August, 2017

• 20 August

  Gulf Sotheby’s acquires majority stake in SPF Realty

  

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Gulf Sotheby’s International Realty – the international luxury real estate firm and SPF Realty announce a strategic merger, which will leverage Sotheby’s International Realty world renowned brand and SPF’s expertise in achieving record-breaking project sales in unprecedented timelines. Moving forward, SPF Realty will rebrand and operate under the Gulf Sotheby’s International Realty brand. This is a ...

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• 20 August

  Immensa, region’s first ISO certified 3D printing firm

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Immensa Technology Labs, the UAE’s leading Additive Manufacturing (AM or 3D printing) company, has been awarded the prestigious ISO 9001:2015 certification in the field of ‘Design and Additive Manufacturing Services.’ The certification makes Immensa Technology Labs the first 3D printing company in the Middle East and one of only a few in the world to be ...

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• 20 August

  Maritime experts to discuss future of industry in a post-oil economy

  

  DUBAI / WAM Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, Dubai Maritime Agenda 2017 has begun preparations to host a line-up of international speakers to explore the future of the maritime sector in adherence with local and nationwide efforts to prepare for a ‘post ...

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• 20 August

  Abu Dhabi Business Centre completes e-linkage with TRA

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Business Centre’s Department of Economic Development (DED) has completed e-linkage with the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, TRA, bringing the total number of electronically linked federal and local governmental bodies to 37. The percentage of economic licence transactions that are now conducted electronically with all the linked bodies has reached 98 percent, according to officials. ...

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• 20 August

  NYU Abu Dhabi researchers develop new computer chip

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Researchers at New York University Abu Dhabi’s Design for Excellence lab have developed new innovations in computer chip technology that present landmark achievements in IT security. Secured by a secret key so that only authorised users may utilise them, and immune to reverse-engineering, ‘logic-locked’ computer chips will provide future users with new guarantees of security for ...

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• 20 August

  Emaar to open ‘Dubai Hills Mall’ in 2019

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Emaar Properties announced the launch of ‘Dubai Hills Mall,’ a family retail district located in the heart of Dubai Hills Estate, the 11 million sqm master-planned green oasis set in easy proximity to Al Maktoum International Airport and Downtown Dubai. A regional retail and leisure destination scheduled to open late-2019, Dubai Hills Mall will have a ...

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• 20 August

  ADSIC achieves 80% Emiratisation

  ABU DHABI / WAM Emiratisation at Abu Dhabi Systems & Information Centre (ADSIC) hit 80% during Q2. The increased nationalisation pace of posts goes in harmony with a comprehensive plan to implement the objectives envisaged by the UAE Vision 2021 National Agenda . Fatma Hamad Al Hamli, Executive Director of Support Services Department at ADSIC has stated that high Emiratisation ...

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• 20 August

  RAKEZ seeks entries for business excellence awards

  RAS AL KHAIMAH / WAM The Ras al-Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) began accepting entries on Sunday for the RAKEZ Business Excellence Awards 2017. The awards, with a cash prize of AED200,000, recognises companies for their outstanding excellence and for their key role in the economic development of the emirate of Ras al-Khaimah. “Would you believe that we only had 120 ...

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• 20 August

  VAT workshops for import, export sectors conducted

  ABU DHABI / WAM “VAT for the Import and Export Sector and Registration Mechanism” was the title of an awareness workshop organised by the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in cooperation with the Federal Tax Authority, on Sunday to spread awareness amongst import and export companies on the mechanism of applying the value added tax in the country. ...

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• 20 August

  UK cranks up pressure on EU to turn Brexit talks to trade

  

  Bloomberg The UK is piling pressure on the European Union to shift the focus of Brexit negotiations away from the terms of divorce and onto their future relationship. Britain will publish a flurry of documents in the coming days laying out the government’s position on topics ranging from data protection to judicial cooperation. Five papers are due to be published ...

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