Our Correspondent/ Emirates Business Australian cafe chain, ‘The Coffee Club’ entered the UAE market in the beginning of 2015 with its first branch at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Mall and later expanding to Dubai in March 2015. Over the past one year, the coffee chain has ventured into different locations in the UAE. “The first year has been a whirlwind. The ...

Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS Insportz Club is an indoor sports centre that offers the community in general the facility for indoor cricket, football, basketball, hockey, table tennis and others; all in a professionally managed environment which includes expert coaching. InSportz is UAE’s first fully air-conditioned indoor sports facility based in Al Quoz 3 Dubai. The arena also boasts of ...

DUBAI / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Tuesday visited Dubai Municipality, where he praised the progress of various ongoing projects which are part of His Highness vision for a green and sustainable city by 2021. Sheikh Mohammed was accompanied by HH ...

DUBAI / WAM As per the directives of Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the 5th World Government Summit will be held from February 12 to 14, 2017. The Summit will expand its agenda and session topics to include economy and finance as well as health, education and government ...

SHARJAH/ WAM Investors from Great Britain will have the opportunity to find out about the advantages of doing business in Sharjah thanks to a special business–to-business (B2B) forum being held in London. Organised by the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) under the banner ‘Sharjah Day,’ the April 8 event will introduce British investors and businesspersons to prominent opportunities in ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Airport International Free Zone Authority (SAIF ZONE) concluded a series of seminars that have been organised successfully in a number of Indian cities to promote and highlight the diversified trade and investment opportunities provided by the Authority. The tour was part of the global marketing campaign carried out by the authority to review its investment ...

SUNAINA RANA Emirates Business Women’s participation at workplace has increased manifold over the last decade, but at the same time it is being witnessed that due to busy schedules and lack of office flexibility many working mothers are giving up their careers midway. According to a recent survey of professional women in the GCC by MCG Group, 76 percent respondents ...

RITIKA SHARMA / EMIRATES BUSINESS The heightened competition in the sector is motivating retailers in the UAE to grow further. Backed by researches that say Emirates retail market will be valued at US$53.7 billion in 2016, up 7 percent over 2015, major players are expanding their businesses after posting good profits in the last quarter of 2015. Waqas Hassan, Managing ...

DUBAI / WAM Dr Abdullah bin Mohammed Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Infrastructure Development, stressed the importance of developing Arab land transportation in driving economic growth and enhancing communication among Arab states. He added that the road transport sector is one of the most effective factors in stimulating the economic, social and cultural fields. Dr Al Nuaimi made these comments ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Executive Council (SEC) issued Resolution No 12 for year 2016 on the collection of an AED35 departure fee at the Sharjah International Airport for the use of airport facilities and services. Referred to as the airport facilities’ fee, it has to be paid by all passengers, including transit passengers who leave the Emirate of Sharjah ...