Employment figures continued to stabilise after having dipped to the lowest on record earlier this year
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Business setup
What you need to know about starting your company in the UAE
The UAE’s business landscape is subjected to numerous regulations. Dubai-based experts Decisive Zone help entrepreneurs familiarise themselves with the setup process beforehand.
Arabian Business
Revealed: Top 25 companies listed on the Dubai Financial Market
Arabian Business counts down the largest listed companies by market capitalization.
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Dubai launches virtual business licence for overseas investors, entrepreneurs
Dubai’s new Virtual Company Licence – available to 101 countries – is expected to attract more than 100,000 companies to the emirate
business licenses
Dubai’s DED issues 14,737 new business licenses in H1
Commercial licenses accounted for the greatest share of new licenses
business ventures
DMCC offers 40 percent discount for JLT residents
Deal applies to registering new companies in the community
Business confidence in UAE
Dubai issues 35% more business licenses at start of 2019
Emirate’s economy picking up with positive predictions for Q2 2019
Business condition
Tourism, retail and finance to boost Dubai’s GDP growth
Over 6,700 new business licences were issued in the first three months of 2019, according to DED statistics
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‘Local companies have six months to prove themselves’ – Noon CEO
Noon CEO Faraz Khalid urged local players to accelerate their business plans to stay ahead of global competition
Business activity
Employment in Dubai’s non-oil private sector falls at fastest rate since 2010
Price discounting has not allowed new orders to be translated into job growth, but new business in the travel and tourism sector increased at a near-record pace, shows Emirates NBD survey
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Dubai government vows to pay SMEs earlier
Dubai government will also allocate $270m worth of projects to joint ventures between public and private sectors, and give them 5% of capital projects
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Opinion: Technology’s impact on Dubai’s changing urban landscape
Evolving technology and human experiences are shaping the emirate’s real estate sector
Business Confidence Index
Most Dubai firms expect accelerated economic growth in Q1
Seasonal tourism and new projects expected to drive demand starting first quarter of 2019
DCCI
Global ambition: Dubai Chamber president and CEO Hamad Buamim
As the new chairman of the World Chambers Federation, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) President and CEO Hamad Buamim is ready to tackle new challenges and bring new ideas to enhance global trade
Aarthi Chandrasekaran
Video: How does the future of UAE’s investment and banking sectors look?
Raed Safadi, Chief Economic Advisor of Dubai Department of Economic Development and Aarthi Chandrasekaran, Vice President of SHUAA Capital shed light on the state of UAE’s financial and investment market on this week’s AB Live.
Business condition
Dubai’s non-oil economic growth slows in December
Latest Emirates NBD data shows that new business increased at the second-slowest rate in over two years
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Dubai Tourism to release $68m in bank guarantees for service providers
Dubai Tourism’s deregulatory move is designed as a boost to the emirate’s tourism sector by lowering the cost of doing business and encouraging further investment