Bloomberg Ikea, the Swedish flat-pack furniture empire, has become one of the few retailers to quantify the financial effects of Brexit. Costs at Ikea UK, which is heavily reliant on imports, jumped by 13.7 percent in the year through August, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. That increase was driven by the drop in sterling after last year’s ...

Bloomberg Michael O’Leary built Ryanair Holdings Plc into Europe’s most valuable airline by being cheap, right down to charging pilots for coffee on their own flights. Now those aviators are pushing back. A group of disgruntled flight crew is demanding more pay, better conditions and the ability to bargain collectively across Europe. They’re emboldened by rising demand for pilots at ...

ABU DHABI / AGENCIES The CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Dr Sultan Al Jaber, announced that ADNOC intends to sell a minority stake of its fuel distribution and convenience retail store subsidiary, ADNOC Distribution, via an IPO on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) before the end of the year. The company aims to sell at ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Suhail Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Industry, has said that the current recovery of the oil market is due to market forces which benefit OPEC and shale oil producers alike. He made his comments while taking part in the UAE Ministry of Energy and Industry Knowledge Series panel discussion entitled, “Oil and Gas Outlook to ...

Bloomberg Abu Dhabi’s state fund is looking to expand its energy investments, with $5 billion spent in the past few months in nations that can offer low costs such as the US, according to the head of Mubadala Investment Co.’s oil and chemicals projects. “If you think about the low cost environment, the US ranks very high because of the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM British Petroleum (BP) is planning to raise recovery rates from oilfields in Abu Dhabi to 60-70 percent from the current level of around 30-40 percent, according to a senior official at the British oil giant. Salem bin Ashoor, General Manager and Chief Representative of British Petroleum UAE, said, “We can see the opportunity in the long ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has issued a consultation paper inviting public feedback on its proposal to introduce a new remote membership framework, as well as various other amendments to enhance ADGM’s capital market regime. By enabling brokers located outside of the ADGM to access exchanges and clearing houses ...

ABU DHABI / AGENCIES Under the patronage of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, HH Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, on Monday inaugurated the 20th edition of the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) 2017. The event is being held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received on Monday at Al Bahr Palace, Sameh Shoukry, Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, as part of his tour in the region. His Highness Sheikh Mohamed welcomed the Egyptian Foreign Minister and discussed fraternal ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, visited the pavilions of several countries participating on the second day of the Dubai Airshow 2017. At the start of his tour on Monday, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid viewed the new Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft that was ...