Winning Business in Libya Event in London on 14th May 2012

A a one-day conference "Winning Business in Libya":- A Practical Guide for UK Companies is designed to be a practical and highly focused event in advising British companies how they can prepare themselves to be

in the best position to win the contracts which will begin to be tendered after the election. The

programme will offer a“what you need to know A-Z”. For example, it will include subjects such as:

• Finding and connecting with business partners in Libya
• Accessing trade finance for your export activity
• Key sectors and probable contracts within the sector
• Who you need to know in order to position yourself for the tender process
• How procurement will work (and how will it be different from the Gaddafi era)
• Understanding the emerging business and political context

Workshops

• Oil & Gas
• Transport Infrastructure
• Health
• Education & Training

The event is organised by City & Financial Conference, sponsored by PWC, Salamanca, ABC International Bank and supported by UKTI, British Expertise, Middle East Association and we "SOC Libya" are proud to be one of the supporters.

To view or download the brochure of the event please click here

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/120037534/Winning-Business-in-Libya-Event-in-London-on-14th-May-2012?

British Airways back in Tripoli

BA back to Libya 

The first British Airways flight since the revolution began last year flew from London to Tripoli today, Tuesday.  As of today, the airline is operating three flights a week between Tripoli and London — on Tuesdays Thursday and Sundays.

“We are extremely pleased to be returning to this ket North African market and we anticipate strong demand as companies return to Libya,” said Sarah Cain, British Airways; North Africa Commercial Manager in a press statement.

“We will have daily flights as of 24 October if demand picks up,” said Andrew Hammans, BA’s Africa Commercial Development Manager who was in Tripoli for the launch of the route.

The Airbus 320 that flew in to Tripoli carried just 32 passengers out of a possible total of 42 seats being sold. That was due to fuel and weight restrictions.  For the moment BA are not refuelling in Tripoli because of fuel certification issues and aircraft are having to return to London with a sufficient fuel payload for the flight.

In any event, Hammans noted, “it takes six months” to build up a route.  BA had just had two months preparing for today’s launch.  However, there were a large numbers of forward bookings, he said, in particular from the US and Canada. They were “massive” he said.

Hammans pointed out that there would be no more BMI flights between London and Tripoli. BA had now bought out BMI and was fully incorporating it into its own services.

SOURCE: Libya Herald