By John Lee. The British Consul General in Erbil, Hugh Evans, has told Rudaw that businesses should use Kurdistan as a gateway for the rest of Iraq. He added: "We realize there are political problems in the energy industry (with Baghdad threatening oil companies working in the south that they cannot work in Kurdistan too), […]
Ten members of the Iraq Britain Business Council's trade and education mission to Iraq met the President of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, at his residence North of Erbil on Wednesday (November 20th) The members, part of the biggest ever trade delegation to Baghdad and Erbil, were warmly welcomed by the President. The IBBC’s Executive […]
Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri Al Malki, was the special guest on the first day of the Iraq Britain Business Council’s six-day UK trade mission to Iraq. Mr Al Maliki officially opened the event, which was held at Baghdad’s Al Rasheed Hotel on Monday (November 18th). The event, jointly organised with United Kingdom Trade and Investment […]
Businesses across the Middle East and North Africa will get a £4.5 million boost from the UK, Prime Minister David Cameron announced at the World Islamic Economic Forum on Tuesday. The UK’s funding to the Nomou business fund will be matched by the Shell Foundation to support ‘missing middle’ businesses - those too large for […]
By John Lee. Hoshyar Zebari, Minister of Foreign Affairs, received on October 23, 2013 Mr. Quiermo Martins, Deputy Head of the European Union Mission in Iraq, the Ambassador of France, Mr. Denis Gauer; the British Ambassador, Mr. Simon Coles; and the Ambassador of Germany, Mrs. Bertha Wagner. During the meeting, they discussed the latest regional […]
Britain will give vulnerable Syrian children fleeing to Iraq the protection they need, International Development Secretary Justine Greening (pictured) announced on Wednesday. There are around 200,000 Syrian refugees now in Iraq to escape the ongoing violence, the majority in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, with more arriving every day. This follows the sudden opening of […]
Decisive Operations, a British company that specialises in organisational improvement through leadership development, is partnering with the University of Kurdistan Hewler, UKH, to bring an important tourism workshop to Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region of Iraq. UKH is a progressive institution with close links to the Kurdistan Regional Government, KRG. Charged with enriching […]
The UK Prime Minister's Trade Envoy, Lord Marland and the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) Interior Minister, Abdul-Karim Sinjari, have officially opened the new UK Visa Application Centre in Erbil. The opening of the centre marks the first time that Iraqis in Kurdistan are able to apply for a UK visa from Erbil and further strengthens […]
A pipeline to export oil from the Kurdistan Region will be operational within a few months, Ashti Hawrami (pictured), the Kurdistan Regional Government Minister of Natural Resources, told a meeting at the UK's Conservative Party conference yesterday. 'The new oil export pipeline from the Kurdistan Region is almost complete and is expected to be operational […]
The latest upsurge in violence in Iraq and continuing political instability across the Middle East has seen global corporations taking steps to improve the safety of their workers, according to Advanced Glass Technology (AGT), a leading international specialist in protective window films and anchoring systems, which has recently established a permanent presence in the country. […]
By Hugh Evans, United Kingdom's Consul General in Erbil. The UK is proud of the close friendship it has forged with the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in recent decades. Today, our bilateral relationship encompasses strong political, commercial, educational, cultural and governance ties. As the people of Kurdistan go to the polls this weekend to elect […]
British Peer Calls for UK Investment in Iraq before Multi-Billion Pound Market is Lost to Far East Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, Executive Chairman of the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC), has called on UK businesses to invest in Iraq or face losing out to more aggressive competitors from the Far East. Despite an upsurge in […]
