Business & Money | Sunday 26 February, 2017 8:19 am

Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies Reports Record Number of Participants in 2016

  EIBFS trained 23,899 professionals, marking 11% surge over 2015 Institute enrolled 6,342 UAE nationals, 9% more than in 2015 879 training and educational programmes delivered last year    Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies (EIBFS), a regional...

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Business & Money | Sunday 26 February, 2017 8:15 am

Phase Two of Al Habtoor City Residence Collection Sold Out

 Al Habtoor Group Founding Chairman Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor said that the second phase of the residential component of Al Habtoor City is sold out. Since the launch of the Residence Collection, in 2016, a total of 180 units have been sold. “Demand has been high,” said Khalaf...

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Business & Money | Sunday 26 February, 2017 8:04 am

HBS Investment Acquires a 25% Stake in Bait Al Kandora

  The acquisition is part of the company’s aggressive expansion plans   National menswear retail trade in the GCC states amounted to AED10b in 2016   Bait Al Kandora, the country’s fastest growing brand specialising in designing and producing national...

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Business & Money | Sunday 26 February, 2017 7:58 am

Seib celebrates its outstanding financial results at the first Board Meeting of 2017

Celebrating its outstanding financial results over the past year and discussing key issues that would bring its plans for the New Year to fruition, Seib Insurance & Reinsurance Company LLC (Seib), held its first Board Meeting of 2017 on the 22nd of February, chaired by the Chairman of the Board ...

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Business & Money | Sunday 26 February, 2017 7:47 am

Food and Beverage sector in Jafza grows by more than 22%

Jafza participates at Gulfood Exhibition     Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza); a DP World Company and the UAE’s flagship trade and logistics hub for the Middle East region and Africa, has posted a 22.5% growth in foreign companies from the Food and Beverage Sector (F&B)...

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Business & Money | Saturday 25 February, 2017 9:08 pm

Euler Hermes: UAE food sector, rising prices and increased demand

 Euler Hermes, the world’s leading provider of trade-related credit insurance solutions, expects food prices to rise in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2017. Global food prices stopped plunging in 2016, with a contained -1.5 percent drawback of the FAO Food Index. This was the lowest...

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Business & Money | Saturday 25 February, 2017 8:27 am

GRI G4, the most widely used sustainability reporting framework globally

Sustainability reporters across the globe have been using the GRI Guidelines for the past 15 years. GRI reports have been published from more than 90 countries around the world, with thousands of organisations referencing the guidelines to create the leading framework for sustainability reporting....

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Business & Money | Saturday 25 February, 2017 8:21 am

New Pearl Initiative Report Shares Best Practices to Develop, Retain Female Talent in Line with Saudi Vision 2030

Gender diversity in the workplace remains a key issue for employers in the GCC region. This is one of  the key findings of a new report developed by the Pearl Initiative, the UAE-based business-led non-profit organisation, and Sharjah Business Women Council, and launched in collaboration with...

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Business & Money | Saturday 25 February, 2017 8:07 am

KSA puts up strong performance in military expo in Abu Dhabi

Saudi Arabia put up a strong performance at the Idex International Defense Exhibition and Conference 2017 held last week. “Saudi Arabia’s strong showing was in accordance with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 plan,” Abdullah Al-Meleihi, board member of the Council of the Saudi...

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Business & Money | Friday 24 February, 2017 7:43 am

Saudi Small Businesses Set to Gain from On-the-Move Decision-Making

Saudi small businesses are set to grow their bottom when executives can make decisions on the move. By enabling employees to use their own or company-provided smartphones and tablets running business applications, Saudi small businesses can grow their contribution to GDP by 15 percent, from 20...

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