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Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) and its affiliates on Monday announced that they have received the ISO 22301:2012 International Standard for Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) certificate. The announcement was made during the closing session of the external audit, which saw the department passing all of the certificate’s scrupulous evaluation standards. Sultan Butti bin Mejren, Director General ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The official UAE Government portal has seen a steady increase in the number of its visitors, achieving an upward growth as the number of visitors has doubled seven times in almost a year since its launching in April 2014. By mid-March 2018, the portal had about three million visits in total, while the number of portal ...

Sharjah / WAM Air Arabia received the ‘Corporate Editor Choice Award’ at the 2018 Air Transport Awards organised by Air Transport News (ATN), in Dubai. The award is a demonstration of Air Arabia’s continued commitment to passenger satisfaction and development within the industry. Air Arabia received the award at the Air Transport Awards, which remains the only international prize that ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry will host a workshop on April 10 which will provide participants with practical information related to the UAE’s recently introduced value-added tax (VAT) law. The upcoming workshop, entitled “The Essentials of VAT”, will be held at the Chamber’s headquarters in Deira. The event is being organised in cooperation with ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates is the number one brand with the highest positive Impression among UAE women according to the 2018 Women’s Choice UAE Brand Rankings released by YouGov. The rankings were compiled using the Impression score from YouGov’s daily brand tracker, BrandIndex, by asking respondents, “Which of the following brands do you generally have a POSITIVE / NEGATIVE ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) has announced the signing of partnership agreements with several major international firms to support the One Million Arab Coders initiative launched in October last year by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. The Foundation signed partnership ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates is celebrating 10 years of enabling mobile phone use on board its aircraft. As a global leader of inflight innovations, Emirates made history in March 2008 by becoming the first airline in the world to allow customers to make and receive calls, as well as send SMS messages from their own mobile phones. The inaugural ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) are pleased to announce a collaboration agreement to disseminate trends on registries, services and operations in real time to promote growth in both jurisdictions. This new partnership was established during the signing of a statement of co-operation agreement by John Harris, Director General of ...

SHARJAH / WAM H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler ofSharjah, has approved AED9,501,177 to repay the debts owed by nationals. The latest move comes as part of the generous initiatives of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohamed, which place humanity at the top of its priorities and seeks to achieve a stable ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) announced on Monday developments in its FinTech ecosystem that further strengthen its position as Middle East, Africa, and South Asia region’s (MEASA) number one and one of the world’s top 10 FinTech hubs. Arif Amiri, Chief Executive Officer of DIFC Authority, said, “Driving the future of finance and promoting financial inclusion ...