A decade after first setting up business in Qatar, Cambridge UK design and engineering consultancy Atkins has opened the doors to a new office building in the capital Doha to support ongoing growth.

Atkins, the Cambridge UK engineering consultancy, has won a five-year contract worth more than £65m in Qatar.

Middle Eastern success is mounting for a Luton training company under the guidance of director Helen Tucker, who in the past year has doubled the overseas activity of the business supported by UK Trade and Investment.

Export growth levels in the East of England have reached record levels according to the latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) for Q2 2011.

Middle Eastern success is mounting for a Cranfield-based fluid engineering consultancy and research organisation. Now the company is targeting the Far East.

The Middle East represents a vast array of cultures, religions, languages and political influences and its markets are growing rapidly. East of England exports to Middle Eastern countries totalled £974m in 2010.