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Dubai Customs to take part in Hamdan bin Mohammed Award

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Customs is taking part in various categories of the 4th edition of Hamdan Bin Mohammed Award for Smart Government (HbMPSG), organised by ‘Dubai the Model Centre’, a subsidiary of the General Secretariat of the Executive Council. A host of smart, customer-focussed initiatives will make Dubai Customs’ submissions salient and stand out this year. Such initiatives stem ...

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DAMAC Properties bags 4 industry awards

  Dubai / Emirates Business DAMAC Properties, one of the region’s largest luxury real estate developers, bagged four awards at the Africa and Arabia Property Awards hosted in Dubai, reaffirming its position as an award-winning developer of distinctive and cutting edge luxury properties. It was also nominated twice for the global International Property Awards to be held in London, UK, ...

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RTA to introduce smartphone top-up for NOL cards

  Dubai / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is gearing up for the launch of the final version of the Smart Fare project to the public in October this year, having gone through the trial version this September. Accordingly, new services will be added to the Public Transport App, and the smart services on the app will be upgraded ...

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DIP, MWH sign pact to design stormwater and groundwater drainage network

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Investments Park (DIP), the largest integrated commercial, industrial and residential community in the Middle East, has signed an agreement with MWH, now part of Stantec and a global leader in wet infrastructure, to design a new stormwater and groundwater drainage network within the development. The scope of the agreement covers the design of the drainage ...

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FinTech sector sees robust growth in Middle East

  Dubai / Emirates Business According to a new report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), FinTech companies in the GCC now account for 7% of all FinTech business in the Middle East and Africa region. Taking on the successful business models of the United States of America (USA), payment solutions account for approximately 40% of all FinTech business in ...

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Award for Emirates Airline Festival of Literature

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature picked up another accolade on Tuesday, winning Best Family Friendly Day Out at the Time Out Dubai Kids Awards 2016. Isobel Abulhoul, OBE, CEO and Trustee of the Emirates Literature Foundation and Director of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, accepted the Award. ‘We could not be prouder of ...

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Sharjah Public Library celebrates Arabic calligraphy

  Sharjah/ Emirates Business The Arabic script is well-known in the world for its beauty and elegant intricacies. Arabic calligraphy, the artistic practice of handwriting based on the Arabic alphabet has been seen in important texts. The Sharjah Public Library (SPL) — a Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) subsidiary — recently organised a workshop focusing on the promotion of Arabic Calligraphy, ...

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New tool to promote business growth

  Dubai / Emirates Business Epicor Software Corporation, a global provider of industry-specific enterprise software to promote business growth, has announced that its customers will benefit from a new release of its popular Epicor iScala ERP (enterprise resource planning) solution. The iScala solution is designed for the worldwide divisions and subsidiaries of multinational corporations and local or regional companies that ...

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GITEX Shopper to showcase world’s top 2-in-1 convertibles & laptops

  Dubai/ Emirates Business With their functionality, flexibility and mobility, 2–in–1 convertible laptops are one of the fastest growing devices in the industry according to PCMag, and GITEX Shopper will be showcasing the latest models when it opens next month. Taking place from 1 – 8 October at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) the region’s largest consumer IT and electronic ...

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UAE to introduce new laws soon to regulate drones

  ABU DHABI / Reuters The United Arab Emirates will finalise laws to more heavily regulate the sale of drones and their operations soon, aiming to minimize risks posed by unmanned aerial vehicles, an official at the aviation regulator said on Monday. Dubai International Airport was closed for more than an hour on June 12 due to unauthorized drone activity ...

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