Tag: business

Dubai: Canada and the UAE have a robust and diversified business relationship, according to Canada’s Consul General to Dubai and the Northern Emirates. This bilateral trade is based on a few key areas, according to Emmanuel Kamarianakis. “Agricultural …
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Business efficiency, boasting some 71 variables … The drop in oil prices since 2014 has exposed weaknesses in Gulf economies. Even then, the UAE advanced five notches and thereby more than overcoming the drop by three rankings in the 2016 study.
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“The ocean and waters of the Gulf play a critical role for the UAE, not only related to fishing and aquaculture, tourism, leisure, and so on, but also across the business spectrum including production, supply chain and logistics. “If we are to realise …
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Abu Dhabi: KBBO Group, an Abu Dhabi-based investment firm, is looking at acquisitions in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the wider Middle East region to grow its business, its new chief executive told Gulf News in an interview. “The group has seen aggressive …
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Do you want to start a business in Dubai? And searching for promising business ideas with low investment? Dubai is considered as the commercial capital of United Arab Emirates and has the favourable economy for business investment. This is the main …
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Continuing uncertainty over the use of Skype and similar internet calling services places a burden on the UAE’s small business community, threatening to undermine the country’s growing status as a business and entrepreneurship hub, ­according to local …
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Dubai: “Even if you aren’t coming down to shop … new concepts coming into being, and even in the business volumes being generated. In between new malls opening with their food courts, F&B brands are finding a home in communities.
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It has “shown an upward trajectory as consumer spending on socialising and eating out continues to grow with UAE nationals and expatriates alike,” notes a recent report issued by CBRE, the real estate consultancy. (It picks the food truck business as …
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Much effort is being placed into diversifying the country’s economy away from oil by 2021 to create a business environment that ensures economic and social stability. In February, the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy announced the launch of the private …
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Let’s look at that in more detail and see how your business can benefit. There are plenty of registered insurance brokers out there – 157 in the UAE alone at the last count – so you’re not stuck for choice. Some will be good advisors, some bad.
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Dubai: WhatsApp video and voice calls went live in the UAE — quietly and no fanfare or official announcement, at first — to the pleasant surprise of mobile phone users in Dubai. Many confirmed to Gulf News they can now use the features on the popular …
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That mindset has long been embraced by Dubai and the UAE in general. http://gulfnews.com/business/analysis/the-uae-s-ambitions-for-its-energy-mix-1.1963763 As half of cars rolling out of assembly lines around the world will have self-driving features in 10 …
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Dubai is on a roll to become one of the early adopters. It is introducing electric, driverless transport in a big way and ahead of the world’s major cities. These are the number of ways that Dubai — which lies at the heart of global fossil fuel trade …
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Dubai: Dubai and Abu Dhabi have moved up in the rankings for … such as limitations to certain benefits (medical insurance, for example), caps on business expenses, travel restrictions, and, ultimately, softer annual salary increases than in previous …
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The UAE introduced a new stand-alone bankruptcy law in December … As regards the former, the new law incentivises SMEs to be more proactive if they want to continue with their business and to put in place viable restructuring plans to do so.
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This is a shocking business practice. And it’s unique to us. Worldwide there is a slowdown during holidays, but here we grind almost to a halt. And that’s because the UAE offers an exceptionally high amount of annual leave. Forty days is the average …
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Despite the diplomatic dispute between the Gulf Arab nations and Qatar, Doha won’t cut gas supplies to the United Arab Emirates (UAE); Saad Sherida al-Kaabi, chief executive of state-run Qatar Petroleum, told Al Jazeera. He said it is part of the “force …
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