UAE Weekly Business News 21/03/21

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UAE Weekly Business News, Issue 28. 21st March 2021.

Trade license-related headlines

• Dubai Economy closes down commercial office for misleading investors on UAE citizenship (WAM 15/03/21)

• UAE-UK Consular Committee convenes for 8th session (WAM 16/03/21)

• Dubai Airport Free Zone reports jump in number of new companies (The National 21/03/21)

UAE bilateral trade relationship headlines

• UAE Ambassador, Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade discuss cooperation (WAM 18/03/21)

UAE business and economy-related headlines

• UAE-GCC states trade exchange at AED229bn in 2019 (WAM 14/03/21)

• UAE’s Month of Reading: Valuable lessons that business owners can learn from writers (The National 15/03/21)

• CBUAE’s Targeted Economic Support Scheme marks one year with more than 320,000 benefiting customers (WAM 15/03/21)

• DLD bulletin reflects resilience, attractiveness of Dubai's real estate sector (WAM 15/03/21)

• AED3.9bn in industrial sector credit facilities for non-residents in 2020 (WAM 15/03/21)

• Tadweer recycles 1,915,724 tons of construction, demolition waste in 2020 (WAM 15/03/21)

• Liquidity of UAE banking system back to pre-Covid-19 levels (The National 15/03/21)

• Why the UAE's move to include more female directors is good for business (The National 15/03/21)

• GCC education sector offers new investment areas post Covid-19 (The National 15/03/21)

• Private schools in Dubai will not increase fees next year (The National 15/03/21)

• TDGRA approves 5G compatible mobile devices (WAM 16/03/21)

• UAE announces Covid-19 safety measures for Ramadan, as country crosses 50% vaccination mark (The National 16/03/21)

• UAE wants Emiratis to have their genes sequenced to help health fight (The National 16/03/21)

• Sheikh Khalifa declares start of Year of the 50th (The National 16/03/21)

• UAE's got work to do on its food security aspects (Gulf News 16/03/21)

• Attitudes on car ownership in the UAE shift because of Covid-19 (The National 17/03/21)

• UAE study reveals cold calling and spam messages highly ineffective (The National 17/03/21)

• Ramadan 2021 in UAE: how the holy month will be different this year (The National 17/03/21)

• COVID-19 rules for Ramadan: All you need to know (Gulf News 17/03/21)

• UAE's economy projected to grow by 2.5%, 3.5% in 2021, 2022 respectively (WAM 18/03/21)

• CBUAE issues two new payment systems regulations (WAM 18/03/21)

• Covid-19: Minister hopes to get pupils back in school after summer but hybrid learning may remain (The National 18/03/21)

• Demand is there for Dubai's short-term rentals (Gulf News 18/03/21)

• Abu Dhabi launches virtual charter school (Gulf News 18/03/21)

• UAE's e-commerce is heading for 'q' in fastest time (Gulf News 19/03/21)

• Crypto businesses now able to set up at DMCC in Dubai following SCA agreement (WAM 20/03/21)

• Bitcoin, virtual assets adoption to increase in UAE (Khaleej Times 20/03/21)

• UAE retail sales forecast to hit $58 billion in 2021 (WAM 21/03/21)

• Dubai records 3,787 sales transactions worth AED7.43 billion in February 2021 (WAM 21/03/21)

• UAE remote working visas to attract new talent and open up global business opportunities (The National 21/03/21)

• COVID-19 impact: UAE's online food delivery gains (Gulf News 21/03/21)

• UAE: Get remote work visa, multi-entry tourist visas (Gulf News 21/03/21)

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Written by Jenny Hunt

Founder, Gateway Group, Abu Dhabi & Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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