SHARJAH / WAM A delegation from the Portuguese Business Council in Dubai recently visited Sharjah Airport International Free Zone (SAIF Zone) to identify possible investment opportunities and cement their trade relationships with the free zone. The delegation, led by Caetano Leitao, was received by Raed Bukhatir, Deputy Director of Business Development at SAIF Zone. During the meeting, Bukhatir elaborated ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The 15th edition of Cityscape Global is expected to attract a new wave of real estate investors from across the region, following the success of recent exhibitions in Turkey, Egypt, Abu Dhabi and Qatar. So far in 2016, the Cityscape portfolio of events has gathered more than 46,000 participants, and feedback from key stakeholders including ...

  Sharjah / WAM Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) organised at its main headquarter a meeting with the owners of cars used spare parts and scrap stores in order to review the obstacles that they are facing while conducting such activity and how to solve these problems in order to promote the trading movement and to ensure the sustainability of ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation begins on June 15 banning any sort of work under direct sunlight between 12:30 till 15:00, the midday break shall commence till September 15. Maher Al Obed, Assistant Undersecretary for Inspectional Affairs, said, “18 teams from the ministry will monitor the level of compliance throughout the decided period. ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business HE Saif Humaid Al Falasi, CEO of the Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), Dubai Government’s wholly owned company, has been announced as the new Chairman of Gulf Energy Maritime PJSC (GEM). In accordance with the shareholders’ agreement, the chairmanship rotates every three years between IPIC and ENOC – two of GEM’s major shareholders. Effective from ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Injazat Data Systems and Maestrano EMEA have entered into a strategic partnership to provide cloud business solutions and applications to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the GCC. The agreement between Injazat and Maestrano will build an integrated cloud platform, hosted locally in Injazat’s Tier IV Data Center in Abu Dhabi, providing SMEs with access ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Economy on Monday shared the results of a recent study showing that the UAE consumed 422,000 tons of poultry meat at a cost of AED 3.2 billion in 2014. The findings are based on official data on domestic production and foreign trade of poultry meat. According to the study, UAE imports of ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, the Cultural Programmes and Heritage Festivals Committee – Abu Dhabi, is organising the 12th edition of the Liwa Date Festival from July 20-30 in the city of Liwa in Al Gharbia (the Western Region), in the Emirate ...

  ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business In the journey towards sustainable and greener society, every single step counts. Especially in a country like UAE that is clearly on a spree to have more number of its constructions under the coveted umbrella of ‘green buildings’ and is continuously making efforts to achieve at least 10 percent use of renewable energy in ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business GAC EnvironHull, part of global shipping, logistics and marine services provider GAC Group, has announced that its pioneering hull cleaning system, HullWiper, will be available to ship-owners berthing in the Port of Rotterdam next month. HullWiper — which will be demonstrated at an event co-hosted by GAC EnvironHull and the Port of Rotterdam at the ...