Dubai / WAM Dubai Chambers on Tuesday unveiled a series of accomplishments for 2022 during a media briefing at its headquarters, demonstrating its diverse initiatives to support Dubai’s business community and dedication to realising its strategic goals in alignment with the city’s future development plans. Present at the event were Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, the Chairman of Dubai Chambers, Omar ...

  LATAKIA / WAM The UAE Search and Rescue team continues its practical exercises to qualify and train members of the Syrian Civil Defence in dealing with emergency cases professionally. During the training held in the Syrian governorate of Latakia, the participants received practical training related to civil defence work, especially in search and rescue operations. The course comes as ...

  Ras Al Khaimah / WAM Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (Rakez) is participating in the Gulfood exhibition to showcase its business solutions for global investors in the food and beverage (F&B) industry who want to establish and expand their operations in the UAE. With an aim to promote the F&B industry, Rakez regularly participates in the annual Gulfood exhibitions ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (Adib) announced that it had saved five million sheets of paper in 2022 through its ongoing Al Ghaf paperless programme. This initiative supported the bank in eliminating paper usage significantly at branches through digital banking solutions. As part of Adib’s 2025 growth strategy, Al Ghaf Programme underlines the bank’s commitment to ...

Sharjah / WAM Sheikh Fahim Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Department of Government Relations (DGR) in Sharjah, met with Manuel Tovar Rivera, the Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment of Costa Rica, to discuss strengthening collaboration between their respective regions. The parties discussed trade, food security, and the transportation of goods sector, with the aim of identifying ways to benefit ...

  Bloomberg Singapore Airlines Ltd. posted a third consecutive quarterly profit on Tuesday, pushing the damage of Covid further into the past as air travel continued its strong recovery in the three months through December. The company’s net income was S$628 million ($469 million), rising from a profit of S$84.7 million a year earlier, it said in a statement on ...

  Bloomberg United Airlines Holdings Inc said it will introduce a seating policy that would make it easier for adults to book adjoining seats for children under 12 without charges after President Joe Biden vowed to outlaw such fees in his State of the Union address this month. The carrier’s new system would find available adjacent seats at the time ...

  Bloomberg Qantas Airways Ltd. announced its biggest investment in global airport lounges in more than a decade, underscoring the demand for premium, long-distance travel as aviation rebounds from the pandemic. The A$100 million ($70 million) program includes a new flagship first-class Lounge at London’s Heathrow Airport that will open in 2025, Qantas said on Tuesday. That’s when the carrier ...

Bloomberg Forever 21, which came to epitomise the fast-fashion movement by selling trendy, of-the-moment clothing to teens at bottom-barrel prices, is relaunching in Japan by quietly overhauling itself as an upmarket clothier. About 80% of Forever 21’s new collection, which will launch in the fashion-crazy country Tuesday via online sales and a pop-up store in central Tokyo, will be developed ...

  Bloomberg Tesco Plc plans to raise store employees’ base pay by 7% as workers across the UK struggle to keep up with the rising cost of living. Store employees will get £11.02 an hour from early April, the retailer said, hailing the agreement with the USDAW union as the third pay increase in 10 months. Workers in London will ...