UK Business Council opens its 2nd centre in Bangalore

UK India Business Council (UKIBC), a business-led organisation promoting bilateral trade and investment between the two countries, today has opened its second business centre in the city within a year of the launch of its first centre in Gurgaon.
The UK India Business Centre here is part of UKIBC's expansion strategy to connect UK companies active in, or wanting to enter, Bangalore and South India to local business keen to work with British firms, the council said.
It said the UKIBC will work closely with UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), the British Business Group Bangalore,and with both UK and Indian businesses and institutions.

The Centre will support businesses across sectors, but tech-rich sectors are likely to be strong given the complementarity in these areas between the UK and Bangalore, it said in a release.
The council said at 12,600 square feet, the Bangalore Centre will be the UK India Business Council's largest in India.
There are already signed in clients, including British Airways, the UK trade body Aerospace & Defence Security Systems, CDC and TechHub Bangalore, the community and workspace for tech entrepreneurs, which is using the UKIBC centre to establish its entry into India.

The UKIBC has also signed a MoU with TiE Bangalore to leverage the UKIBC's Centre in Bangalore, its membership in India and the UK and TiE's extensive network, membership and reputation in Bangalore and to promote entrepreneurship between the UK and India, it added.

The Centre is part of a global initiative by the UK government to strengthen British business networks in 40 overseas markets and is designed to transform the quantity and quality of support available to British businesses, especially SMEs, seeking to enter or expand in India, it said.
The facilities, which are available to all UK companies, include office space, meeting facilities, hot-desking, event space and a Launchpad service, it pointed out.