UAE
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British Centres for Business
PO Box 123885
Dubai, UAE
Tel: +971 4 369 2899
To find out more about opportunities in UAE:
The BCB is a business-to-business professional services company established with the mandate to provide operational support and market entry services in Dubai to British companies. We are a member of the international UK business network, created by the British Chambers of Commerce and UK Trade & Investment, working together to create an international business network, providing practical support for UK exporters.
Our primary aim is to help British businesses, particularly SMEs, expand into the UAE. Through the UK-Dubai Business Centre, we provide UK companies with incubator-style support to help them get underway in the UAE.
Main features & points:
- Companies are established ‘onshore’ allowing for complete market access (i.e. rather than in a Free Zone)
- The company formation types available are ‘Branch of a Foreign Company’ or ‘Representative Office’
- The mandatory local UAE National Service Agent is provided by the Dubai / Abu Dhabi governments, managed through the BCB
- The BCB provide the mandatory commercial office address & registration required for all companies in the UAE
- UK firms incubate with the BCB for a period of 24 months
- A single employment visa is available to each UK company
- Membership of the British Business Group is included in the programme
- UK firms have quarterly access to UKTI sector leads in-country
- The BCB has developed pre-approved shortlists of corporate support & suppliers for incoming British firms to tap into
- Annual cost of AED 90,000 (split over 4 quarters)
- Meeting, video conference & breakout rooms available; monthly hot desk rental (at additional cost)
Blog articles
Why do business in the UAE?
Joe Hepworth, the CEO of the British Centres for Business in the UAE (BCB), is responsible for delivering…
