London-based startup Quiqup has announced plans to expand into Manchester and Dubai. The company organises on-demand and same day courier delivery for businesses, including store-to-door and last-mile services. This national and international expansion …
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Dubai unveils its newest old hotel: the QE2
“Dubai is a new city and this is one of the oldest things here … while modernizing the cabins to include the amenities expected today, such as flat-screen TVs, WiFi and coffee machines. “To see QE2 coming back to life after a decade of layup is wonderful …
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RTA Opens Registration for the Dubai World Challenge for Self-Driving Transport
This initiative will bring together prominent experts, specialists, policymakers, technology drivers, researchers and academicians. It will attempt to come up with the best ideas & visions that serve the Dubai Government’s drive, achieves RTA’s first …
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UAE confirmed as regional hub for digital start-ups
We are already seeing successful outcomes,” he added. “Arab and Middle East entrepreneurs and investors eager to capitalise on emerging technologies see Dubai and the UAE as a remarkable opportunity. With Dubai firming up its position both as a …
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Desert heat lights a fire under Dubai’s food delivery market
“With food delivery, Dubai is ahead of the curve,” says Harb … As a result, a race for novel ways to deliver has ensued. One trial by Exponent Technology Services at a corporate event saw over 900 burgers delivered via drone in one day.
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Dubai’s business appeal critical to ensuring a global role
Its years of building itself up as a hub for trade, shipping, retail, aviation, tourism and technology have sustained it while many other cities in the region have struggled with the effects of declining oil prices. However, what happens to UAE’s …
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AWS Summit opens in Dubai
The first Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit in Dubai took place today … many ways that customers around the world and in the Middle East are leveraging cloud technologies to help their organisations innovate and scale. The keynote also included AWS …
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Report outlines UAE’s major steps to protect workers
Dubai: The UAE has taken major steps in the recent years to improve safeguards for workers, the Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation said here on Tuesday on the occasion of International Workers’ Day. Releasing the 2017-2018 Worker Welfare …
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Your date of birth on your Dubai car plate?
Dubai: Fancy using your date of birth, wedding day or any special day for your car number plate? If you have trouble memorising your number plate, this might be the answer. The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will allow more motorists to …
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Sharing fake news could land you a fine of AED1 million
The UAE’s Telecommunications and Regulatory Authority (TRA) has issued a statement urging all UAE residents not to publish or share fake news on social media as the action is punishable by law. Taking to Twitter, the regulatory body said: “Remember …
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Property platform taps interest for digital…
Imagine if you could buy and sell a real estate asset at the click of a button? This could soon be possible courtesy Evareium, an entity which is launching a $90 million Dubai-focused real estate investment fund where investors can use digital currency to …
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Dubai solar park enters Phase 3, adds 200MW more
Dubai: Shaikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has inaugurated the 200 megawatt (MW) first stage of the 800MW third phase of the Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. The solar park is one of …
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Dubai Adds 200 More Megawatts of Solar Power in Renewables Push
Dubai took another step toward completing what it says will be the largest solar park of its kind, inaugurating a 200-megawatt facility with partners Electricite de France SA and Abu Dhabi-based renewables company Masdar. The third and latest phase of …
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Dubai adds more solar power in major renewables push
Dubai has taken another step toward completing what it says will be the largest solar park of its kind, inaugurating a 200-megawatt facility with partners Electricite de France and Abu Dhabi-based renewables company Masdar. The third and latest phase of …
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Dubai to tender 300MW solar plant by the beginning of 2019
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority will tender a 300 megawatt concentrated solar power (CSP) plant for the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park before the first quarter of 2019 as the UAE looks to meet 7 per cent of its power needs from the sun by …
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Abu Dhabi’s cleaners receive gifts and certificates
It is the first time I am getting an honour like this,” Ziaur Rahman, 31, a Bangladeshi supervisor at a cleaning facility, told Gulf News. He was among more than 100 cleaners who were honoured by the Centre of Waste Management – Abu Dhabi (Tadweer …
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Dubai’s Lumina announces Saudi expansion plan
Andrew Nichol, who previously served as head of corporate finance for PwC in Saudi Arabia, has been appointed as a partner to enable Lumina to link three major markets – Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and the UK – for capital flows and M&A deals. Regulated by …
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