UAE Weekly Business News 09/06/2025
- Jenny Hunt
- 6 days ago
- 4 min read
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UAE Weekly Business News: Issue 242 published 09 June 2025.
UAE FREE ZONE NEWS
Transamerica Life Bermuda Expands Global Presence with a Licence in DIFC (Government of Dubai Media Office 04/06/2025)
Former Lebanese PM Saad Hariri registers SPV company at ADGM (Arabian Business 04/06/2025)
ADGM reports strong Q1 2025 performance (WAM 03/06/2025)
Inside Insilico’s bid to create the UAE’s first homegrown cancer drug (Arabian Business 03/06/2025)
UAE VISA NEWS (inc. employment, Emiratisation, human resources, training and women)
UAE-Georgia travel: Residency visa no longer guarantees access (Khaleej Times 05/06/2025)
UAE BUSINESS NEWS
Mohammed bin Rashid lays foundation stone for Dubai Metro Blue Line (WAM 09/06/2025)
DEWA adds 800MW clean energy to its energy mix in 2025 (WAM 09/06/2025)
Etihad, Ethiopian Airlines start codeshare partnership (WAM 09/06/2025)
Dubai gaming ecosystem expands rapidly with over 350 companies (WAM 09/06/2025)
Dubai Chambers empowers 600 members of business community to navigate legal landscape (WAM 09/06/2025)
Dubai real estate sector recorded $4.4b of transactions last week (Arabian Business 09/06/2025)
Multiply Group launches Multiply Media Group (WAM 06/06/2025)
UAE sets global benchmark in peaceful nuclear energy development (WAM 06/06/2025)
UAE shoppers want 1-click, biometric checkouts for safer online payments (Arabian Business 05/06/2025)
UAE businesses confident of international trade growth despite tariff woes (Arabian Business 05/06/2025)
UAE to ban single-use plastics by 2026 (Arabian Business 05/06/2025)
Air Arabia Abu Dhabi takes off to Almaty (WAM 04/06/2025)
UAE to host 2nd PAM Women Parliamentary ForumPA (WAM 04/06/2025)
Etihad Airways, STARLUX Airlines sign codeshare partnership (WAM 04/06/2025)
Burjeel Holdings to operate, manage ADNOC’s Das Hospital (WAM 04/06/2025)
AMEA Power, Kyuden International to accelerate clean energy, green hydrogen projects (WAM 04/06/2025)
CMA, FilmGate to promote creative production sector in Abu Dhabi (WAM 04/06/2025)
VARA grants licence to tokenisation platform Ctrl Alt (Arabian Business 04/06/2025)
Middle East tourism spend to hit $350b by 2030 (Arabian Business 04/06/2025)
73,000 Dubai homes to be delivered in 2025 (Arabian Business 04/06/2025)
Emirates SkyCargo launches Aerospace & Engineering vertical (WAM 03/06/2025)
Startups set for spotlight as WHX Tech promises to accelerate digital health innovation (WAM 03/06/2025)
XRG approves five-year plan to accelerate global growth (WAM 03/06/2025)
Midday Break to commence from 15 June to 15 September 2025 (WAM 03/06/2025)
Emirates, Air China to explore enhanced partnership (WAM 03/06/2025)
EAD launches integrated system for inspecting, monitoring waste management activities (WAM 03/06/2025)
UAE President receives Crown Prince of Umm Al Qaiwain (WAM 03/06/2025)
Etihad celebrates first flights to Prague, Warsaw (WAM 03/06/2025)
MGX, BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, and Microsoft welcome Kuwait Investment Authority to AI Infrastructure Partnership (Abu Dhabi Media Office 03/06/2025)
UAE announces outdoor work ban (Arabian Business 03/06/2025)
UAE SMEs continue to show resilience, but confidence drops marginally (Arabian Business 03/06/2025)
UAE homegrown chicken brand BonBird opens in Abu Dhabi (Arabian Business 03/06/2025)
UAE grants music management licence as streaming market tipped to hit $2.3b (Arabian Business 03/06/2025)
Air Arabia Abu Dhabi marks inaugural flight to Yerevan (WAM 02/06/2025)
UAE FINANCE AND ECONOMY NEWS
Emirates NBD, Siemens to boost financing for large-scale green infrastructure projects (WAM 09/06/2025)
Brazil officially removes UAE from list of jurisdictions with preferential tax regimes (WAM 04/06/2025)
Nasdaq Dubai welcomes Mashreq’s US$500m Sukuk listing (WAM 04/06/2025)
ADFD’s financing hit AED216.5b, benefitting 107 countries (WAM 04/06/2025)
Soon, UAE residents can get salaries, pay bills, traffic fines through cryptocurrency (Khaleej Times 04/06/2025)
Armenia Stock Exchange joins 'Tabadul' platform (WAM 03/06/2025)
Dubai Duty Free records AED724.7m in May 2025 (Government of Dubai Media Office 02/06/2025)
MERGER & AQUISITION NEWS
Emirates NBD completes mandatory acquisition of Emirates Islamic Bank shares (Arabian Business 09/06/2025)
NMDC LTS concludes acquisition of 70% of Emdad (WAM 04/06/2025)
Huda Kattan reclaims full ownership of Huda Beauty, ending TSG Consumer partnership (Arabian Business 03/06/2025)
ESG unites its real estate entities to launch Royal Development Holding (Arabian Business 03/06/2025)
UAE BILATERAL TRADE NEWS
Blacklane launches chauffeur services in four cities in Saudi (Khaleej Times 09/06/2025)
Presidents of UAE, Angola explore cooperation opportunities (WAM 08/06/2025)
Irish food and drink exports to Middle East and Africa hit $624m in 2024 (Arabian Business 05/06/2025)
EGA to explore opportunities to develop bauxite projects in Ghana (WAM 04/06/2025)
Nahyan bin Mubarak, Estonian Ambassador discuss bilateral prospects (WAM 04/06/2025)
Abdullah bin Zayed, Prime Minister of Montenegro discuss strengthening bilateral relations (WAM 04/06/2025)
UAE, Kuwait sign multiple agreements to boost cooperation (WAM 03/06/2025)
EDGE signs AED9b naval contract with Kuwait Ministry of Defence (WAM 03/06/2025)
AD Ports Group inaugurates Tbilisi Intermodal Hub in Georgia (Abu Dhabi Media Office 03/06/2025)
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Written by Jenny Hunt
Founder, Gateway Group, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, United Arab Emirates
FORBES' Top 100 Most Influential Women in the Middle East
