UAE Weekly Business News 10/01/22
Welcome to Gateway's 68th weekly roundup of business headlines in the UAE. This resource aims to help you quickly and conveniently keep in touch with business in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
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Trade licence and visa-related headlines
Dubai golden visa holders can skip extra driving lessons to get licence (The National 04/01/2022)
AD Ports Group’s Industrial Cities & Free Zone attracts over 95 Polymer Factories (WAM 05/12/2021)
'Will I receive end-of-service benefits if I quit my limited contract early?' (The National 08/01/2022)
DAFZ launches ‘Talent Pass’ licence to attract innovators to Dubai (WAM 09/12/2021)
Bilateral trade-related headlines
Dubai British Business Group chair John Martin St Valery made an OBE (The National 03/01/2022)
Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation, Singaporean Ambassador discuss cooperation (WAM 05/01/2022)
Export drive for Indian honey in the UAE (WAM 06/01/2022)
Free trade deal 'will help UK remain among GCC’s major trade partners' (The National 06/01/2022)
Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing, Malaysian ministerial delegation discuss cooperation (WAM 07/01/2022)
UAE Foreign Minister, Norwegian counterpart discuss boosting cooperation (WAM 09/01/2022)
New research paper to explore potential green hydrogen collaborations between UAE, UK (WAM 09/01/2022)
UAE economy-related headlines
Alpha Dhabi Holding raises stake in Aldar Properties to 30% (WAM 03/01/2022)
Alpha Dhabi Holding acquires 25% of Al Qudra Holding (WAM 04/01/2022)
Dubai Internet City, Khazna Data Centers announce two state-of-the-art data storage facilities in Dubai (WAM 04/01/2022)
Khalifa Fund completes first edition of Level Up, announces winning agritech startups (WAM 04/01/2022)
UAE Press: Dubai budget aligns short and medium fiscal goals (WAM 04/01/2022)
UAE capital markets: AED1.8 bn liquidity driven by real estate, banking blue chips (WAM 04/01/2022)
Dubai Duty Free records 40% jump in annual revenue as passenger traffic recovers (The National 04/01/2022)
Burj Khalifa apartment prices rise 23% in 2021 as market recovers (The National 04/01/2022)
Over 60 international countries represented at Arab Health 2022 (WAM 05/01/2022)
ADNOC invests close to $1 billion in long-term development of Umm Shaif Field (WAM 05/01/2022)
Dubai records 84,772 real estate transactions worth AED300 billion in 2021 (WAM 05/01/2022)
Abu Dhabi government staff must get booster shot to enter workplace (The National 05/01/2022)
Abu Dhabi research hub to set up propulsion centre to boost UAE space ambitions (The National 05/01/2022)
UAE salary guide 2022: how much should you be earning? (The National 05/01/2022)
UAE companies keen to invest in semiconductor businesses and technical industries in US (The National 05/01/2022)
Business activity in UAE continued to improve in December amid Expo boost (The National 05/01/2022)
Alpha Dhabi and ADQ sign deal to create UAE’s largest healthcare provider (The National 05/01/2022)
BBC highlights UAE’s ‘resilience’ against COVID-19 (WAM 06/01/2022)
EDB, AD Ports Group sign MoU to provide financing solutions to industrial players (WAM 06/01/2022)
Abu Dhabi's Al Qudra Holding to allow 30% foreign ownership of shares (The National 06/01/2022)
Majority of federal government staff to work in office under new Friday rules (The National 06/01/2022)
E-scooters to be policed as strictly as cars in Dubai (The National 06/01/2022)
Dubai retains title as world's busiest international airport in December (The National 06/01/2022)
Dubai’s mega theme parks offer larger-than-life entertainment experiences (WAM 07/01/2022)
AED2.53 billion worth of transactions registered in Dubai on the first working Friday of 2022 (WAM 07/01/2022)
Hamdan bin Mohammed approves 'Rehabilitation and Revitalisation of Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood Strategy' and 'Public Art Strategy' (WAM 09/01/2022)
Mohammed bin Rashid issues six Decrees regulating Dubai Chambers (WAM 09/01/2022)
Dubai Creek district to undergo world-class regeneration (The National 09/01/2022)
UAE's economic recovery to continue in 2022 despite Covid-19 headwinds (The National 10/01/2022)
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