November, 2016

• 1 November

  TECOM Group, DCCA launch smart service centre

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business TECOM Group, a member of Dubai Holding, through a one-of-its-kind partnership with Dubai Creative Clusters Authority (DCCA), announced the opening of an ‘axs’ smart services centre. The fully-integrated services centre will act as the nucleas of a new customer engagement model intended to make it easier to do business for 4,600 business partners across nine ...

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• 1 November

  Noor Bank receives Citi’s STP award

  

    DUBAI / Emirates Business Noor Bank announced on Tuesday that it won Citi’s ‘Straight Through Processing (STP) Excellence Award’ for the fourth successive year. The award recognises Noor Bank’s exceptional service towards customers’ international payment transfers during 2015. STP implies that payments sent by Noor Bank to Citi for clearing were processed automatically without human involvement. Noor Bank was ...

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• 1 November

  SCCI discusses topical issues at economic seminar

  

    Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) held an in-depth scientific seminar recently, which discussed a number of significant national and global economic issues. The gathering is part of a series of seminars and lectures held at the chamber that aims to address topical issues, through exploring the prospects of the economy – locally, regionally ...

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• 1 November

  ‘UAE believes in opening new venues of coop in trade, culture’

  

    DUBAI / WAM The UAE opens its doors to friends and brothers from other countries because it believes in the importance of communicating and holding talks with their governments, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, said on Tuesday while receiving President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at ...

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• 1 November

  Reading, knowledge key to progress of nations: Mohammed

    DUBAI / WAM Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said that reading, and the spread of knowledge, are key to the development and progress of nations. His Highness also praised the role played by media outlets in promoting reading habits and turning it into a social culture ...

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• 1 November

  IRENA’s 12th council meet commences in Abu Dhabi

  

    Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business More than 300 high-level government representatives from 100 countries – the largest number ever represented at an IRENA Council meeting – gathered on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi to attend the 12th Council of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). At the outset of the meeting, IRENA’s Director-General Adnan Z. Amin, presented the annual report ...

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• 1 November

  VP opens Al Jalila Children’s Speciality Hospital

    DUBAI / WAM The UAE got its first-ever children’s speciality hospital with Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum inaugurating the Al Jalila Children’s hospital on Tuesday. The 200-bed, state-of-the-art hospital will provide tertiary and, eventually, quaternary paediatric healthcare services. The establishment of the medical facility was ...

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• 1 November

  Jafza to strengthen logistics sector

    Dubai / WAM Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) held a forum for the Logistics and Supply Chain sector companies based in the free zone. The forum was attended by industry leaders, key officials from partner entities and senior management from Jafza. Speaking on the occasion, Talal Al Hashimi, Chief Operating Officer at Jafza, stressed the advantages of UAE’s strategic location ...

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• 1 November

  UAE promotes Expo 2020 Dubai, boosts bilateral ties on Sweden visit

    DUBAI / WAM A UAE delegation, led by Dr Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State, and Member of the Higher Committee, Dubai Expo 2020, made an official visit to Sweden, meeting leading Swedish companies, public institutes and government agencies to develop bilateral ties and promote Expo 2020 Dubai. The visit, which took place on 1st November, is a continuation ...

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• 1 November

  Dubai Chamber explores ways to tap Kazakh investment potential

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) in co-operation with Kazakhstan’s National Agency for Export and Investment (KAZNEX INVEST) and the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the UAE, held the Kazakhstan Export briefing on Tuesday in a bid to explore potential for improving ties between Dubai and Kazakhstan across several sectors. These ...

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