2019 UAE Business Awards

MEAMARKETS / 2019 UAE Business Awards 15 , Gateway Group of Companies Recognised Leaders in Offshore Company Formation 2019 Gateway Group of Companies is an Abu Dhabi-based company formation specialist providing professional, corporate sponsorship services for onshore businesses in the United Arab Emirates. As part of our overview of a selection of the deserving winners from this year’s UAE Business Awards we profile the group to find out more. Established in 2014, Gateway has since flourished, and today the group offers a range of services including onshore, offshore and free zone business set-up, as well as visa processing, local partner services and sophisticated psychometric profiling to ensure their clients have the right personnel in place – key when entering a new overseas market. Alongside these services the group also offers food and beverage consultancy services, including menu engineering, kitchen design, operational assessment and staff and service development. Led by CEO, Jenny Hunt, who is ranked in Forbes’ Top 100 Most Influential Women in the Middle East, Gateway is able to draw on her vast expertise to provide clients with unique services that really add value. She walks the talk having invested in setting up the Gateway Group of Companies. She boasts practical on the ground experience, so really understands what is involved in setting up and doing business in Abu Dhabi. Her experiences ensure that she can guide Gateway’s clients effectively, ultimately saving them time and money. Gateway also does not take the salesman approach; instead the team understand what their clients are trying to achieve in the long term and help them to make informed decisions that are right for their business. As such, the firm is able to set itself apart from its competitors and marks itself out as the best possible option for a range of clients from across the corporate landscape. The group’s services compliment the UAE’s commitment to attracting Foreign Direct Investment into the country and focus on innovation. As part of this, the cost of setting up a business has been reduced dramatically during the previous 12 months. Regulations are being revised and updated to make the UAE an easier place to do business. As a result, the UAE currently ranks 11th globally in the Ease of Doing Business report. Huge projects, such as EXPO2020 in Dubai offer opportunities for investors, as does ADNOC’s $45bn expansion of the Al Ruwais petrochemical complex in Abu Dhabi. Due to regulations constantly changing, it makes sense to engage with a business services expert such as Gateway, who have on- the ground knowledge and experience to guide clients appropriately to ensure they take advantage of every opportunity available to them and can effectively overcome any challenges they may face. Recently, due to client demand Gateway further enhanced its service offering to help companies to ensure they put the right team in place when they then move into the UAE. The group’s behavioural analyst uses golden standard psychometrics to measure behaviour, values, practical competencies and dimensions of thought. Entering a new market, it is very important to get the team dynamics right for maximum productivity, and as such Gateway’s profiling service provides quick, and accurate results. The service is available in 27 languages, including Arabic, and as such looking to the future Gateway intends to provide this service to help Emirati nationals get into the right jobs in the private sector to assist with the UAE’s Emiratisation programme. Ultimately, this latest development will help Gateway to achieve even greater success and enhance its brand even further. The group will continue to adapt its service offering around the needs of its clients over the coming years to ensure it remains at the very cutting-edge of market developments and able to meet its clients’ ever-evolving needs. After all, the UAE is continuing to develop as an attractive location for foreign investment. Its foreign ownership regulations are due to be relaxed. It is also making significant changes to encourage entrepreneurship. These efforts are aimed to boost the UAE’s economy. As new changes are implemented, Gateway adapts and diversifies its services to be able to most effectively help and work with companies looking to do business in the country. Contact Details: Company: Gateway Group of Companies Name: Jenny Hunt Address: 804 Corniche Automatic Bakery Building, Al Firdous Street, Al Zahiyah, PO BOX 36687 Abu Dhabi, UAE Telephone Number: +971 2 3091700 Web Address: www.GatewayToAbuDhabi.com Feb19253 “The service is available in 27 languages, including Arabic, and Gateway intends to provide this service to help Emirati nationals get into the right jobs.”