The financial industry body stresses swift detection and a modern mechanism to combat crime Dubai The UAE’s Foreign Exchange and Remittance Group (FERG) held the third edition of its annual Anti-money …
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UAE’s FTA sees more businesses registering for taxes in 2019
Meanwhile, the number of registrants for excise tax reached 719. Mr Al Bustani said the UAE Foreign Business Refund programme – which enables non-resident businesses to claim back 5 per cent VAT – is …
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Ministry of Finance and Arab Monetary Fund to organise the Arab Regional Tax Forum
Dubai: The Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF), in cooperation with the Federal Tax Authority (FTA) and the International Tax and Investment Centre (ITIC), is organising the …
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Abu Dhabi Global Market Forms Strategic Cooperation with Hainan Provincial Government on Financial Development and Growth of Hainan Free Trade Zone
Abu Dhabi, UAE: The Hainan Provincial Government and Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) are pleased to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further boost the economic and financial collaboration …
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Liv. offers banking-meets-lifestyle experience on smartphone
Liv. is the first digital-only bank and the fastest growing bank in the UAE with a special focus on millennial customers, operated and managed by Emirates NBD Group. Established in line with UAE …
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Dubai saved 267 megawatts of energy during Earth Hour
Activities during The Earth Hour 2019 at the Marasi Marina in Business Bay, Dubai. Photo: Antonin Kélian Kallouche/Gulf News Image Credit: Dubai: If you switched off non-essential lights and …
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Adnoc Drilling targets business outside the UAE amid local capacity ramp-up
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company plans to target drilling outside the UAE as well as boost its local drilling of conventional resources by 40 per cent by 2025 amid an increase in local production …
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Palmon fund ‘eyeing Dubai industrial, logistics properties’
a renowned hedge fund manager in the Dubai International Financial Centre, to offer an unprecedented opportunity for smaller investors to own income-generating industrial assets across UAE. Group …
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Dubai laws: Doing this one simple thing on your phone in the UAE could result in jail
Dubai laws are usually based in cultural traditions … This also includes eavesdropping or publishing news. A legal expert told website whatson.ae: “While there is no article which explicitly …
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Post-Brexit UK property prospects in focus at Cityscape Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, UAE: UK investment property companies are maintaining their focus on the UAE market despite Brexit uncertainties, with one major player targeting potential Emirates-based buyers at …
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Sharjah Biennial to include 2-day music event
A two-day music event, part of the Sharjah Biennial 14, will take place on April 5 and 6 at Mirage City Cinema, Al Mureijah Square, Sharjah. It includes the Ma3azef Symposium on Arabic Music and …
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Under Armour eyes boosting global business to account for half of total sales
“[We’re] focused on new markets, as well as some new places where we’ve been doing business,” Kevin Plank told The National in an interview in Dubai on Saturday. Among its international plans are …
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Generation Start-Up: Dubai property market and tourists drive vacation rentals for Maison Privee
The Dubai-based start-up is tapping in to demand from holidaymakers and business travellers looking for homes away from home in the emirate, and selling the quintessential Dubai dream: think Palm …
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Founders of Dubai Logistics REIT waver on IPO plan
The family behind a Dubai-based real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on the logistics market have changed the structure of the fund and said that they are reconsidering a plan to float it on …
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MEA could invest $2.30bln in technologies enabling smart cities by 2021: report
DUBAI: Investments in technologies enabling smart cities in the Middle East and Africa, MEA, region is expected to hit the US$2.30 billion mark by 2021 as per the estimates of International Data …
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‘Can my former employer enforce a non-compete clause in Dubai?’
I have now returned to Dubai and am about to get a visa from another company in the same line of business but I will be working as an accountant. My last employer has sent me a notice saying I cannot …
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Deputy ruler opens King’s College Hospital London in Dubai
Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance and president of the Dubai Health Authority, has presided over the official opening of King’s College Hospital London …
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