London / AFP Retail sales surprisingly recovered in Britain during July as warmer weather offset widespread economic uncertainty triggered by the country’s vote to exit the European Union, a survey revealed on Tuesday. A joint survey by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and financial group KPMG showed retail sales grew by 1.1 percent in July compared with a year …

  Dubai / WAM Emirates Airline, voted the World’s Best Airline 2016 at the Skytrax World Airline Awards, announced on Tuesday that it will operate its flagship A380 on services between Dubai and Guangzhou from 1st October 2016, the 67th National Day of People’s Republic of China. This follows the airline’s recent announcements of A380 deployment on its Milan and Johannesburg …

  Dubai / WAM Dubai private sector companies signalled a positive start to the third quarter of 2016, with overall business conditions improving at the fastest pace since March 2015. This was highlighted by a rise in the headline seasonally adjusted Emirates NBD Dubai Economy Tracker Index from 54.6 in June to 55.9 in July. The index – a composite indicator …