The British Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (BCC Philippines), formerly British Business Association (BBA), was founded in 1997, by a group of British businessmen in Manila.

The mission of BCC Philippines is to encourage and support bilateral trade between the Philippines and the UK specifically:

• To raise the awareness of the UK and increase the profile of British businesses in the Philippines.
• To promote and facilitate the development of our members’ business interests and potential investors in the Philippines and the UK.
• To foster strong relationships with the Philippines government, associations and business leaders and play a meaningful role as corporate citizens.
• To create for our members productive information, networking, training and other services, which bring measurable value to members.

The BCC Philippines interacts with other business groups and maintains close relationships with the British Embassy, the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formerly the Department of Trade and Industry), the Confederation of British Industry and the other British Chambers of Commerce and Associations in the Asian region and in the U.K.

BCC Philippines provides support to private sector importers and those wishing to expand their business between the Philippines and the United Kingdom. It also gives visiting British Government officials, NGOs and UK Chamber of Commerce delegates easier direct links to the Chamber’s members. BCC Philippines speaks for its members when the National Government take up such issues as energy policy, intellectual property rights, transport policy, trade law or the environment.

BCC Philippines has a growing interaction with fellow foreign Chambers in the Philippines, particularly those from Canada, America, Europe, Australia/New Zealand, France, Spain, India, S. Korea, Japan and Taiwan.

The Chamber is also able to provide a stronger forum to support, represent and accurately inform members and UK visitors, in participation with prominent Philippine business associations like Makati Business Club, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a number of their provincial counterparts, in and about consultative sessions with senior government officials, specially from the Department of Trade and Industry, Labour and Employment, and Finance.