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  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Supreme Council of Energy (DSCE) has joined the Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) partnership, launched by the United Nations (UN), to double the rate of energy efficiency by 2030. Building efficiency policies can result in 25-50 per cent reductions in energy demand from both new and existing buildings, saving money and reducing pollution. “DEWA adopts a ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) successfully enhanced its track record by once again receiving the ISO 10004:2012 certification, for defining and implementing processes to monitor and measure customer satisfaction. HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, received the certificate from representatives of the international evaluating organizations. This certification enhances the ongoing ...

  Sharjah / WAM The Emirate of Sharjah registered a 1.4% decrease in road fatalities in the first half of 2016, compared to the same period in 2015, according to data released by the Department of Traffic and Patrols of Sharjah Police General Command. First Lieutenant Lt. Khaled Al Shamsi, Head of Strategy and Excellence at the department, said that injuries ...

  Dubai / WAM The newly established ‘Happiness Centre’ at the Latifa Hospital in Dubai has started receiving customers aimed to achieve their satisfaction and happiness by simplifying a number of services at one-stop destination. The centre was inaugurated by Humaid Al Qatami, Chairman of the Board and Director General of Dubai Health Authority (DHA). The services provided at the Happiness ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) hosted a workshop with representatives from the private sector, to seek their input into the UAE National Climate Change Plan. In line with Vision 2021, the UAE Climate Plan will further the country’s ambitious economic diversification agenda, and its transition into new, knowledge-based industries. MOCCAE has acknowledged ...

  Bloomberg The UK risks facing a deluge of residency applications as European Union citizens dash to formalize their right to stay in the wake of the Brexit vote. The warning comes from the University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory, which said in a report that registering more than 3 million European nationals already living in the U.K. would present a ...

  Brussels / AFP Eurozone economic activity managed a small gain in July despite Britain’s shock vote in June to quit the European Union, a closely watched survey showed on Wednesday. Data monitoring company IHS Markit said revised figures for its Composite Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for July came in at 53.2 points, up from 53.1 points in June. The ...

  Bloomberg German logistics group Deutsche Post said on Wednesday it had achieved its strongest-ever second-quarter operating result, boosted in large part by online shopping. “Our Post, eCommerce and Parcel division in particular contributed to the positive trend” that saw Deutsche Post increase its net profit to 541 million euros ($606 million), a 66-percent leap over the same period in ...

  Washington / AFP Letitia stands on a metro station platform in downtown Washington, waiting for a train that she now realizes is not going to come. “I will be walking home tonight and all the nights to come,” said the 28-year-old woman, who works as a cashier at a 24-hour supermarket. In the US capital city, an urgently needed ...

  Frankfurt / AFP Car parts supplier Continental upped its forecast for 2016 on Wednesday after strong performance in its tyres business. Chief executive Elmar Degenhart said the group would target an adjusted operating profit of “over 11%”, where previously the target had been set at “around 11%”. Continental’s net profit in the second quarter grew to 905mn euros, up ...