Sunaina Rana Emirates Business Juicer manufacturing company ‘Juice In Time’ marked prosperous feat at the recently-held Gulfood 2016 with positive business outcomes. The company was successful in achieving its goal to attract potential business interests for their products. Nicolas Daher, Managing Director, Juice In Time, told Emirates Business, “As per the expected number growth, the UAE expectation for the Juice ...
Read More »Banking, the digital way
ALKESH SHARMA / EMIRATES BUSINESS Banking is one potential industry that can reap huge benefits from technology marvels. Right from making business transactions swift to adding transparency to daily operations, technology can certainly take the banking facilities to another comfortable level. Gauging the mammoth potential in this niche sector of digital banking, banks in the Emirates are leaving no stone ...
Read More »Tech giant Qualys gets new CEO to lead marketing plans
EMIRATES BUSINESS In a bid to further advance the company’s vision of helping 8,800 customers, Qualys Inc., a pioneer and leading provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions in the region, has appointed Shail Khiyara as Chief Marketing Officer. Khiyara will lead all elements of the company’s worldwide marketing strategies, including branding, end-to-end marketing functions, product marketing, corporate communications, demand ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi eyes Berlin show to boost tourism
Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business A portfolio of leading hotels, resorts, tour operators and attractions representing Abu Dhabi’s tourism industry will travel to Berlin, Germany to showcase the best of the Emirate at one of the world’s largest travel trade exhibitions. Led by Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi), more than 50 partners and stakeholders will join ...
Read More »Forum puts spotlight on green building industry
Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates Green Building Council — an independent forum aimed at conserving the environment by strengthening and promoting green building practices — has joined hands with Heriot-Watt University to host a forum for students to highlight the importance of green building industry. At the forum, graduate and undergraduate students from Heriot-Watt University, American University of Sharjah, The ...
Read More »Growing food, fuel in desert ecosystem
Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The world’s first research facility to grow both food and fuel, using desert lands irrigated by seawater, began operations on a 2-hectare site in Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The facility, operated by Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, is funded by the Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium (SBRC), a group advancing the ...
Read More »UAE climbs up on logistics ladder
Emirates Business “With a logistics market worth $27 billion and vast transport infrastructure projects underway, the UAE is set to become an undisputed global hub for trade,†commented Jamie Hosie, Project Director, ahead of the second edition of The Cargo Show MENA, which is taking place alongside Middle East Rail on March 8 and 9. “Multimodal transport infrastructure investment in ...
Read More »Dubai Culture to highlight Emirate as capital of Islamic Art
Dubai / Emirates Business For the first time, Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) the Emirate’s dedicated entity for heritage, arts and culture, will be partnering with the Islamic Museum of Australia (IMA) to highlight Dubai’s role as the capital of Islamic arts and culture. The Islamic Museum of Australia is a not-for-profit foundation founded in May 2010 with ...
Read More »Cameron endures attack on EU from senior conservaties
Bloomberg Prime Minister David Cameron endured a two-pronged attack on the European Union from senior Conservatives favouring a British exit, threatening further scars to the government before the June 23 referendum. London Mayor Boris Johnson said on the BBC’s “Andrew Marr Show†that staying in the bloc is “the risky option,†and lamented the suspension of the chief of a ...
Read More »French PM vows to go ahead on reforms
Paris / AFP French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Sunday he would push ahead with a controversial labour reform bill, but promised “improvements†to the proposed text after meetings with union and business leaders. Unveiled in mid-February and greeted with howls of protest from trade unions, the plans would make it easier for companies to lay off workers. “We ...
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