Arab British Chamber of Commerce

Arab British Chamber of Commerce (غرفة التجارة العربية البريطانية) established 6 February 1975, is an international trade organization located in the prestigious Mayfair area of London, beside Grosvenor Square. The Chamber has been encouraging, promoting and facilitating Arab-British trade and economic cooperation since 1975. It works in close co-operation with Arab businesses and official bodies, particularly the League of Arab States and its specialized agencies, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Arab diplomatic missions in London, UKTI, British Chambers of Commerce, and chambers of commerce in the Arab world. The Chamber's regular events include business networking, conferences, seminars and workshops aimed at the business community involved in the Arab-British trade relations. The Chamber’s distinguishing motto: ‘Friendship through Trade’ has earned it a well established name within the Arab and British business sectors over the past four decades.

The decision to create Joint Chambers of Commerce was taken by the Economic Council of the League of Arab States in the early Seventies. This led to the decision by the Arab governments to set up the Arab British Chamber of Commerce under the decree of the League of Arab States no. K1175/D52/G who mandated it to: ‘promote, encourage and facilitate bilateral trade’. On 10 January 1975, the Department of Trade granted the Chamber a license. The Chamber was officially founded by incorporation and registration on 6 February 1975, as a non-political and non-profit making company and the first Board of Directors was elected.

The first priority, following the appointment of the first Secretary General and Chief Executive, late Abdul Karim Al Mudaris, was to create a nucleus of staff capable of establishing a firm presence in the business world, setting out to attract membership by providing basic services to members and creating a physical capacity to handle the certification and documentation which is an essential part of the export procedure for the shipment of goods from the United Kingdom to Arab states. In this stage it was vital for the Chamber to establish sound working relations with British Chambers of Commerce and set up a system capable of handling the vast flow of export documentation.

...
Wikipedia