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Sharjah Chamber Targets SME Sustainability in Retail Malls — Full Details and Key Highlights

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Sharjah Chamber Targets SME Sustainability in Retail Malls — Full Details and Key Highlights

Small and mid-sized retailers inside Sharjah’s shopping malls may soon operate under a very different set of conditions — flexible leases, climate-resilient infrastructure, and wellness-aligned tenant strategies that look nothing like traditional mall management. The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry convened an expanded meeting with the Shopping Malls Sector Business Group to review how … Read more

Dubai Integrates Golden Visa and Property Residency Into One Streamlined Platform Saving Applicants Thousands of Dollars

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Dubai Integrates Golden Visa and Property Residency Into One Streamlined Platform Saving Applicants Thousands of Dollars

Three separate visa pathways that have kept Dubai property investors bouncing between government portals are about to collapse into a single system. For anyone who has navigated the residency process tied to real estate ownership here, that is not a minor administrative tweak. The General Directorate of Identity and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai and the … Read more

UAE and Uzbekistan Target $5 Billion in Joint Ventures Across 10 Key Economic Sectors

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UAE and Uzbekistan Target $5 Billion in Joint Ventures Across 10 Key Economic Sectors

More than 2,300 Uzbek companies already operate inside the UAE, yet the two governments believe the commercial relationship is still well below its ceiling. A high-level meeting in Abu Dhabi has now put at least ten sectors on the table for deeper joint ventures. Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, the UAE’s Minister of Economy and … Read more

Bernstein Launches MENA Energy Coverage With ADNOC Gas and Fertiglobe as Top Stock Picks to Watch

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Bernstein Launches MENA Energy Coverage With ADNOC Gas and Fertiglobe as Top Stock Picks to Watch

When a research house backed by over $850 billion in global assets turns its attention to Gulf energy for the first time, it is less about discovery and more about validation. Bernstein’s new MENA energy coverage puts a formal institutional lens on what regional investors have tracked for years: the UAE’s ability to convert state-owned … Read more

ADX Achieves 98% Disclosure Compliance in 2024 as Listed Companies Report Profits Exceeding AED 200 Billion

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ADX Achieves 98% Disclosure Compliance in 2024 as Listed Companies Report Profits Exceeding AED 200 Billion

A 98% disclosure compliance rate sounds like a bureaucratic milestone, but for the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, it signals something far more deliberate about where the capital market is headed. When nearly every listed company files on time and collective profits surge past AED 200 billion, the numbers start to tell a governance story that … Read more

Etihad Adds 28 Weekly China Flights in Bold Gulf Route Push to Capture $2 Billion Market

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Etihad Adds 28 Weekly China Flights in Bold Gulf Route Push to Capture $2 Billion Market

Twenty-eight new weekly flights to five Chinese cities is not a cautious bet. For Etihad Airways, it is a declaration that the airline intends to close the gap on rivals who have owned the China-Gulf corridor for years. The Abu Dhabi-based carrier plans to expand its mainland China operations to 35 weekly services spanning six … Read more

Dubai SME Launches Majlis Al Mustaqbal Program to Empower Youth Entrepreneurs With Funding in 2026

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Dubai SME Launches Majlis Al Mustaqbal Program to Empower Youth Entrepreneurs With Funding in 2024

A three-day programme that promises to turn raw business ideas into investor-ready pitches might sound familiar in the startup world. But when the entity behind it is Dubai‘s own SME authority, and the jury panel reads like a who’s who of the emirate’s commercial infrastructure, the initiative carries a different weight entirely. Dubai SME, the … Read more

DEWA Cuts Deposit Refund Time From 4 Days to Just 8 Minutes for Thousands of Customers

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DEWA Cuts Deposit Refund Time From 4 Days to Just 8 Minutes for Thousands of Customers

Eight minutes. That is all it now takes for a Dubai utility customer to receive a security deposit refund that, not long ago, required a four-day wait and manual processing. The speed gain is not incremental — it represents a 99.7% reduction in processing time, and it tells a broader story about how aggressively Dubai’s … Read more

Sharjah Chamber and Hong Kong Target $500 Million Joint Investment Push to Boost Trade Growth

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Sharjah Chamber and Hong Kong Target $500 Million Joint Investment Push to Boost Trade Growth

When two trade hubs on opposite ends of Asia’s commercial corridor start talking about opening offices on each other’s turf, the conversation has moved well past courtesy visits. That is exactly where Sharjah and Hong Kong now find themselves, with formal discussions underway to convert diplomatic goodwill into structured investment channels. The Sharjah Chamber of … Read more