UK Trade & Investment

The cost to tourism alone from the Russian crisis has been calculated at $5 billion. With trucks being kept waiting at the border and with fruits and vegetables returned, the cost of the crisis for the first six months of 2016 was calculated by some economists at $7.2 billion. 

In this case, Turkey needs to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) now more than any other time.

Already bridging economic relations between Turkey and the United Kingdom for more than 100 years, the activities of the British Chamber of Commerce in Turkey (BCCT) have been gaining further momentum over the past two years, the BCCT said in a written statement on July 7. 

The British Bulgarian Business Association (BBBA) was formally launched Wednesday at a ceremony at the Residence of the British Ambassador Jonathan Allen, in the presence of some 180 potential members, and representatives of other Commercial Chambers both inside and outside of Bulgaria.