NEWS & INSIGHTS

Dubai: For people with limited incomes, the real estate market in Dubai can be out of reach. After all, it is where a flat or a villa in a posh neighbourhood could cost more than a low-wage earner’s lifetime of […]

Business customs vary tremendously around the world — what might be considered rude in one country can be completely acceptable in another. To help employees understand how office etiquette varies, UK office-supplier Viking reached out to 18 of their international […]

Employment in Bahrain’s financial services industry grew by 2.8 percent during 2015, with a total of 13,877 people employed at end-2015 compared to 13,496 in the year-earlier period, according to central bank figures. Central bank data showed that employment in […]

The UAE’s banks showed great initiative last week when they announced they would suspend any legal action against small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) struggling to repay debt. The three month-reprieve should provide some leverage for affected businesses to catch […]

Dubai retail firm Marka has announced that nine new Cheeky Monkeys Playland & Sweet Surprises outlets are being planned for Saudi Arabia through an agreement with a franchise company in the Gulf kingdom. The company said in a bourse listing […]

Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority has revealed its new brand identity, which aims to reposition the destination to overseas visitors. Tourism chiefs said the rebrand focuses on the emirate’s natural assets, luxurious indulgence, range of activities for different types […]

UK’s oil giant BP has signed cooperation deal with Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) to explore possible joint opportunities for investment and development in future oil, gas, trading and petrochemicals ventures. The agreement was signed by BP chief executive officer Bob […]

As Qatar is looking to diversify from its energy-based economy, the government has cleared a draft law, which will allow any type of company to be set up by a legal professional from Qatar or outside, without requiring to adhere […]

Do you have: • Excellent organisation skills • Good intuition and understanding of people’s qualities • Good analytical and decision-making skills • Good negotiation skills • Proactive with a positive can do attitude • Good oral and written communication skills […]

The Internet continues to be one of the key drivers of economic development in Qatar and in the Middle East, transforming and redefining commercial transactions and influencing societal dynamics. Naturally, with so many people in Qatar and in the Middle […]

Jenna joins us with 14 years Sales and Marketing experience. Jenna is from Harrogate in Northern England and has worked in France, Spain, Gibraltar and the UK and has now been happily settled in the UAE for over 5 years. […]

DUBAI // Adopting a child from another country is quicker and easier when done from the UAE, expatriate couples say. Adoption is not officially recognised but couples can adopt while living here if their country and that of the child’s […]