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ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) said that health and safety are on top of its priorities, highlighting the importance of safety culture, which comes as part of ENEC’s role as official Safety Partner and National Gold Partner for the event. This commitment is demonstrated by ENEC’s team of ‘Health and Safety Ambassadors’ at WorldSkills Abu ...

Emirates Business Madi International, the leading distributor of internationally renowned professional beauty brands in the GCC, has extended its support to the first Middle-East WorldSkills Competition being organized in Abu Dhabi. Madi is sponsoring competitions for Hair, Skin and Nail Care in the event. Mohammed Madi, President of Madi International Group said, “There should be no barriers to lifelong learning. ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The MEA division of global technology company Barco has announced the expansion of its Demo and Training Center based in Dubai Media City’s Concorde Tower. The new Barco Experience center was officially inaugurated on Monday by Her Excellency Dominique Mineur, Belgian Ambassador to the UAE, in the presence of Eric Brouwers, Vice President MEA, Barco. The ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai South and Dubai Quality Group (DQG) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen their cooperation in exchanging expertise, enhancing quality and excellence, developing institutional performance, and providing mutual support. In line with the MoU, the parties have committed to work together towards elevating institutional performance and adopting quality standards and excellence in the former’s initiatives ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Mashreq, one of the leading financial institutions in the UAE, on Monday reported its financial results for the first nine months ending September 30, 2017. The net profit for 9M 2017 stood at AED1.7 billion, a 12% increase YoY. The impairment allowance was down by 30% YoY, while operating expenses were lower by almost 2% on ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business A technical delegation from the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the leading national entity for development aid, visited Albania to review the status of three of its financed ventures – the Tirana River Rehabilitation project, Tirana River Northern Boulevard project, as well as the Tirana-Elbasan Road project. During the visit, the delegation toured the ...

SHARJAH / WAM The United Arab Bank (UAB) announced its financial results for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, reporting a net profit of AED50 million. The performance in the third quarter reflects continued positive traction against the Bank’s Transformation Strategy set out in H2, 2015 to become a safer, stronger and sustainable Bank. The bank continued to strengthen ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Ports, the master developer, operator and manager of commercial and community ports within the emirate of Abu Dhabi, as well as Fujairah Terminals and Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi, on Monday launched Sustainability Week at the cruise terminal in Mina Zayed. The three-day event is being held in collaboration with Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) ...

Umm Al Quwain / Emirates Business It has been a year of celebrations at Dreamland Aqua Park as it completed 20 successful years welcoming and taking over ten million visitors to the edge of thrill and excitement. Mega surprises were lined up for families and individuals as part of the anniversary celebrations. Starting with special discounted prices on the entry ...

Bloomberg ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Brexit negotiations are heading for a catastrophic breakdown unless the European Union signals this week that it will allow talks to move on to trade, according to a person familiar with the UK government’s position. Without a clear sign that negotiations will progress to trade and transition arrangements by December at this week’s summit of European leaders, the ...