UAE Weekly News Roundup 17/01/21
17th January 2021
Welcome to Gateway's 19th weekly UAE Weekly News Roundup. This is an online local business magazine featuring key business headlines in the UAE during the last week. This is a great source to help you quickly and conveniently keep in touch with business news in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
Links to articles are in purple. In some instances where the publisher and date is mentioned without a link, it means it was seen in the paper version of the title and no online link was found.
Trade license-related headlines
9,913 new business licenses issued in first week of 2021 (WAM 10/01/2021)
Dubai Economy issues 42,640 new licences in 2020 (WAM 12/01/2021)
UAE bilateral trade relationship headlines
UAE, US discuss joint strategic relations (WAM 10/01/2021)
UAE a key economic partner of South Korea (WAM 10/01/2021)
Mohamed bin Zayed, Liberian President discuss strengthening cooperation (WAM 11/01/2021)
Mohamed bin Zayed, President of Iraq review promoting cooperation (WAM 11/01/2021)
UAE, Japan to cooperate on fuel ammonia, carbon recycling technologies (WAM 14/01/2021)
UAE economy-related headlines
Abu Dhabi Ports expands relief measures; halts rent increases for Industrial and Economic Zone (WAM 10/01/2021)
Dubai Economy receives 59,130 consumer complaints in 2020 (WAM 10/01/2021)
UAE and Qatar have greater fiscal resilience (Gulf News 10/01/2021)
Dubai's non-oil economy returns to growth in December (The National 11/01/2021)
Dubai returns to growth as business activity rebounds (Khaleej Times 11/01/2021)
Mena start-ups raised a record $1bn in funding in 2020 (The National 12/01/2021)
Back to quarantine will not help UAE-UK travel demand (Gulf News 12/01/2021)
Dubai to see 20,000 food venues operating before October 2021 (Khaleej Times 12/01/2021)
Dubai's consumption, demand expected to surge 4% this year (Khaleej Times 12/01/2021)
Dubai Economy sees commercial complaints dropping 35% in 2020 (WAM 13/01/2021)
UAE's non-oil trade hit AED1.033 trillion during first nine months of 2020 (WAM 13/01/2021)
Abu Dhabi government entities sign agreements to support local exporters (The National 13/01/2021)
Global sukuk issuance set to rise above $150bn this year amid low interest rates (The National 13/01/2021)
Tackling corruption key to improving Middle East economic growth, IMF says (The National 14/01/2021)
Nearly all UAE SMBs now able to handle digital payments (The National 14/01/2021)
Dubai property new trend: Buy in Bitcoin and cash out (Gulf News 15/01/2021)
Nine establishments fined for violating COVID-19 countermeasures in Dubai (WAM 15/01/2021)
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi commences operations in Abu Dhabi (WAM 16/01/2021)
UAE mobile phone users can now block unwanted ads (Gulf News 16/01/2021)
Abu Dhabi updates procedures to enter the emirate (Gulf News 16/01/2021)
UAE Covid vaccine: Expired visa holders get vaccinated in Abu Dhabi (Khaleej Times 16/01/2021)
Abu Dhabi adds another nation to 'green countries' list (Gulf News 17/01/2021)
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