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DUBAI / WAM Marks & Spencer (M&S) on Tuesday confirmed the sale and franchise of its retail business in Hong Kong and Macau to its long-established franchise partner Al-Futtaim. The sale, which completed on December 30, sees Al-Futtaim become the new sole franchisee for M&S in Hong Kong and Macau. Al-Futtaim has worked in partnership with M&S since 1998 when ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Global trade enabler DP World’s Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) has welcomed Maysun Solar, the first photovoltaic panel producer to set up a manufacturing facility in the region’s leading free zone. Maysun Solar currently manufactures 5,000 solar panels a month with a capacity to generate 40 megawatts of electricity. The launch follows DP World’s on-going solar ...

DUBAI / WAM Mashreq Bank has announced that it was presented with nine awards at the Digital Bank Conference and Awards dinner hosted by Global Finance magazine in London. The dinner hosted at the RSA House in London saw Mashreq win awards for; Best Consumer Mobile Banking Global, Best in Mobile Banking Middle East, Best Mobile Banking App Middle East, ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE Minister of Finance and Patron of the Al Maktoum Foundation, provided AED3.1 million to the Islamic Sheikhdom of Kosovo to implement several endowment projects, whose profits will support the sheikdom’s budget, as well as economic and educational projects, such as commercial stores, school classes ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), successfully completed on Tuesday the tests of the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) on the Federal Network (FedNet), as well as conducting all internal assessments and practical tests to ensure the readiness of FedNet in terms of hardware and software requirements. The tests were conducted in cooperation with the UAE accredited ...

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DUBAI / WAM Marking the commencement of ‘Year of Zayed’, the Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation (AMAF) received its first donation of AED5 million from a benevolent Emirati lady donour, Dawlat Mahmoud Al Mahmoud. Mrs Al Mahmoud’s donations were presented on behalf of her late husband Abdulghafoor Ali Gargash and herself. The donation complements her previous contribution of AED20 million ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Humanitarian work in the UAE has turned to be a way of life, representing a noble human value and a civilisational behaviour in which the country’s leadership and people wholeheartedly believe, passing it over to generations to come, said Fahd Saeed Al Menhali, Ambassador of Yemen to the UAE. Speaking to the Emirates News Agency (WAM) ...

Shabwa / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), dispatched urgent food aid to victims, the underprivileged and returning displaced residents in Usaylan District of the Shabwa Governorate in Yemen, after the three-year siege by the Iranian-backed Houthis militias. While distributing the aid, which included 5,000 food baskets, Mohammed Saif Al Muhairi, Head of the ERC team in Shabwa, congratulated the district’s ...

Dubai / WAM More than three million passengers used mass transit on the eve of New Year, according to the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). In its statement, the authority said that Dubai Metro lifted 1,288,316 riders, public buses served 722,572 riders, marine transport modes ferried 124,159 rides, and 53,234 riders used the Dubai Tram, while RTA’s taxicabs carried 1,098,592 ...