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  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi City Municipality(ADM) underlined the importance of upgrading procedures to provide the best services, ensure optimal service management, and adopt top asset management practices through concerted efforts with all partners. To this effect, a workshop was organised by a number of infrastructure assets management teams in collaboration with the Opus Middle East Company, and ...

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Customs, represented by the Jebel Ali Customs Centres Management, organised the largest public auction yet, in cooperation with DP World. As many as 533 containers were auctioned this time, comprising 35 categories of new and used goods that went under the hammer at the 3-day public auction. The auction, overseen by Dubai Customs’ Jebel Ali ...

  Copenhagen / WAM A partnership of leading international organizations, including the United Nations, announced the launch of a first-ever global standard to measure food loss and waste while at the Global Green Growth Forum (3GF) 2016 Summit currently underway in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard (FLW Standard) is a set of global definitions ...

  AMMAN / WAM The Gulf Organisation for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) participated in the 8th AFAQ Economic Conference, held recently under the title “Modern Economic Issues” in Amman, Jordan. Mohammed bin Khamis Al Mukhaini, Assistant Secretary-General for Industrial Information and Studies at GOIC, said, “It was an important opportunity to discuss challenges that various economic sectors face and to exchange ...

  ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business Economic diversification, through reducing dependence on oil revenues, is the only path to success in the UAE’s corporate ecosystem. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups, which are considered the backbone of any economy, could play a crucial role in facilitating this diversification. Buoyed by the great government and bank support, SMEs and start-ups ...

  ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business At a time when most of the leading economies worldwide are struggling with the woes of financial meltdown, Islamic economies are among the fastest-developing markets in the world. From halal products and industry to Islamic banking and finance, this economy encompasses a number of sectors that are receiving a worldwide recognition and generating a ...

  RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business Known as one of the strongest countries in bespoke car sales, UAE with its wealthy population is driving the growth of the global ‘customised cars’ industry. The recent win of Abu Dhabi Motors that made it top Rolls-Royce Bespoke Dealer in the world for 7th year in a row, is testimony to the fact ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business The mobile library of Knowledge without Borders (KwB) — the Sharjah-based cultural project — has concluded its visits for the first five months of the year. A major component of KwB’s strategy to bring reading within reach of all, the library’s 2016 tour schedule to date has seen it visit almost 250 locations in the ...

  Ritika SHARMA / Emirates Business UAE is home to thousands of expats from nearly 200 countries, who increasingly rely on cargo services to send their stuff homes. It involves transactions worth millions of dirhams every month. Treading an innovative business model, a leading cargo company here has introduced a stress-free option for customers to convert the huge billing amount ...

  Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business E-commerce has become one of the biggest business trends in the UAE, of which mobile commerce is an integral part. According to a recent study conducted by Criteo, mobile was the most preferred device for business during the Ramadan season, with a 44% rise in spending two weeks prior to Ramadan, to 49% by ...