Ajman / WAM The Ajman Chamber of Commerce of Industry organised a panel discussion, titled, ‘Challenges Facing SMEs’. Citing statistics from the Khalifa Fund for Projects Development, the panel highlighted the fact that the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), constitute around 94 percent of the total number of companies in the UAE and approximately 86 percent of the labour force, ...

Tokyo / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met Hiroshige Seko, Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, during his current official visit to Japan. During the meeting, the two sides discussed bilateral relations between the UAE and Japan and ways of boosting and developing them in the economic, investment ...

Dubai / WAM The Commercial Compliance and Consumer Protection (CCCP), sector in the Department of Economic Development (DED), Dubai, launched a “Commercial Compliance Package” to educate new business owners in the emirate. The initiative includes a series of official visits to major markets in Dubai and meetings with new business licence holders to brief them on DED’s requirements and standards ...