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 ...

Dubai / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum visited Dubai Municipality on Tuesday, 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 Dr. Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment, met Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Chairman, DP World, during his recent visit to Jebel Ali Port to inspect the Ministry’s Agricultural and Veterinary Quarantine Center. During the meeting, they discussed the ways to foster strategic partnerships between the two parties in order to raise the ...

Sharjah / WAM In a groundbreaking achievement for an Emirati publishing house, Kalimat Publishing House, a subsidiary of Kalimat Publishing Group, won the Bologna Best Children’s Publisher of the Year Prize – BOP – Asia 2016. More than 500 publishers, authors and illustrators of children’s books from around the world were present at the award ceremony in Bologna, Italy. Sheikha ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business The region’s most-anticipated jewellery event is here. After generating a lot of buzz across its target markets, curtains have gone up on the landmark 40th MidEast Watch & Jewellery Show at Expo Centre Sharjah. Held under the patronage of HH Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, the five-day ...

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 ...