The new office will allow the firm, which has provided payroll services to customers in the Middle East for over 15 years, to provide greater support to existing customers and address the growing demand for its services both in the UAE and the wider Middle East region.

The hub, situated in the centre of “New Dubai”, currently consists of 10 payroll specialists led by Kimberly Morrison, payroll operations manager for the Middle East, who has relocated to Dubai after working with activpayroll for over a decade in the USA and the UK.

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 providing services in 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. We are all very excited about this expansion and already in the first year the operation is proving to be successful and resulting in very positive feedback from our customer base.”

Ms Morrison added: “Having worked at activpayroll for over ten years, I was thrilled to be given the opportunity to establish the UAE operational hub.

“We have worked hard to ensure we have a great team of payroll specialists and look forward to supporting both existing and new customers delivering a high level of service and support.”