Dubai Chambers organizes a meeting in London to discuss investment opportunities and enhance the emirate’s attractiveness for business

DUBAI, 15 JUNE / WAM / Dubai Chambers, in cooperation with the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, organized an open dialogue in the British capital, London, with a group of prominent British investors, with the aim of reviewing Dubai’s competitive capabilities as a leading global business center and highlighting the most important investment opportunities that Dubai abounds in various sectors.

During the meeting, which was attended by His Excellency Mohammed Ali Rashid Lootah, Director General of Dubai Chambers, an introduction was made to the vital advantages that the emirate offers that support the growth and expansion of the global business community, including British companies, at the regional and global levels, in addition to the integrated support that Dubai Chambers provides to British investors to facilitate the process of establishing and developing their businesses in Dubai.

It was also reviewed how British investors can benefit from the free trade agreement that Britain recently signed with the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, especially Dubai, based on its position as a major and pivotal center for the global trade movement.

Speaking during the meeting, His Excellency Mohammed Ali Rashid Lootah said: Dubai is a quality investment destination for British companies wishing to expand their presence in the Middle East and global markets, thanks to its advanced economic system and business-friendly environment. We are keen to enhance the British business community’s benefit from the competitive capabilities that the emirate enjoys in all sectors, thus strengthening the distinguished economic and investment ties between Dubai, the UAE and the United Kingdom.

This event comes with 562 new British companies joining the membership of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce during the first quarter of 2026, bringing the total number of active British companies registered in the Chamber’s membership to 10,334 companies by the end of the first quarter of this year, a growth of more than 330% compared to the 2,402 British companies registered in the Chamber’s membership at the end of 2020.

The value of non-oil trade between Dubai and the United Kingdom reached 42.6 billion dirhams in 2025, rising from 23.1 billion dirhams in 2021, registering a growth of 91% over 5 years. Thus, the United Kingdom ranks 17th among Dubai’s largest international trading partners in 2025.

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