Payroll specialist opens in Dubai

An Aberdeen head quartered payroll and tax compliance firm has opened its first office in the Middle East.

Activpayroll has launched a new base in Dubai which will serve as a regional hub allowing it to provide greater support to existing customers and address what they perceive to be a growing demand for their services both in the UAE and the wider Middle East region.

The company has been providing payroll services to customers in the Middle East for over 15 years. It believes having a physical presence in the region demonstrates activpayroll’s ongoing expansion and growing customer base across the globe. Situated in the centre of New Dubai, the office is located in Silver Tower in the Jumeirah Lakes Towers. The current team consists of 10 payroll specialists led by Kimberly Morrison, payroll operations manager Middle East. She has been a member of the activpayroll team for more than 10 years working in both the USA and the UK before relocating to Dubai to take up her current role.

Sian Odgers, business services director of activpayroll, said: “We are delighted that our Dubai office is now officially open. The UAE has become a strategic business hub for many global companies during the last two decades and establishing a presence in the UAE enables activpayroll to increase our customer support and demonstrates our commitment to the Middle East region. Kimberly has been a respected member of the activpayroll team for a long time and has obviously played a key role in establishing the UAE operations.”

“The UAE has become a strategic business hub”