UK, Scottish trade missions to visit Egypt in first half of 2016

Two trade missions from Britain and Scotland will be visiting Egypt in the first half of 2016, to discuss business opportunities and boost current investments, said chairman of British Egyptian Business Association (BEBA) Wednesday.

Sameh Seif Al Yazal further said in a press conference Wednesday that the two missions would include key and prominent businessmen and firms from Britain and Scotland that seek to meet Egyptian counterparts and boost investments in Egypt.

The number of companies, with British capital participation, working in Egypt exceeds 1,000 ranging from multi nationals such as BP, BG, Shell, Unilever, Vodafone, GlaxoSmithKline, Barclays, and HSBC to smaller, high tech start-up companies.