Bringing People and Projects Together

Business Friends of Barbados Association meets twice a year to enhance the High Commission's ability to identify and enhance investment and trade opportunities for Barbados in the United Kingdom. We are a membership organisation focussing on initiating contacts and identifying prospective investors, business opportunities & development projects for Barbados.

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WHY BARBADOS? 

The country offers a well-regulated, transparent and supportive environment for investment.

Generally, there are no restrictions on foreign ownership of businesses or real estate, and the government works to make it as easy as possible for you to do business here.

We have a stable economy, with a strong legal system. Barbados also has the right people and institutional framework to make starting and running a business as straightforward as possible.

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AREAS OF ACTIVITY 

Promoting Barbados as a domicile for financial services and other international business activities.

Facilitating the importation into the United Kingdom of goods and services from Barbados, including art and culture.

Promotion of Barbados as a tourism destination.

Promotion of closer links between the United Kingdom and Barbadian educational institutions and the development of educational programmes to enhance Barbados' business infrastructure

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BUSINESS IN BARBADOS

Doing business in Barbados means you have access to the country’s international tax and investment treaties: double taxation agreements (DTAs), bilateral investment treaties (BITs), and tax information exchange agreements (TIEAs).

We have a robust regulatory framework for doing business in Barbados. This is underpinned by effective legislation providing strict guidelines for governance, enforced by regulators in each sector.

 

 

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Barbados Trade Missons

Scottish trade missions seek to establish exporting routes and highlight opportunities in Barbados. Annual trade missions currently take place each November. Please contact us for more information

What's our vision?

TO BE COMPLETED

MEET THE TEAM

Ian Gittens
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Ian Gittens, who has Chaired Business Friends of Barbados UK for over 19 years, has been appointed a Non-Executive Director to advise the CEO on his groups planned Caribbean activities.

Ian has an extremely good working knowledge and relationship with Barbados and the wider Caribbean.

Ian also has the added edge of working extensively in both the UK and the Caribbean.

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Jo Smith 
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Jo Smith created Renfrewshire Business Network in November 2012, and is also the co-founder of annual Trade Missions to Barbados.

The first Trade Mission was in 2020, and has seen a variety of businesses going to Barbados to gain an insight into the opportunities available there. This has resulted in several delegates setting up their business in Barbados.

Jo has worked closely with Business Friends of Barbados, which has been instrumental in encouraging people to join the Trade Missions.

Jo has also run her own successful business since May 2008, called A1 Training Services. When the first course was delivered in Barbados in 2023, the company incorporated into A1 Training International. 

CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION

ian@businessfriendsofbarbados.org 

+44 7597 753 030