Ambassador Stephen Hickey addresses IBBC members via videoconference Over 50 Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) members yesterday participated in a video conference call with Ambassador Stephen Hickey, from his office in the UK Baghdad Embassy. The Ambassador updated members on the current situation in Iraq, covering four key areas of interest: COVID 19 response and […]
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UK announces £1bn to support Trade with Iraq
UK International Trade Secretary Dr Liam Fox MP has visited Baghdad for a three-day visit (Sunday, 14 April to Tuesday, 16 April 2019) where he met with the Iraqi Prime Minister and announced that UK Export Finance (UKEF) will make an additional £1 billion of support available for British firms operating in Iraq, providing jobs […]
Tags: Basra News, Biwater, Electricity In Iraq, ENKA, Enka Insaat, Export credit, featured, GE, General Electric, Kurdistan News, mn, Siemens, UK Export Finance (UKEF), United Kingdom
UK Export Finance supports Siemens in Iraq
By Editor on 25th February 2019 in Investment, Iraq Banking & Finance News, Iraq Industry & Trade News
UK Export Finance (UKEF) will support a €30.2 million contract for the refurbishment of Al Mussaib power station in southern Iraq, the UK government has announced. The support will enable the rehabilitation of a 320 megawatt (MW) turbine, that will help improve the overall efficiency and output at the power station. Al Mussaib power station, […]
Tags: Al Mussaib power station, Baghdad, Electricity In Iraq, Export credit, featured, germany, mn, Mussaib, Siemens, UK Export Finance (UKEF), United Kingdom
$1bn UK Financing for Iraqi Electricity
By Editor on 30th January 2019 in Construction & Engineering In Iraq, Iraq Banking & Finance News, Iraq Industry & Trade News
UK Export Finance (UKEF) has announced it will support UK firms with US $1.02 billion to build two new power stations in Iraq and support the restoration of a number of electricity substations in the country. US $1.02 billion in support for UK firms to build two new power stations Agreement will help build and […]
Tags: Electricity In Iraq, ENKA, Enka Insaat, Export credit, featured, GE, General Electric, Turkey, UK Export Finance (UKEF), United Kingdom, United States
UKEF Financed 3 Iraqi Projects last year
By John Lee. UK Export Finance (UKEF) has published its annual report and accounts for 2017 to 2018, in which it lists three export projects supported in Iraq: Enka UK Construction Ltd received letter of credit guarantees and supplier credit totalling £87,910,650 for the construction of a gas-fired power plant for Iraq's Ministry of Electricity; […]
Tags: DJ, ENKA, Enka Insaat, Export credit, featured, Fortress Diagnostics, GE, General Electric, germany, Turkey, UK Export Finance (UKEF), United Kingdom
Biwater, Wood Partnership to Improve Iraq’s Water Infrastructure
A strategic partnership has been established between Biwater and Wood to work together in Iraq to address acute water shortages, beginning with the supply of water to the Basrah region. This important agreement between two leading UK infrastructure firms, demonstrates the scale of international interest and support in Iraq’s extensive infrastructure reconstruction efforts, and follows […]
Tags: Basra News, Biwater, featured, UK Export Finance (UKEF), United Kingdom, Water, water management, Wood Group
$210m UK Support for GE Power Deal
By Editor on 1st February 2018 in Construction & Engineering In Iraq, Iraq Industry & Trade News, Iraq Public Works News
The UK's Minister of State for Trade and Export Promotion, Baroness Rona Fairhead (pictured), has announced $210.8 million in support from UK Export Finance (UKEF) for the second project agreed under the UK-Iraq infrastructure Memorandum of Understanding. The contracts with the Ministry of Electricity in Iraq, valued at $220 million, will see GE Global Services UK upgrade […]
Tags: Electricity In Iraq, featured, GE, General Electric, SERV, Switzerland, UK Export Finance (UKEF), United Kingdom
UKEF helps GE and Enka secure Power Contract
By Editor on 11th August 2017 in Construction & Engineering In Iraq, Investment, Iraq Banking & Finance News
UK Export Finance (UKEF) has announced that it is supporting the Enka UK and General Electric (GE) consortium with US$117 million in financing to deliver two critical power projects in Iraq. Rt Hon. Greg Hands MP (pictured), UK Minister for International Trade, welcomed the news, saying: "The Department for International Trade through UK Export Finance […]
Tags: Dhi Qar, Dhi Qar Power Plant, electricty, Energy Industry Council, ENKA, Enka Insaat, featured, GE, General Electric, NOF Energy, Samawa, Samawa power plant, Turkey, UK Export Finance (UKEF), United Kingdom
Experts discuss Future of Iraq’s Economy at IBBC Retreat
By Editor on 12th July 2017 in Construction & Engineering In Iraq, Investment, Iraq Banking & Finance News, Iraq Education and Training News, Iraq Oil & Gas News, Iraq Public Works News, Politics, Security
The Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) held its annual weekend retreat on 7-9 July at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Park, a venue dedicated to the advancement of international societal issues through constructive dialogue. Around 60 IBBC Members and guest speakers attended this unique event to discuss pressing issues on the future of Iraq’s economy, prospects and […]
Tags: AMEC Foster Wheeler, American University of Iraq Sulaimani (AUIS), Baroness Nicholson, Chatham House, Constellis, Ernst & Young (EY), featured, GE, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC), KRG, Management Partners, Penspen, Restrata, Severn Glocon, Shell, The Economist, UK Export Finance (UKEF), United Kingdom
$12bn Boost for UK Firms in Iraq
By Editor on 6th March 2017 in Construction & Engineering In Iraq, Investment, Iraq Banking & Finance News
By John Lee. The United Kingdom has agreed to provide up to £10 billion ($12 billion) of support to Iraq over the next 10 years through loans to infrastructure development projects under UK Export Finance (UKEF). British Ambassador Frank Baker and Iraq's Acting Minister for Finance Abdlrazaq Alissa [Abdul Razzak al-Essa] signed the Memorandum of […]
Biwater wins $1.2bn Kurdistan Water Contract
British water engineering company Biwater has been awarded a $1.2 billion contract by the Kurdistan Regional Government to meet vital water supply and sanitation needs. Biwater have been contracted to deliver water and wastewater treatment solutions for the cities of Erbil and Sulaimani in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Works will alleviate the current strain […]
Tags: Aerovista, Biwater, featured, Kurdistan News, sanitation, Sulaymaniyah, UK Export Finance (UKEF), United Kingdom, Water, water treatment
Iraq "one of the Biggest Investment Opportunities"
By Editor on 28th April 2016 in Blog, Construction & Engineering In Iraq, Investment, Iraq Oil & Gas News
By Padraig O'Hannelly. The United Kingdom's Ambassador to Baghdad has said Iraq has the potential to become an economic force in the region, and encouraged British businesses to take advantage of the opportunities it presents. Addressing senior executives at the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC)'s Spring Conference in London on Wednesday, H.E. Frank Baker OBE said […]