Dubai / Emirates Business The Gulf region’s highest quality projects were announced at the 2018 MEED Projects Awards, in association with Mashreq. The UAE won eight trophies, dominating the only annual awards programme recognising the region’s completed projects. Oman had five winning projects, followed by Kuwait with four and Saudi Arabia with two. The winning projects from the UAE are ...

Dubai / WAM In his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, issued Law No. (8) of 2018 on the Dubai Health Authority (DHA). The new Law further enables DHA to achieve its objectives including regulating medical services in Dubai, enhancing competiveness and transparency, improving ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has participated in selecting 15 start-ups in the energy sector out of 515 companies from 65 countries that applied for the 2nd Free Electrons Programme. This is a global energy accelerator programme that includes 9 of the most prominent energy companies in the world. It helps start-ups to develop innovative energy ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Etisalat on Saturday announced a week-long ‘SMB Festival’ from May 6-13, the first of its kind initiative dedicated for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) in the UAE, offering them special data offers for new and existing mobile post-paid customers in addition to exclusive offers from business partners at the ‘Hello Business Hub’ located in One JTL, ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Gulf Capital, one of the largest and most active alternative asset managers in the Middle East, was awarded as the ‘Best Private Debt Provider’ in the region at the Banker Middle East Awards. The awards, which were handed over to the winners in Dubai, recognised the best performers in a range of categories in the banking ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Tabarak Investment – the Abu Dhabi-based, Emirati-led private equity firm, won the UAE’s Private Equity Firm of the Year award at the Bankers Middle East Industry Awards. The recognition reflects the firm’s successful track record of transforming underperforming companies into meaningful contributors to the UAE’s economy. “Tabarak was established in 2011 by a group of ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Beauty professionals, trade buyers and those involved in the fragrance business will have a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in the perfumery world, whilst blending their own customised scent at the Middle East’s largest beauty and wellness trade fair next week in Dubai. For the first time ever, Blend’It at Beautyworld Middle East 2018 will offer ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said a date and place have been set for his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and will be announced soon. “We have a date, we have a location,” Trump told reporters at the White House on his way to board the Marine One presidential helicopter. Trump didn’t reveal either the date or place ...

Bloomberg Police detained hundreds of people at boisterous rallies across Russia protesting two decades of rule by President Vladimir Putin just two days before his inauguration for a record fourth term. Opposition leader Alexei Navalny was dragged by his arms and legs from the Moscow protest after riot police with batons warned they would use force to break up the ...

Bloomberg Two months before he makes a controversial trip to London, US President Donald Trump compared a hospital in the UK capital to a “war zone,” suggesting the country’s anti-gun culture is contributing to a surge in stabbings. “I recently read a story that, in London, which has unbelievably tough gun laws, a once very prestigious hospital — right in ...