Sharjah’s affordability and proximity to Dubai has made the emirate an attractive option for SMEs and even some multinational companies.
The implementation of the country’s first direct debit system will see a reduction in the use of post-dated cheques to secure finances.
Carrier starts the new month in top gear by launching services to Clark in the Philippines, a new route between Milan and New York and its first A380 service to Brisbane
The annual study assessed the level of credibility, respect, fairness, pride and camaraderie within an organisation.
Orders from investors reportedly reached $2.75 billion.
New service to meet strong business and leisure demand and support UAE investments in Vietnam
Kinetic BPO is hoping to improve customer service standards in the UAE’s telecoms industry.
The new joint venture is being set-up with an initial capital outlay of around $8 million.
Shares in Dubai were boosted during the quarter after index compiler MSCI upgraded the United Arab Emirates to emerging market status.
Tareck Fouad Farah was found guilty of issuing a letter containing false information.
The Deira-based mall will feature over 130 new stores including Marks & Spencer, Mango and Omega.
Arabtec has raised the salaries of 36,000 workers across its projects nationwide.
Exclusive lounge enables guests to unwind before, during and after games.
Dubai has been recovering from a real estate crisis and property prices have begun to rebound.
Dubai’s benchmark advanced 1.2 per cent to 2,771 points, its highest finish since November 2008
The Expo 2020 winning bid will be announced in November this year.
The tax exemption, covering the 10 per cent municipality fee, will extend to applications over the next three years.
The UAE’s booming private education sector has attracted many UK universities to setup affiliate campuses in Dubai.
Over 1.5 million passengers passed through the emirate’s airport in August.
GCC states’ expenditure on rail schemes, expansion of power generation plants and housing projects is expected to boost capital expenditure in 2013.
According to the IMF, Dubai’s total debt stands at $142 billion, or around 102 per cent of its GDP.
Vivendi in July entered into exclusive negotiations with Etisalat to sell its majority holding stake in Maroc Telecom for 3.9 billion euros in cash.
A MasterCard study has found the UAE has one of the fastest changing payments systems.
Major food exports from the Australian state include dairy, meat, fresh fruit and vegetables
Emirates REIT, formed in 2010, has income-generating assets worth 770 million dirhams.
Emirates is the largest operator of Boeing’s twin-engined 777 jetliner and is looking at a more fuel efficient version to introduce around 2020.
MAF had a Carrefour store in Aleppo shut down as a result of the violence in Syria.
Dubai is competing with Izmir in Turkey, Sao Paulo in Brazil and Yekaterinburg in Russia for the right to host the 2020 world’s fair.
Dubai-based Noor Investment Group will act as the financial advisor to Dubai’s Supreme Council of Energy on the project
The Abu Dhabi fund said that profit attributable to equity owners for the first half of the year was Dhs1.1 billion.