UAE Weekly Business News 10/08/2025
- Jenny Hunt
- Aug 11
- 5 min read
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UAE Weekly Business News: Issue 249 published 10 August 2025.
UAE FREE ZONE NEWS
DMCC Welcomes Over 1,100 Companies in H1 2025, Crosses 700 Crypto Members (Government of Dubai Media Office 11/08/2025)
UAE VISA NEWS (inc. employment, Emiratisation, human resources, training and women)
Kuwait announces new visa for expats in UAE (Arabian Business 10/08/2025)
UAE, Moldova sign MOU on mutual exemption of entry visas (Khaleej Times 04/08/2025)
UAE BUSINESS NEWS
RTA launches smart digital platform to monitor and analyze traffic in Dubai (Government of Dubai Media Office 11/08/2025)
ADIO, Ant International to innovate Abu Dhabi's fintech ecosystem (Abu Dhabi Media Office 11/08/2025)
Amanat Holding sells school real estate asset for AED435m (Khaleej Times 11/08/2025)
UAE maintains global lead in digital transformation (WAM 10/08/2025)
Dubai’s AI Accelerator calls on tech innovators to engineer future of government services (WAM 10/08/2025)
DLD records over 4,000 new real estate activities in H1 2025 (WAM 10/08/2025)
DEWA commissions record number of 11 kV distribution substations in first half of 2025 (Government of Dubai Media Office 10/08/2025)
Abu Dhabi Airports reports double-digit passenger traffic growth for 17 consecutive quarters (Abu Dhabi Media Office 10/08/2025)
Middle East’s 1st standalone Martha Stewart store opens in Dubai (Arabian Business 09/08/2025)
Abu Dhabi residential real estate prices up 17.3%, demand from global investors (Arabian Business 09/08/2025)
Dubai real estate sector recorded $5.9b of transactions last week (Arabian Business 09/08/2025)
Emirates sets new rules for power banks onboard flights from October 1 (Khaleej Times 08/08/2025)
Gulf trade diplomacy in spotlight as WTO report highlights UAE, Saudi Arabia roles in global talks (Arabian Business 08/08/2025)
UAE rents, property prices rise by up to 25% along Etihad Rail route (Khaleej Times 07/08/2025)
Nearly 500 new units launched dailyin Dubai in 2025 (Khaleej Times 07/08/2025)
Dubai realty hits AED63.6b in July sales on off‑plan boom, tax incentives (Khaleej Times 06/08/2025)
Mohammed bin Rashid meets with Mansour bin Zayed (WAM 06/08/2025)
Dubai construction sector grows 20% with 30K+ permits in H1 2025 (Government of Dubai Media Office 06/08/2025)
Dubai Metro and tram users shift to digital channels in H1 2025 (Government of Dubai Media Office 06/08/2025)
ADNOC ranked 6th most valuable global energy brand (Abu Dhabi Media Office 06/08/2025)
Masdar among short-listed bidders for 49% stake in another Iberdrola project (Arabian Business 06/08/2025)
Parkonic, Salik launch region’s first fully AI-powered autonomous parking (Government of Dubai Media Office 05/08/2025)
Middle East IT spending to increase almost 9% next year (Khaleej Times 05/08/2025)
UAE FINANCE AND ECONOMY NEWS
ADFD: Strategic partner in advancing Arab development (WAM 11/08/2025)
DEWA’s profit after tax hits AED2.9b in H1 2025 (WAM 08/08/2025)
Dana Gas records $73.5m net profit in H1 2025 (Arabian Business 08/08/2025)
Tabreed H1 2025 revenue rises to $300m (Arabian Business 08/08/2025)
Emerge, EDB to develop, finance solar projects in UAE (WAM 07/08/2025)
Burjeel Holdings reports 129% increase in Q2 2025 net profit (WAM 07/08/2025)
Space42 records net profit of $53m in H1 2025 (WAM 07/08/2025)
Orient Insurance achieves AED503m profit in H1 2025 (WAM 07/08/2025)
ADNOC Distribution net profit up 12% in H1 2025 (WAM 07/08/2025)
Parkin Company revenues for Q2 2025 up 56% (Government of Dubai Media Office 07/08/2025)
Thndr joins ADX as first remote retail trading member (Arabian Business 07/08/2025)
Six new stores boost Spinneys H1 2025 revenue growth by 13.7% to $490m (Arabian Business 07/08/2025)
United Arab Bank successfully raises AED1b through Rights Issue (WAM 06/08/2025)
DAE reports $843.6m H1 2025 revenue (WAM 06/08/2025)
UAE economy to grow 5% in 2025, says Standard Chartered (Khaleej Times 06/08/2025)
DIB reports AED3.7b in net profit for H1 2025 (WAM 05/08/2025)
Empower reports AED403m net profit in H1 2025 (WAM 05/08/2025)
Dubai Residential REIT delivers AED622m profit in H1 2025 (WAM 05/08/2025)
Dubai’s Al Mal Capital REIT raises AED210m in oversubscribed IPO (Arabian Business 05/08/2025)
Tarabut’s open finance platform secures in-principle approval from CBUAE (Arabian Business 05/08/2025)
IHC posts H1 2025 profit of AED10.8b (Arabian Business 05/08/2025)
Al Ramz net profit jumps to AED18.8m in H1 2025 (Arabian Business 05/08/2025)
UAE’s GDP to surge in 2026: CBUAE (Khaleej Times 04/08/2025)
Fertiglobe's revenue up 14% to $566m in H2 2025 (Khaleej Times 04/08/2025)
MERGER & AQUISITION NEWS
Union Properties subsidiary acquires House Keeping for $27.23m (Arabian Business 07/08/2025)
UAE BILATERAL TRADE NEWS
UAE, Russia sign $11.5b deal to boost trade relations (Arabian Business 10/08/2025)
Summit Trading drives 70% of Japanese food imports in the UAE (Khaleej Times 08/08/2025)
UAE’s Mira Developments expands into Oman (Arabian Business 07/08/2025)
Dubai's Sirene by GAIA expands to Egypt (Arabian Business 07/08/2025)
iCAUR launches in Dubai with global debut of V27 & 03T SUVs (Khaleej Times 06/08/2025)
AD Ports Group opens Islamabad office (WAM 05/08/2025)
Abdulla Al Hamed meets Shanghai media leaders to advance UAE–China media cooperation (WAM 05/08/2025)
BitHash accelerates global mining expansion with infrastructure projects in the UAE (Khaleej Times 08/08/2025)
Abdullah bin Zayed receives Deputy Prime Minister, FM of Moldova (WAM 04/08/2025)
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Written by Jenny Hunt
Founder, Gateway Group, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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