Downtown Dubai and the nearby Old Town community are the most expensive areas to rent and buy apartments, according to new research from Propertyfinder Group. According to the research, the most expensive area to buy an apartment is downtown Dubai …
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We Need Part-Timers and Students to Cut Costs: Restaurant Owners in Dubai
Dubai’s F&B business owners are getting that sour taste — and it’s not just the steep rents they fork out that’s causing it. So they are looking for some sweeteners that could help make things better for them. “The fact that we are only able to …
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Dubai’s Emirates to resume flights to Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport
42 business class and 310 economy class seats. This will increase Emirates’ weekly flights to Istanbul to 16 with 6,500 seats. EK119 will leave Dubai at 10am and arrive in Istanbul at 1:45pm. Return flight EK120 will leave Istanbul at 3:45pm and arrive i …
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12 business lunch deals in Dubai for under Dhs100
Are you incredibly busy and important? Well, of course you are. But no matter how full your schedule, you should always find time for a lunch break. Fortunately, that doesn’t have to mean bringing stale sandwiches from home – or ordering Deliveroo to …
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Business Development Manager – FMCG – Dubai Jobs
A leading FMCG Group in UAE is looking for a Business Development Manager to plan, direct and implement sales strategies and programs to achieve sales objectives, increase market share and profitability of its premium brands and international range of …
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Dubai issues nearly 20,000 new licences in 2017
The Business Registration and Licencing (BRL) sector in Dubai Economy witnessed 288,878 transactions, including 19,877 new licences, during 2017, showing the activity recorded on the “Business Map” digital platform. The “Business Map” tracks BRL activity …
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Smart Dubai close to rolling out 20 blockchain-based services
leading to new opportunities for multi-party collaboration and eventually exciting new business models.” The Dubai Land Department, Dubai Municipality, Dewa and the Department of Naturalisation and Residency Dubai are among those running blockchain pilot …
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UAE says Qatar fighter jets intercept flights; Doha denies
The UAE’s state-run WAM news agency made the claim on Monday, citing the country’s General Civil Aviation Authority. “The GCAA received a message from one of the UAE’s national carriers on Monday morning that one of its aircraft on a flight to Manama on a …
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UAE says Qatar fighter jet intercepts commercial flight
Doha declined to immediately comment, as did the UAE’s two major airlines. The claim came in a report on the state-run WAM news agency and follows two complaints by Qatar to the United Nations about Emirati military aircraft allegedly violating its …
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UAE says Qatar fighter jets intercept flight; Doha denies it
The UAE’s state-run WAM news agency made the claim on Monday, citing the country’s General Civil Aviation Authority. “The GCAA received a message from one of the UAE’s national carriers on Monday morning that one of its aircraft on a flight to Manama on a …
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VAT could hit UAE property market in 2018
There are 17,000 apartments scheduled to enter the market in 2018 through completions at projects including New Dubai Gate in JLT, The Pad in Business Bay, Eagle Heights in Sports City and Serenia Residences on Palm Jumeirah. However, actual completions …
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Qatar monitoring Sheikh Abdullah’s ‘detention’ in UAE
UAE’s foreign ministry denied that Sheikh Abdullah was held against his will. A statement published by the official Emirati news agency (WAM) cited a source at the ministry as saying that “Qatar’s Sheikh Abdullah bin Ali Al Thani has come as a guest to the …
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Indian tour guide on trip to Dubai dies at hotel
one of tourists told Gulf News on Sunday. The death certificate said it was a natural death due to heart disease, as per the forensic report, said Kalpana Agarwal. Tragedy struck the group from Mumbai on the last day of their five-day tour in Dubai.
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Qatari royal says he is ‘being held against his will’ in UAE
The video was published on a YouTube channel run by Emirates news site UAE 71. This is a complete turnaround from last year when Sheikh Abdullah appeared out of nowhere as a significant player in the political feud pitting the Saudis and Emiratis against …
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Mystery over ‘detained’ Qatari sheikh in UAE
“Sheikh Mohammed bears full responsibility for anything that happens to me.” The UAE denied that Sheikh Abdullah was being held against his will, with state news agency WAM reporting he was in the country “at his own behest”. “Sheikh Abdullah has …
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UAE law firm Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla launches tax practice
He joins from leading tax advisory firm Cragus Group. Subscribe to Arabian Business’ newsletter to receive the latest breaking news and business stories in Dubai,the UAE and the GCC straight to your inbox.
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Qatar exile says he’s held by UAE; Abu Dhabi denies claim
The video, immediately aired by Doha-based news network Al-Jazeera, shows Sheikh Abdullah saying he was invited to Abu Dhabi as a guest of “Sheikh Mohammed.” Sheikh Abdullah appears to refer to Abu Dhabi’s powerful crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed …
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