Links Group, a leading company formation specialist, has become the only company of its kind to be listed in the top 100 best performing SMEs in Dubai.

The firm, which advises corporations and individuals on how best to establish a legal commercial presence in the Middle East, was ranked the 56th best performing SME in Dubai.

Links Group received the accolade from Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman of the Dubai Economic Sector Committee, chairman and chief executive of Emirates Airline and Group and chairman of Emirates NBD, at an official awards ceremony in Dubai today (February 12).

Dubai SME 100 is an initiative by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment for SME Development (MBRE) and provides a ranking of the 100 best performing SMEs in the emirate.

In line with the government’s strategy to support promising SMEs, the Dubai SME 100 ranking seeks to identify promising SMEs and groom them to become bigger, better and sustainable enterprises; eventually developing them into large globally-oriented companies.

Participating companies were evaluated on their financial and non-financial performance across six categories – business growth, financial soundness, innovation, human capital development, international orientation and corporate excellence.

“We are honoured to be recognised as one of Dubai’s top 100 SMEs and applaud the efforts of the Dubai Government to support the growth of SMEs within the emirate and beyond,” said John Martin St Valery, chief executive of Links Group.

“This achievement is a testament to our efforts to create a robust company formation model that is helping to attract foreign investment interest to Dubai. We couldn’t be more proud,” he added. – TradeArabia News Service