Dubai / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) on Monday announced that the company recruited more than 220 UAE nationals in 2022, including 100 women. The average age of EGA’s new UAE national recruits was 23 years old. While EGA recruits mid-career experts, the company focuses on attracting and developing young people who are starting their careers as talent for ...
Read More »Local News
Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Forum to return for its 5th edition in 2023
Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the international financial centre of the UAE’s capital, starts 2023 by announcing the return of its Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Forum (ADSFF) on January 19 as part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW). This fifth edition of ADSFF will gather top global investors, government leaders, regulators and financial institutions to ...
Read More »Carter & White opens new boutique in Dubai Duty Free
Dubai / Gulf Time Carter & White –a locally based ultra-premium clothing brand famed for its quality, tailoring and comfort – announces expansion by opening its new boutique in Dubai Duty Free. Carter & White is the first truly luxury designer brand from Dubai and the first Middle Eastern clothing brand to exhibit in Cannes yachting Festival. With the ...
Read More »Sharjah 24 website wins US-based award
Sharjah / WAM “Sharjah 24,†the popular bilingual news website of the Sharjah Government Media Bureau, has been awarded the 2022 Global Excellence Award in the field of the web and the digital world. The award, based in the US, recognises the news portal’s constant efforts and commitment to report and publish with honesty, objectivity and transparency all political, ...
Read More »DMCC attracts 3,049 new businesses to Dubai in 2022
Dubai / WAM DMCC – the world’s flagship free zone and government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise – has announced that it achieved its best-ever year for new member company registrations, attracting 3,049 new businesses to Dubai in 2022. An increase of 23% year-on-year, breaks the previous record set in 2021 when DMCC registered 2,485 new ...
Read More »UAE a trading capital of the world, says Thani Al Zeyoudi
Abu Dhabi / WAM Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade said that the UAE continues to leverage its global presence by opening up to the world and expanding its network of trading partners through comprehensive economic partnership agreements with a carefully selected group of markets of strategic importance internationally and regionally. The minister made ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi hosts International Rain Enhancement Forum
Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court, the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) will host the 6th Edition of the International Rain Enhancement Forum (IREF) from January 24-26. Gathering leading global and national experts, researchers, scientists, and stakeholders, the forum will discuss ...
Read More »Dewa water reservoir in Hatta 76.8% complete
Dubai / WAM The work progress of the water reservoir project in Hatta has achieved 76.8 percent completion rate. The project has a storage capacity of 30 million imperial gallons (MIG), at a cost of approximately AED86 million. It is expected to be completed in April 2023. This was announced during an inspection tour by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, ...
Read More »RTA launches travel behaviour survey in Dubai
Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) launched a Travel Behaviour Survey – Screening Questionnaire of individuals and families residing or working in Dubai, as well as companies based in the emirate. This step is part of RTA’s efforts to revamp its strategic roads and transport plans, enhance roads and public transport networks and services to provide ...
Read More »SteelFab 2023 set to showcase 400 local, international brands
Sharjah / WAM Expo Centre Sharjah (ECS) is set to begin on Monday for the inauguration of SteelFab 2023 exhibition, the largest commercial event of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa region. Organised by ECS with the support of Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the event’s 18th edition brings together more than 200 companies from ...
Read More »