Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD), announced that the emirate’s economic development indicators have achieved remarkable growth in the first half of 2019, with 31,190 licences issued or renewed, posting a growth rate of four percent. The SEDD report revealed that business licences issued during this period hit an increment of 15 percent with 2,740 while renewed ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai has retained its position as the fourth most visited city in the world for the fifth year in a row, according to Mastercard’s Global Destination Cities Index (GDCI) 2019. The city welcomed 15.93 million international overnight visitors last year and the city is expected to continue building on its success in 2019. The UAE’s capital, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Authority for Standardisation and metrology (Esma), will reveal the UAE’s technical regulations and standards that serve to rationalise energy consumption in the fuel, oil and gas, and petroleum product sectors, at 24th World Energy Congress in Abu Dhabi. Esma will announce the most important national legislative efforts in this regard during the energy congress. It ...