Chamber History
The Chamber emerged as a community business group in December 1991. It was the creation of the Bangladeshi-British business community with the following aims:
-to promote, protect and strengthen bi-lateral trade and commerce between Bangladesh and the United Kingdom and between them and the European Community;
-to promote investment, joint ventures, research and development in both countries;
-to maintain close ties with traders both in the United Kingdom and in Bangladesh, including the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry and relevant government ministries.
The Chamber has operated as a networking business hub for the community and for British companies with interests in Bangladesh. It has organised a number of trade and investment meetings and meetings with Ministers of both countries, including the Home Secretary of the UK and the then Prime Minister of Bangladesh. BBCC has also organised business and investment seminars.
The Bangladesh-British Chamber is keen to welcome new members from the business community across the UK. This will both help them and help foster still better trade and investment between the two countries to the benefit of employment and prosperity in both of them.
Aims & Objectives
1. To promote, protect and strengthen bi-lateral trade and commerce between Bangladesh and the United Kingdom and between these two countries and the members of the European Economic Community and other countries as are likely to be affected such Bangladeshi trade and commerce.
2. To liase between and maintain close ties with traders in both Bangladesh and the United Kingdom and between such traders and Federation of Bangladesh - British Chamber of Commerce and Industry and relevant Government minister in Bangladesh.
3. To promote investment, joint-ventures, training, research and development opportunities between traders in Bangladesh, the United Kingdom and such other countries as are deemed appropriate.
4. To organise and participate in all manner of exhibitions and trade shows for the purposes of demonstrating new goods and services; encouraging the exchange of personnel, information, expertise and methodology; and to generally encourage further co-operation in trade and commerce between the members of the Chamber and generally between the traders in Bangladesh and the United Kingdom.
5. To consider all questions connected with any of the objects of the Chamber.
6. To represent, express and give effect to the views and opinions of the Chamber to all those concerned businesses on matters affecting their interests at international, national, regional and local Government level. Also to provide facility for a change or publication of such views or opinions between the members of the Chamber and others.
7. To promote, support or oppose United Kingdom or foreign legislation or other measure of any kind whether proposed or existing any of the above businesses or the objects of the Chamber.
8. To collect, publish, circulate or make known by such means as may be expedient statistics advertisements and other information, opinion and documents in any form written or otherwise relating to any of the above business or the Chamber or its objects.
9. To enter into agreements with other chambers of commerce and other bodies of the advancement of any of the above businesses and the protection of those conducting them in the United Kingdom and overseas.
10. To undertake the settlement by arbitration of disputes arising out of any of the above businesses or trading, commercial or industrial transaction.
11. To become a member of or promote aims and objects of any society, association or company, weather incorporated or not, having objects altogether or in part similar to all or any of the objects of the Chamber and to subscribe to and support from the funds of the Chamber any such society, association or company and any local or national charity and to grant donations for public purposes.
12. To provide, assist or make arrangements for providing services or facilities of any kind which are designed to assist members of the Chamber in the conduct of any of the above businesses or in meeting any legislative or other requirement.
13. To establish business networking between the traders and investors in Bangladesh and the UK and to provide investment information in both the countries.
Director Profiles
Senior Management
Patrons:
British High Commissioner to BangladeshBangladesh High Commissioner to UK