June, 2016

• 5 June

  RTA launches revised strategic plan 2016-2020

    DUBAI / WAM The Supreme Committee for Strategic Planning at the Roads and Transport Authority, RTA, headed by Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the RTA, has approved the authority’s revised strategic plan, 2016-2020. The objectives of the strategic plan have been revised in keeping with Dubai Government’s drive, and RTA’s values …

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• 5 June

  Brighton College gets highest school ranking in UAE

  

    Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Bloom Education, a Bloom Holding subsidiary that delivers the highest standards of education in the UAE, announced that Brighton College Al Ain now holds the highest ranking of school in the United Arab Emirates, following a recent four-day inspection of the British-style premium school. The College has been judged to be ‘Outstanding’ in every …

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• 5 June

  Smart phones set to take over plastic money in UAE

  

    ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business Financial dynamics are continuously transforming for good reasons in the UAE, which boasts of a much denser concentration of credit cards when compared with other countries in the Middle East. Plastic money has taken the society with a storm and has become regular norm of the daily life. However, economists believe that plastic money …

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• 5 June

  ADDED raid seizes counterfeit goods

  

    ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development’s Abu Dhabi Business Center (ADBC) has launched 247 inspection raids to stores and commercial establishments in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and the Western Region in the first quarter of 2016, where 200,428 counterfeit products were confiscated including auto spare parts, electronic devices, clothes, accessories, beauty products and other items. …

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• 5 June

  UAE ‘LEEDing’ way in green drive

  

    Ritika Sharma / Emirates Business With ample support and motivation from the leadership, UAE has already earned a global recognition in taking up ‘green initiatives’. Further strengthening the country’s commitment towards a sustainable future and leading by example, Ladybird Early Learning centre is all set to open UAE’s first school that will hold LEED Gold certification. Ladybird Early Learning …

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• 5 June

  Canon Emirates signs 100th MPS pact in UAE

    Dubai / Emirates Business Canon Emirates (CE), a subsidiary of Canon Middle East, celebrated the signing of its 100th Managed Print Service (MPS) contract in the UAE. A gala event was held at Palazzo Versace to mark the occasion and to launch Canon Business Services, a consulting arm of Canon that will offer a wide range of value-driven solutions …

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• 5 June

  Slow down on the road for a safer holy month

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business The award-winning UAE road safety campaign, A Safe Ramadan, is returning with an ambitious target to help drivers reduce accidents throughout the Holy Month. Al Nabooda Automobiles, the exclusive distributor of Porsche, Audi and Volkswagen in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, has underlined its commitment to the community by becoming a main sponsor of this …

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• 5 June

  Saudi non-oil private sector shows an upward trend

  

    Riyadh / Emirates Business Saudi Arabia’s non-oil private sector looked to be in good shape midway through the second quarter, as business conditions improved to the greatest extent since last November. Both output and new orders rose sharply in May, with the rate of expansion in the latter picking up to a five-month high. Companies raised their input buying …

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• 5 June

  Morocco aims for flexible currency system in 2017

    Reuters Morocco is aiming to introduce a flexible exchange rate system in the early part of 2017, its central bank governor said on Sunday. “We are considering the move currently from fixed exchange rate to a flexible exchange rate,” Abdellatif Jouahri told reporters on the sidelines of an Arab finance ministers event. Jouahri said the country would work with …

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• 5 June

  Egypt non-oil biz sector slows in May

  

    Reuters Business activity in Egypt shrank for the eighth straight month in May but at a lesser extent than previous three months, a survey showed on Sunday. The Emirates NBD Egypt Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for the non-oil private sector recorded 47.6 points in May after 46.9 points in April, remaining below the 50-point mark that separates growth from …

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