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  Dubai / Emirates Business The upturn in the UAE’s non-oil private sector regained some momentum midway through the second quarter, thanks mainly to a sharp expansion of output. Activity increased at the fastest pace in eight months during May, helped by a pick-up in new business growth. However, data pointed to areas of underlying fragility, as both employment and ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business ENOC Global Marine, a specialized business division of ENOC Lubricants Marketing (ELM) under the Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) Group, is set to showcase its marine lubricants portfolio at Posidonia 2016, the industry’s largest shipping and maritime exhibition. Taking place in Athens, Greece from June 6-10, ENOC will also highlight its technical support competences for ...

  ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business Facing a tough competition from smart-phones and tablets, the personal computer (PC) industry has witnessed a sharp plunge in the shipments coming to this region. Besides mounting competition, market pundits also attribute this dive to less tourist arrivals, and diminishing confidence of customers. These were pegged as major drivers leading to the industry decline. ...

  DUBAI / WAM The Supreme Committee for Strategic Planning at the Roads and Transport Authority, RTA, headed by Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the RTA, has approved the authority’s revised strategic plan, 2016-2020. The objectives of the strategic plan have been revised in keeping with Dubai Government’s drive, and RTA’s values ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Bloom Education, a Bloom Holding subsidiary that delivers the highest standards of education in the UAE, announced that Brighton College Al Ain now holds the highest ranking of school in the United Arab Emirates, following a recent four-day inspection of the British-style premium school. The College has been judged to be ‘Outstanding’ in every ...

  ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business Financial dynamics are continuously transforming for good reasons in the UAE, which boasts of a much denser concentration of credit cards when compared with other countries in the Middle East. Plastic money has taken the society with a storm and has become regular norm of the daily life. However, economists believe that plastic money ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development’s Abu Dhabi Business Center (ADBC) has launched 247 inspection raids to stores and commercial establishments in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and the Western Region in the first quarter of 2016, where 200,428 counterfeit products were confiscated including auto spare parts, electronic devices, clothes, accessories, beauty products and other items. ...

  Ritika Sharma / Emirates Business With ample support and motivation from the leadership, UAE has already earned a global recognition in taking up ‘green initiatives’. Further strengthening the country’s commitment towards a sustainable future and leading by example, Ladybird Early Learning centre is all set to open UAE’s first school that will hold LEED Gold certification. Ladybird Early Learning ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Canon Emirates (CE), a subsidiary of Canon Middle East, celebrated the signing of its 100th Managed Print Service (MPS) contract in the UAE. A gala event was held at Palazzo Versace to mark the occasion and to launch Canon Business Services, a consulting arm of Canon that will offer a wide range of value-driven solutions ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The award-winning UAE road safety campaign, A Safe Ramadan, is returning with an ambitious target to help drivers reduce accidents throughout the Holy Month. Al Nabooda Automobiles, the exclusive distributor of Porsche, Audi and Volkswagen in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, has underlined its commitment to the community by becoming a main sponsor of this ...