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Emirates Business UAE business leaders are confident in their company’s growth prospects for the first half of 2020, with 69% expressing they are ‘very confident’, according to independent research commissioned by leading international recruitment consul- -tancy, Robert Half UAE. Business leaders in UAE revealed that operational expansion is primary influence for their 2020 hiring strategy. When questioned on the rationale ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, visited on Monday the exhibition halls of Umex and SimTEX 2020. The fourth edition of the exhibition is the only event in the Middle East dedicated for drones, robotics, components and unmanned systems. Organised ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Autonomous Systems Investments Company (Adasi) on Monday announced that it has signed an AED234 million contract to supply the new Camcopter S-100 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)s to the UAE Armed Forces. Ali Al Yafei, CEO of Adasi, made the announcement on the sidelines of the Unmanned Systems Exhibition and Conference (UMEX) 2020, that is ...

ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations to Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, on the occasion of his country’s National Day and Liberation Day celebrations. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, ...

AJMAN / WAM The Ministry of Education, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Community Protection and the Ajman Teacher Training Institute, launched a coronavirus prevention awareness campaign to highlight appropriate means of protection and guidelines to prevent infections in schools. Khawla Al Hosani, Director of the Training and Professional Development Department, said that the campaign aims to promote ...

SHARJAH/ WAM Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) has announced the strengthening of its partnership with ICICI bank to facilitate remittances to India. The collaboration will provide SIB the chance to offer instant remittances to its customers through the digital channels 24×7. Ahmed Saad, Deputy CEO of SIB, along with Vikash Sharma, General Manager, Regional Head – Middle East & Africa of ...

DUBAI / WAM Falcon Aviation, one of the UAE’s leading business aviation services company, has been awarded the D1 approval for Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) by three authorities, including the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) allowing Falcon Aviation to identify latent issues in customer aircraft and attend to them to the highest safety degree. The coveted D1 approval has been ...

ABU DHABI / WAM On Tuesday, Louvre Abu Dhabi and Théâtre du Châtelet, with the support of Bloomberg Philanthropies, will launch the world premiere of Singing Trees, a new interactive installation created by award-winning digital artists from London, Umbrellium, in collaboration with Paris’ Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music (IRCAM) and independent producer, Katherine Jewkes. Combining innovative technology, music ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business UAE business leaders are confident in their company’s growth prospects for the first half of 2020, with 69% expressing they are ‘very confident’, according to independent research commissioned by leading international recruitment consultancy, Robert Half UAE. When questioned on the rationale for optimism, many cited their company’s objective to expand business opportunities (43%), ability to attract ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Armed Forces signed seven new deals worth AED 468 million on the second day of the Unmanned Systems Exhibition (Umex), and the Simulation and Training Exhibition, SimTEX 2020, taking the total value of deals to AED 624,962,659. “The total value of external deals reached AED 25,821,190,” said Staff Brigadier Fahad Nasser Al Thehli, Spokesman ...