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Dubai / Emirates Business Imdaad, a leading provider of integrated facilities, waste and energy management solutions in the GCC, announced that the region’s facilities management (FM) sector is still immature compared to those in other parts of the world but is nevertheless learning well and growing at a fast pace. The company foresees abundant opportunities for the UAE market in ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Global Village concluded its extremely successful 20th season with the highest ever guest attendance at 5.3 million and business transactions worth AED2.2 billion, and closed to a packed house over its final weekend when more than 90,000 guests attended the park while the Lebanese superstar Nancy Ajram took to the stage a spectacular concert to be ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chief of Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi’s Court, inaugurated Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Building for Personalized Cancer in Houston, US. This came during a ceremony held in the building attended by Yousef Al Otaiba, UAE Ambassador to the United States, Mohammed Haji Al Khouri, Director General of ...

DUBAI / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, ordered the payment of a bonus amounting to AED33.28 million to Emirati citizens whose taxicab number plates are operated by the Dubai Taxi Corporation and Taxi Franchise Companies at the Roads and Transport ...

SHARJAH / WAM The First International Conference of Al Qasimia University (AQU) in Sharjah, called for setting up of a research centre for history, heritage and identity. The participants recommended that the second international conference of AQU will be entitled: “Arab and Islamic Manuscript and its Impact on Making Islamic Civilisation.” Researchers participating at the First International Conference of Al ...

SHARJAH / WAM Opportunities for British investors to invest in Sharjah was the theme of a major business forum held in London, UK, on April 8. Organised by the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), under the theme ‘Sharjah Day in London, UK,’ the business forum at the Four Seasons Hotel at the capital’s prestigious Park Lane address was held ...

Al Ain / WAM Abu Dhabi General Services Company, Musanada, completed and handed over to Al Ain City Municipality all the infrastructure works related to Neima Residential Project. The move is part of the efforts to achieve the vision of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, with the close follow up of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The 2015 General Consumer Confidence Index in the Economic Performance indicated continued optimism amongst consumers of all demographic and social backgrounds towards the Emirate’s economic conditions, which reflects consumers trust in the capabilities of the emirate’s economy and its ability to cope with current economic challenges and absorb the pressures. Khalifa bin Salem Al Mansouri, Acting ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Al Qudra Real Estate, the real estate arm of Al Qudra Holding, is participating at Cityscape Abu Dhabi 2016 to showcase a range of its latest elite projects, namely Al Sadu Towers. The exhibition will run from April 12-14 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre bringing together various local, regional and international real estate specialists under ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UPC will mark the 10th anniversary of the Cityscape Abu Dhabi property exhibition by revealing a raft of new developments that have received detailed planning approval and launching a new and improved online street design application. Senior executives from the UPC will announce detailed approvals for key developments that will shape the urban landscape of ...