To your point#9: George Anthony Balchin FRICS is apparently active in the MiddleEast trying to sell additional facilities, as seen in this recent LinkedIn comment in response to the EU GCC Forum recently hosted by Kuwait: "
We are ready to set up a nanotechnology facility here. Any potential partners / investors?"
https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-anthony-ba...-659ab834/
GL to him on that, especially in the GCC