It’s never been easier, less stressful or more beneficial to move your business and family to Dubai. From extensive help relocating, to tax benefits and falling rents, the time really has never been better to pack up your bags and make the move. Here are nine reasons – business and personal – that Dubai is […]
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Be a startup. But don’t become a startup When it comes to a startup, we are, probably, living in the most exciting and interesting times. Exciting because the eco-system is super friendly in the UAE for startups and interesting because every day a new startup is born with a new dream (or same dream) with
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Dubai’s march towards becoming the world’s first smartest city continues unabated as the emirate has been ranked the ‘Most Innovative City’ in the region. It is also No.1 for deployment of smart city applications and has the highest awareness, usage and satisfaction among its residents. Industry executives said that the emirate is right on track to become
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The UAE government has created a buzz of expectation with its plans to introduce a 10-year residency visa to attract investors and new talent. The new visa rules, to be in place by the end of 2018, have potentially far-reaching consequences at a time when major developed countries such as the US are putting up
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Industry executives say, Technology entrepreneurs, influencers, high-end individual investors and specialists in certain fields such as science, space and medicine would be eligible for the 10-year visa slated to be implemented by the end of this year. The UAE government recently announced that it would issue 10-year visas for professionals and investors and will also
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The UAE and the wider Middle East markets are currently undergoing a digital transformation. However, as new technologies and industries emerge, employers are struggling to fill vacancies due to candidates lacking the digital skills they need in today’s jobs market. A recent study by the World Bank estimated that 50 per cent of today’s jobs
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Dubai Business Events (DBE), the city’s official convention bureau, announced on Sunday. Business events and conventions will attract over 65,000 delegates from around the world to Dubai and have an economic impact of approximately AED 500 million ($136 million). According to DBE, there were 125 successful bids to host business events in the first half
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As US interest rates rise and UAE banks pass this onto local savers, there is finally a reason to get excited about savings accounts again. With global stock market growth likely to slow or even reverse over the next year or so, the balance may just be shifting in favour of holding cash once more.
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It is essential that investors in the UAE avoid complacency in the light of fresh geopolitical fears. Following the announcement this week by the US President Donald Trump administration of tariffs on another $200 billion in Chinese imports, global markets have been in turmoil, and should the trade war escalate, UAE-based investors could find themselves caught up
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Most of us are conditioned to believe that “business” and “pleasure” are two mutually-exclusive entities, two different ends of the work-life spectrum that should never, ever meet. Though what I have come to discover over the years of running my own companies, generating new business and winning exciting projects internationally, is that the business experience
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Financial data, such as profit margins and revenue targets, will always be a vital guide to future business success. But more and more corporations around the world are equally prioritising investments in environmental, governance and social (ESG) concerns, as they realise just how fatal reputational damage can be for raising capital. ESG has become one
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