UAE Weekly Business News 27/09/21
Welcome to Gateway's 55th 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
16,000 new companies join Dubai Chamber in first eight months of 2021 (WAM 20/09/2021)
AD Ports Group issues 281 licences in construction and building material sector (WAM 23/09/2021)
Jafza, Dubai Courts launch first virtual court in Middle East to handle labour litigation (WAM 26/09/2021)
Bilateral trade-related headlines
Minister of Economy briefs US-UAE Business Council on UAE’s new investment incentives (WAM 20/09/2021)
ADFD explores investment cooperation opportunities with Georgia (WAM 20/09/2021)
UAE-Estonian Business Forum discusses expanding cooperation to serve new economic model (WAM 21/09/2021)
Dubai Chamber members’ exports to Eastern Africa grow by 2.4% in H1 2021 (WAM 21/09/2021)
Abu Dhabi Chamber discusses prospects of economic and investment cooperation with the Netherlands (WAM 21/09/2021)
UAE, India launch talks on Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (WAM 22/09/2021)
DMCC delegation discusses boosting trade operations with Brazil (WAM 22/09/2021)
UAE, US strengthening business cooperation (WAM 23/09/2021)
Al Zeyoudi meets Indian ministers of state as UAE-India trade talks commence (WAM 26/09/2021)
UAE economy-related headlines
UAE achieves 62% hotel occupancy rate in H1 2021 (WAM 19/09/2021)
DoF waives commission on government transactions paid with 'direct debit' (WAM 19/09/2021)
Treated sewage effluent explored as key enhancer of UAE’s food and water security (WAM 20/09/2021)
Mohammed bin Rashid issues Law creating Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (WAM 20/09/2021)
UAE ranks first in Arab Region and third among Emerging Economies on Future Readiness Index (WAM 20/09/2021)
Dubai issues law to integrate economic zones into a single body (The National 20/09/2021)
Dubai expected to record 3.1% economic growth in 2021, 3.4% in 2022 (WAM 21/09/2021)
Drydocks World announces development of 'South Yard' (WAM 21/09/2021)
Natural gas to play pivotal role in powering UAE's economic growth for next 50 years (WAM 21/09/2021)
Decision to register agricultural land leases in Abu Dhabi (WAM 21/09/2021)
Abu Dhabi to use drone technology for medical supply transfer and delivery (WAM 21/09/2021)
UAE to become major player in blue hydrogen market (The National 21/09/2021)
UAE to develop three desalination projects to address water security needs (The National 21/09/2021)
Dubai at frontier of leading financial markets (WAM 22/09/2021)
Dubai's real estate transactions reach AED14.97bn in August 2021 (WAM 22/09/2021)
UAE’s ICT spending estimated to reach $23 billion by 2024 (WAM 23/09/2021)
Dubai's weeklong real estate transactions reach AED6.8bn (WAM 23/09/2021)
Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Conference underlines importance of accelerating oil & gas investments (WAM 23/09/2021)
CBUAE committed to supporting continued economic recovery (WAM 23/09/2021)
Emirates Development Bank and Emirates NBD sign MoU on credit guarantee scheme for SMEs (WAM 23/09/2021)
Department of Energy adopts conducive policies, regulations to advance Abu Dhabi’s water sector (WAM 23/09/2021)
Dubai external trade surges by 31% to AED722bn in H1 2021 (WAM 26/09/2021)
UAE companies increase hiring plans as labour market improves (The National 26/09/2021)
Interest in sustainable investing on the rise in UAE (The National 27/09/2021)
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