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  DUBAI / Emirates Business From the most technologically advanced Abu Dhabi tannery to a Dubai-based start-up aiming to be a global name in leather accessories, UAE companies are set to steal the spotlight when the 2nd edition of Leatherworld Middle East opens on Tuesday. Some of the world’s leading manufacturers and suppliers are preparing for the Middle East’s only ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business The number of visitors to the 8th edition of Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF), the region’s foremost literary event for young people, exceeded 120,000 visitors during its first five days. The figure is a significant increase in the number of attendees recorded in the same period during last year’s festival. Organisers of SCRF 2016, which ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The National Health Insurance Company-Daman, announced its achievement of 19 per cent Emiratisation within the company. According to the figures presented to the Federal National Council by Sultan Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, currently 883 UAE nationals are employed in the insurance sector in the UAE, which constitutes 11 percent of the sector’s ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business SERMO, the first global network of communications agencies specialising in lifestyle and luxury, has published its Digital Influencer Index. Following last year’s Blogger Index, the report updates the network partners’ intelligence on working with digital influencers and identifies the most influential bloggers, vloggers, Instagrammers and other social stars in the luxury and lifestyle space. ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business INJAZ UAE, a member of Junior Achievement Worldwide (JAW), and Honeywell have signed a three-year agreement to support the skills development of Emirati students through science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) focused work-readiness training programs. Honeywell will provide volunteer mentoring to science and engineering students through an annual series of STEM themed Innovation Day Camps. ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Capitalising on the upward growth rate of fashion e-commerce, Souq.com, the number one online retail and marketplace platform in the Middle East, has announced remarkable expansion across its fashion portfolio. Forty new fashion brands and a phenomenal 198,000 new products have been added to the assortment making the market leader Souq.com, a one-stop-shop for widely ...

  Dubai / EMIRATES BUSINESS Takaful Emarat (“the Company”), the DFM-listed, Shariah-compliant life and health insurer, recently held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on April 21, 2016, during which shareholders voted for a proposed cash dividend of AED8 million , equating to 5.33 percent of its paid-up capital. The Company’s first ever dividend payout, proposed by the board of directors, ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai welcomed 4.1 million overnight visitors in the first three months of 2016, a 5.1 percent increase over the same period last year, backed by strong double digit growth from its top two proximity markets, the GCC and India, according to figures released by Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism). The GCC ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi City Municipality launched an extensive campaign aimed at combating disorderly accommodation as well as condensed bachelors accommodation in areas falling within the realms of authorities of Al Wathba Municipal Centre. The campaign is intended to confronting this phenomenon, and enforcing the environmental and health standards by organising awareness and educational campaigns targeting ...

  DUBAI / WAM Emirates is participating in the 2016 edition of Arabian Travel Market (ATM), the region’s leading travel exhibition, which begins at Dubai World Trade Centre, with a brand-new, futuristic ‘Infinite Possibilities’ stand that showcases its industry-leading products and services. The Airliner will also present its enhanced Boeing 777 Business Class seat for the first time in its ...