Initiative is being supported by UK Trade & Investment

Staff Report Published: 19:50 May 11, 2014

A group of senior business women from the UAE will arrived in the United Kingdom on Sunday to take part in "UAE Women in Business Mission to the UK". They will visit London, Manchester and Belfast.

The delegation consists of members from the Abu Dhabi Businesswomen Council, Dubai Business Women Council and RUWAD Establishment in Sharjah.

The women are entrepreneurs in sectors ranging from fashion, education and food to interiors, finance and events. The initiative is being supported by UK Trade & Investment and the UAE-UK Business Council which focuses on driving and strengthening the commercial ties between the UK and the UAE. It also comes at a time when the UK is making it quicker and easier for British and Gulf countries to do business together.

Raja Easa Al Gurg, Managing Director of the Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group and Mission Leader for the Dubai Business Women Council said:

“I’m pleased that Dubai Business Women Council is part of this initiative and hope that following our mission we can encourage more cooperation between the UAE’s and the UK’s female entrepreneurs. The UAE needs to see more women setting up and running their own businesses. We are confident that through our official visit to the UK we can encourage more of our young women to take their first entrepreneurial steps and turn their business dreams into reality.”

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