Business & Money | Monday 10 October, 2016 10:26 am

Saudi Trade Finance Summit Platinum Sponsor, Al Rajhi Bank Asserts ‘Vision 2030’ Unlocks Potential of SME Sector

Having cemented its position as the premier financial summit in Saudi Arabia, the by-invite only Saudi Trade Finance (STF) Summit is set to return for its 4th annual gathering in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in November 2016.  A primary focus for the 2016 Summit is on enabling opportunities in the...

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Business & Money | Monday 10 October, 2016 6:29 am

3 secrets for an effective visibility board

Effective visibility boards don’t happen by chance or by inviting hundreds of people to join you on LinkedIn. Effective visibility boards need planning. At the moment you might have 200 contacts on your LinkedIn and 500 email contacts. If you have a full time job it is very difficult to...

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Business & Money | Monday 10 October, 2016 4:29 am

Crowds flock to Dubai Future Champions Festival

 Newmarket Racecourses welcomed 21,557 visitors through its gates over the two-day Dubai Future Champions Festival, up almost 10% on the inaugural two day Festival in 2015.   Though conditions were overcast for the final day, the ground was perfect and those present were treated to...

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Business & Money | Monday 10 October, 2016 4:22 am

Haqbani meets Portuguese official

Minister of Labor and Social Development Mufrej Al-Haqbani met on Wednesday with José Luís Carneiro, Portugal’s secretary of state for communities abroad, at his office in Riyadh. They explored issues of common interest and ways to enhance bilateral cooperation in the fields of...

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Business & Money | Monday 10 October, 2016 3:21 am

International Investors Eye Lodha Group’s Ambitious Palava Project, Codenamed ‘Golden Tomorrow’

Lodha Group, India’s leading real estate developer, announced the newest neighbourhood in Palava, the renowned greenfield smart city development in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). In less than six years since inception, the ambitious project located in Mumbai Metropolitan Region and...

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Business & Money | Monday 10 October, 2016 3:17 am

Largest-Ever GULFOOD Manufacturing Attributed to DUBAI’S Industrial Strategy Vision

The third edition of Gulfood Manufacturing, the Middle East’s biggest food manufacturing, processing and packaging, logistics and materials handling exhibition, will return to Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) from 7-9 November 2016 with an impressive 20 per cent larger growth compared to its...

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Business & Money | Monday 10 October, 2016 3:11 am

Entrepreneurs’ Organisation signs MoU with UN Global Compact

Entrepreneurs’ Organisation (EO) UAE, the local chapter of the dynamic global network of entrepreneurs, this Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with the UN Global Compact. The UNGC have made it their mission to make businesses around the world responsible with innovative business...

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Business & Money | Monday 10 October, 2016 3:02 am

Dulsco gears up to address the region’s HR and waste management needs

Dulsco, a regional leader in human resource and waste management solutions stated that the focus by GCC Governments on infrastructure and other sustainability projects will drive the next phase of growth in its core business areas. As per reports published during the recently concluded Big 5 show,...

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Business & Money | Sunday 9 October, 2016 4:10 pm

Nakheel’s AED3 billion hospitality expansion reaches new milestone as first hotel at Ibn Battuta Mall opens for business

The first of two Nakheel hotels at Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai is now open, marking another major milestone in the developer’s AED3 billion hospitality expansion programme. The 372-room hotel, managed by Premier Inn Hotels LLC, was inaugurated today (Sunday) at a ceremony led by Nakheel...

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Business & Money | Sunday 9 October, 2016 3:19 pm

Number of visitors to Qatar passes 2 million mark

Qatar has received 2.182 million visitors so far this year, with visits of GCC nationals continuing to increase in September, a Qatar Tourism Authority report has shown.   The growth in year-to-date (January to end of September) visitor arrivals from the GCC was dominated by visits from...

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