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  RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business Known as one of the strongest countries in bespoke car sales, UAE with its wealthy population is driving the growth of the global ‘customised cars’ industry. The recent win of Abu Dhabi Motors that made it top Rolls-Royce Bespoke Dealer in the world for 7th year in a row, is testimony to the fact ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business The mobile library of Knowledge without Borders (KwB) — the Sharjah-based cultural project — has concluded its visits for the first five months of the year. A major component of KwB’s strategy to bring reading within reach of all, the library’s 2016 tour schedule to date has seen it visit almost 250 locations in the ...

  Ritika SHARMA / Emirates Business UAE is home to thousands of expats from nearly 200 countries, who increasingly rely on cargo services to send their stuff homes. It involves transactions worth millions of dirhams every month. Treading an innovative business model, a leading cargo company here has introduced a stress-free option for customers to convert the huge billing amount ...

  Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business E-commerce has become one of the biggest business trends in the UAE, of which mobile commerce is an integral part. According to a recent study conducted by Criteo, mobile was the most preferred device for business during the Ramadan season, with a 44% rise in spending two weeks prior to Ramadan, to 49% by ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business ENOC Lubricants Marketing, a division of Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), discussed the importance of strengthening the division’s presence across international markets through maintaining strategic business associations with key partners at the ENOC Annual Distributors’ Meet, recently held in Shehzen, China. Considered as one of the sterling success stories of UAE entities going international, ENOC ...

  RAS AL-KHAIMAH / WAM Julphar, Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries, has launched its latest Continuous Medical Education, CME, programme for pharmacists, “JUMP” (Julphar Updates on Modern Pharmacy) at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Dubai. The launch event was attended by over 200 pharmacists from the UAE and was an opportunity for to address the audience on pharmacists’ responsibility in the art ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, exchanged greetings over the phone with His Highness Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Crown Prince of the State of Kuwait, and the Grand Imam Dr Ahmed Al-Tayeb of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, on the occasion ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) scooped the ‘Leadership Award for Outstanding Contribution towards Building Smart Cities Award’. Abdullah Ali Al Madani, CEO of RTA’s Corporate Technology Support Services Sector, received the award in recognition of his outstanding performance and strenuous efforts towards transforming Dubai into the smartest city worldwide within three years. An announcement ...

  ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business Digital transformation has been the success mantra for many enterprises in the Emirates. With the region’s digital economy set to surge twice over the next three years, data security and the continuous emergence of digital innovations are predicted to play a remarkable role in the UAE’s efforts to drive its digital economic growth. According ...

  RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business Although, as a term and an occupation, ‘life coaching’ is not a very old profession, but today it is a multi-million dollar industry with an estimated 100,000 life coaches working professionally across the world. Interestingly, it is the second fastest growing industry in the world after Information Technology. As UAE is one of the ...