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DUBAI / Emirates Business The Dubai Chamber Sustainability Network partnered with Dulsco to co-host a highly interactive ‘Worker Welfare’ session, along with key industry stakeholders from UAE’s corporate sector. The country is home to a large workforce, spread across different nationalities. Workers are key stakeholders for any organization as they rely on their workforce to manage reputation and profitability. Organisations ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Nissan has announced that the world’s first ‘NISMO Corner’ dedicated showroom space will be launched in the Middle East and then rolled out across Nissan’s dealerships globally. The ‘NISMO Corner’ is a unique, customer showroom area for Nissan performance vehicles and products, and is a completely new showroom concept that was developed in the Middle ...

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Police processed 198,550 online transactions on its smartphone app since the beginning of this year. The app “Dubai Police” has been downloaded 1,372,762 times on android and iOS-powered devices, Brigadier Khalid Al Razouki, Director of Smart-Services at Dubai Police General HQ, said. He noted that the number of downloads was rising due to the launch ...

  DUBLIN / WAM With salaries and job opportunities falling at home, dozens of Irish teachers are heading to the UAE next month to take up posts in primary and secondary schools, according to a report on Saturday in the Irish Independent newspaper. “A sense of adventure is the attraction for some, with others viewing the opportunity as a chance ...

  Emirates Business As the Gulf region adopts high standards of energy efficiency, the Mideast market is promoting innovative solutions to encourage the usage of LED technology. As per reports, the UAE lighting industry alone is pegged to be at a billion dirhams. Due to the new regulations in conventional lighting, energy efficient lighting products is estimated to grow at ...

  Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business As the UAE’s eCommerce market is riding on a high tide, Finland-based SaaS company, which provides easy-to-use software tools, LianaCommerce, has taken the initiative for a more advanced and innovative platform for eCommerce in the Middle East. Janne Kilpelainen, Managing Director of Liana Technologies in the Middle East, told Emirates Business regarding the platform, ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Furthering its commitment to make the internet a safe and positive space for its students, Academia Management Solutions International (AMSI) – which manages Al Mawakeb Schools and International School of Arts & Sciences (ISAS) – conducted a string of informative workshops, training programs, and expert talks at its premises. For instance, the ICT classes at ...

  Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business More than a third of PR agencies are expected to cut down on their marketing budget due to the slowing economy in Gulf countries due to the fluctuating oil prices, according to a recent survey conducted by Middle East Public Relations Association (Mepra). Ray Eglington, Group managing director at Four Communications and the MEPRA ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Designed for residents and tourists to experience the best of summer, the 19th edition of Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS)— the region’s longest running summer extravaganza of its kind – kicks off on Saturday with its ‘Own The Summer’ theme encouraging everyone to make the most of the great events, family fun and unbeatable deals across ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE’s direct non-oil trade recorded AED 269.5 billion during the first quarter of 2016, maintaining almost the same figures achieved in Q1 last year, said the Federal Customs Authority (FCA). FCA said its preliminary statistics show that imports, AED 166.1 billion, accounted for more than half of the UAE non-oil foreign trade during Q1 this ...