UAE Weekly Business News 19/09/21

Welcome to Gateway's 54th 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-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 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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