Lulu will be holding their ‘British Festival’ starting on 6th March. The British Ambassador Jamie Bowden will be inaugurating the event at the LuLu store in Bowsher at 10:30 that morning. LuLu imports thousands of products from the UK and has recently opened a buying office and warehousing facility in...

Fast Lane Technology Ltd, based in Muscat, the MENA representatives for Atom Forms – a cloud based mobile data collection application. It runs on Android phones and tablets and has the ability to collect data from any available sensor. It has been developed and produced by EMS Ltd in the...

The February British Business Forum was kindly sponsored by Barclays Bank, with Rod Sampson, Alex Liddle, Nick Chuter and Ehab Abdul-Khalek in attendance. The weather held out for a well-attended event at the Thirsty Camel Club, catered by the National Hospitality Institute. The March BBF Meeting will be held at...

Thanks to Chris Steel, Managing Partner of Savills, for sponsoring the January BBF hosted by the Radisson and promoting something rather special – BADR freehold super luxury residences at Muscat Hills. We’d also like to thank Michael Nielsen, Executive Assistant Manager of the Radisson and Sean Hennessey of A&E for...

On 11th – 12th December, 2012, 19 UK training and education organisations will visit Oman to assess the opportunities for developing new educational partnerships. Oman has a long history of partnership with the UK, evidenced by the large number of students coming to the UK each year to study.  However,...

Hewlett, one of the largest privately owned Civil Engineering Companies in the UK, held a successful reception at the British Embassy on 3rd December.   Hewlett operate out of three regional offices (Leeds, Warwick and Perth), have a directly employed workforce of over 450, two construction training schools and their own...

The Sunday 3rd December BBF was hosted by The Hyatt Hotel A BIG thank you to the Grand Hyatt & BP for joint sponsorship of a memorable December BBF in the John Barry Bar.  The traditional British fayre buffet, beginning with heaps of Scottish smoked salmon, oysters and steak tartar...

It is with great sadness that the British Embassy announces the sudden death of Irene Bedwin. Irene had worked at the Embassy since 2002 as a Trade Adviser in the Trade and Investment Section. She was held in great respect by the British companies that she helped and by her...

  The BBF meeting on Sunday, 4th November  at the British Embassy was sponsored by Air Partner UK.  Graham  Davey, Emergency Planning Consultant with Air Partner gave a fascinating  presentation emphasising the importance of exit strategy  planning. Air Partner is a world-class air charter company. They have been working in the...

Stop Press! The British Business Forum Website has been infered for the Oman Web Awards The old BBF website won this competition in 2005, and we hope to score well this year!