]
The Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) Spring Conference 2015 will be held at the Mansion House on the 1st June and the Royal Overseas League on the 2nd June. Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, IBBC Executive Chairman and UK Trade Envoy for Iraq, the Executive Committee and Council Members, will welcome distinguished speakers such as H.E. […]
The Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC), jointly with the British Universities Iraq Consortium (BUIC), held a daylong event sponsored by the British Council in London on different aspects of academic partnerships between Iraq and UK. Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, IBBC Executive Chairman, HE Prof Al- Mosawi, Cultural Attache of the Iraqi Embassy, Amir Ramzan, Director […]
The Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) Spring Conference 2015 will be held at the Mansion House on the 1st June and the Royal Overseas League on the 2nd June. Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, IBBC Executive Chairman and UK Trade Envoy for Iraq, the Executive Committee and Council Members, will welcome distinguished speakers such as H.E. […]
The first day of the Erbil Business Conference highlighted the interest of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to attract investment and to operate within the principles of open markets whilst battling the perception that it is a dangerous place to operate. The Conference started with a speech by the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan, Nerchivan […]
Baroness Nicholson and a delegation of Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) members had a meeting in Baghdad with Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Rowsch Shaways, followed by an exchange of views with Iraq’s Minister of Oil, HE Adel Abdul-Mehdi. The meetings were extremely informative and Minister Abdul-Mehdi made a point in welcoming and encouraging further […]
Baroness Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne, UK Trade Envoy for Iraq and Iraq Britain Business Council’s (IBBC) Chairman, met Iraq’s new Prime Minister, Mr Haider al-Abadi, for wide-ranging talks during his visit to London this week. Mr al-Abadi was attending the Lancaster House coalition conference on the situation with Da’esh (Islamic State) but was keen to […]
Baroness Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne, UK Trade Envoy for Iraq and Iraq Britain Business Council’s (IBBC) Chairman, highlighted on Tuesday the fact that “despite the heavy competition from major industrial countries such as Turkey, China and South Korea there are plenty of contracts and good partnerships being forged by British companies in the Iraq’s Kurdistan […]
His Excellency the Governor of Basra, Dr Majid Al-Nasrawi, together with representatives of the Basra Provincial Council, Mr Aqeel Al Khalidi, Mr Hayder Al Saadi, Mr Jabbar Al Saadi, and Mr Munther, joined the Chairman of the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC), Baroness Emma Nicholson, in a dinner at the new Shams Hotel on the […]
By John Lee. The Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) has announced that ARCHS is to join as a new member. ARCHS was established in Baghdad in 1950 by Mr Ali Charchafchi and has offices in Iraq, Jordan, UAE and UK. The company has grown substantially during the last decades and provides construction services in the […]
