UAE Weekly Business News 19/09/21

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UAE Weekly Business News, Issue 54. 19th September 2021.

Trade licence-related headlines

• CBUAE issues new guidance for licensed financial institutions on transaction monitoring and sanctions (WAM 13/09/2021)

• Ministry of Climate Change and Environment issues Resolution on Local Produce Safety (WAM 13/09/2021)

• Abu Dhabi adds computer systems and software designing to freelancer licence category (The National 15/09/2021)

• Dubai Economy issues 5,885 new licences in August, 54% YoY growth (WAM 18/09/2021)

Bilateral trade-related headlines

• UAE, Kenya explore prospects of enhancing economic cooperation (WAM 12/09/2021)

• Abu Dhabi Chamber, Embassy of Indonesia discuss boosting cooperation (WAM 15/09/2021)

• Number of Israeli companies in UAE to grow 100% by 2022 (WAM 15/09/2021)

• Mohamed bin Zayed, French President discuss bilateral relations, regional developments in Paris (WAM 15/09/2021)

• Newly-established Creative Media Authority ready to take film & TV, gaming, esports industries to the next level (WAM 15/09/2021)

• UAE, UK agree to establish new, ambitious 'Partnership for the Future' (WAM 16/09/2021)

• Mohamed bin Zayed, UK Prime Minister discuss cooperation, latest regional developments (WAM 16/09/2021)

• UAE, Estonia sign MoU to establish joint business council (WAM 17/09/2021)

• Tawazun and UK’s Defence and Security Exports Department for International Trade sign MoU (WAM 17/09/2021)

• ADNOC, bp and Masdar agree to expand UAE-UK new energy partnership (WAM 17/09/2021)

• UAE Ambassador, Argentina's Foreign Affairs Minister discuss cooperation (WAM 17/09/2021)

• Abu Dhabi Chamber discusses increasing economic cooperation with Estonia (WAM 18/09/2021)

UAE business and economy-related headlines

• Dubai Chamber members' exports, re-export grow 21.8 percent to AED147 billion in January-August (WAM 12/09/2021)

• UAE private sector given five years to make 10% of workforce Emirati (The National 12/09/2021)

• Eight in 10 UAE professionals confident about future of work (The National 12/09/2021)

• Projects of the 50: ‘Huge opportunities’ in private sector (The National 12/09/2021)

• Etisalat reasserts dominance as 'World’s Fastest Mobile Network' for second consecutive year (WAM 13/09/2021)

• Half of the UAE’s professionals plan to switch jobs next year (The National 13/09/2021)

• Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant Unit 2 successfully connects to UAE’s transmission grid (WAM 14/09/2021)

• UAE salaries: employers expected to offer 4% pay rise in 2022, survey finds (The National 14/09/2021)

• Federal Tax Authority encourages registrants to benefit from redetermination of administrative penalties (WAM 15/09/2021)

• UAE’s non-oil trade surges to AED1.403tn in 2020 (WAM 15/09/2021)

• Dubai adopts action plan to develop Dubai digital economy strategy (WAM 15/09/2021)

• UAE advancing towards prosperous future in various sectors (WAM 15/09/2021)

• Robust R&D ecosystem building block of economic development (WAM 15/09/2021)

• Dubai ranked 11th most popular city globally for residence-by-investment programmes (The National 15/09/2021)

• Mohammed bin Rashid issues Decree to merge Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre and DIFC (WAM 18/09/2021)

• Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed approves second batch of real estate conciliators in Abu Dhabi (The National 18/09/2021)

• Abu Dhabi to remove test-to-enter from other emirates on Sunday (The National 18/09/2021)

• Abu Dhabi drops need for wristband trackers for arriving passengers (The National 18/09/2021)

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Written by Jenny Hunt

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