DUBAI / GULF TIME Talabat UAE has launched a new initiative to support homegrown restaurants by providing 100 cloud kitchen spaces rent-free until September 2026. The program is designed to help homegrown brands built in the UAE continue reaching customers, serving their communities, and focusing on growth. Restaurants play a central role in the UAE’s economic and social landscape, supporting …

DUBAI / GULF TIME The world is going through difficult times. Across the GCC, homegrown brands with genuine potential are struggling — not because their products aren’t good enough, but because they don’t have the platform to prove it. Citron built that platform. The Dubai-born kids’ lifestyle brand started in 2017 as a single lunchbox made by a mum who …

DUBAI/ WAM The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation PJSC (Empower), held with a quorum of 85 percent of the company’s paid-up share capital, approved the Board of Directors’ proposal to distribute cash dividends of AED437.5 million (4.375 fils per share equivalent to 43.75% of the company’s paid-up capital) to shareholders for second half of …