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  Dubai / Emirates Business Iron Mountain Incorporated acquired a controlling stake in Endless Document Storage Services LLC. The acquisition is in line with Iron Mountain’s strategy to expand its presence in fast-growing international markets by investing in well-established local or regional businesses that can provide similar services and have a similar business ethos. The move into the Middle East ...

  Dubai / WAM Manufacturers of Arabic perfumes, essential oils, bukhoor and other fragrances from across the GCC will have a unique global platform to showcase their talents by producing scents for Expo 2020 Dubai. The Expo on Sunday launched its search for producers of fragrances, from international brands to small, artisan producers in the Gulf, which could be offered to ...

  Sharjah / WAM Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) Sharjah Antiquities Authority, Sharjah Institute for Heritage and Sharjah Museums Department have met to discuss ways to organise and protect cultural heritage in Sharjah. The meeting was held at Shurooq’s main office in Al Qasba, in the presence of Marwan bin Jassim Al Sarkal, CEO of Shurooq, Manal Ataya, Director-General of ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The official holiday marking Israa and Miraj will be on Saturday, April 22, for all workers in private sector enterprises, institutions and companies in the country where Friday is the only weekly day off, while Sunday April 23 will be the official holiday marking the Islamic occasion for those who have Fridays and Saturdays as their ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Land Department (DLD) put its slogan – ‘Moving Towards a Successful Career’ – into action on the second day of its participation in the 17th edition of the ‘Careers UAE 2017’ fair, by providing free real estate scholarships for UAE nationals as well as a number of vacancies and training courses for young job seekers. In ...

  DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) unveiled its plans to build three new 400 kilovolt (kV) substations over the next three years, with an allocated budget of AED1 billion. The three substations will be added to DEWA’s 21 existing substations. DEWA is working in adherence with its strategy of increasing the efficiency of electricity services ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Petrochemical producers, extrusion technology providers, packaging equipment manufacturers, plastic converters and compounders, food producers, traders, consultants and investors will gather in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, April 9, to chart the course for growth and sustainability of the GCC plastics conversion industry. The 8th edition of GPCA PlastiCon, organised by Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA), ...

  DUBAI / WAM The 17th edition of Careers UAE, country’s leading recruitment exhibition for Emiratis, opens at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) on April 9, where scores of public and private sector organisations from the region and across the world are preparing to meet, select and interview the best Emirati talent. With UAE school and university enrolment set to ...

  DUBAI / WAM Abdullah Sultan Al Owais, Chairman of the Sharjah Chamber Commerce and Industry (SCCI), reaffirmed the chamber’s keenness on contributing to the strengthening and development of the emirate’s economic ties with different countries around the world, especially in Africa, which represents a promising market and offers great opportunities for Emirati businessmen. ‘‘SCCI will strive through the means ...

  London / WAM His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah,and his wife, Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Founder and Royal Patron of the Friends of Cancer Patients (FoCP), inaugurated the ‘Sharjah Laboratory’ at the Francis Crick Institute in London. The Sharjah Lab is part of the Francis Crick Institute, the ...