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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 |
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Midlands based businesses have flooded the Birmingham Post offices with entries to take part in a Dragons’ Den-style panel that could give them the opportunity to join a trade mission to the emirate.
A panel including the Birmingham Post editor, representatives from Emirates, the DTCM and UKTI, are selecting six companies to face the panel and put forward their case for why they should have one of the three places on the trip. Mandy Brain, head of consumer marketing for the Post, said: “We’re delighted with the response we’ve had for this rare and fantastic commercial opportunity”
The timing coincides with Emirates, the award-winning international airline, increasing passenger capacity by 22% at Birmingham from 1 September 2010 when it introduces a larger Boeing 777-300ER onto one of its two daily services to Dubai. The carrier will introduce the 442-seat aircraft on its evening flight – offering 78 more seats.
Business class passengers flying with Emirates will also benefit from the airline’s new lounge facility at Birmingham International Airport, which opened in March this year and is the first dedicated lounge to be offered by a long-haul airline at the airport.
More info: Emirates
Top tips for Scottish businessmen
Scottish Chambers International (SCI) and the DTCM are co hosting a networking and information morning at the Thistle Airport Hotel Aberdeen on 8th September. This will be a great opportunity to find out more about doing business in the emirate and hear case studies presented by businesses that have had successful results in Dubai.
Key speakers are Fayha Sultan, Marketing Manager – Commerce, Government of Dubai, Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, and Maureen Munro, Business Manager at Scottish Chambers International.
More info: Scottish Chambers International
DTCM will be giving a presentation at the International Trade Forum which will be taking place at the IOD on Wednesday 13 October.
More info: International Trade Forum
Kershaw Leonard has become one of the Middle East’s most respected specialists for all aspects of human resource consultancy and recruitment. In 1999 founding partners Kathy Kershaw and Sue Leonard both from the UK, identified an opportunity to open a boutique style recruitment company, which, rather than aiming to be the biggest decided to focus on being the best HR consultancy in the region.
Kershaw Leonard wanted to own 100% of the business and since free zones were only in their infancy at the time, they decided to obtain a professional license that would allow them to operate in the whole of Dubai, using an agent to carry out all their legal requirements.
Mike Hynes, managing partner and owner of Kershaw Leonard comments: “Dubai is a great place to own and run your own business and the processes for setting-up are well documented and easy to follow. Once you’re up and running Dubai provides a fertile environment for people who are ready to work hard but who also value high standards of professionalism and ethics”
The company plans to further expand its outsourced HR expertise business as they have identified a need for better human resource management in the marketplace, particularly when not every company can or wants to have their own dedicated HR team in-house.
Kershaw Leonard puts their success down to finding a niche in the market in which they could excel. Today, the company remains committed to its core principles of honesty, integrity and professionalism, qualities that have enabled them to flourish in Dubai.
More info: Kershaw Leonard
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