A seminar called "Food Waste Management -- Innovative Practices" was held Sunday at the Dubai Chamber Sustainability Partnership, which was also in charge of organizing the event with the help of the French Business Council. In attendance were representatives of private companies working in the UAE in industries like hotels, caterers, food companies and food banking. Read More »

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) recently held a workshop in Kuwait to demonstrate its online disclosure solution called Efsah. The workshop focused on showing the attendees how to use Efsah to publish disclosures quickly and efficiently with the Web-based application. The system provides users with a template in both Arabic and English for a standard regulatory disclosure. Read More »

A delegation from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently participated in the 2015 EICMA motorcycle exhibition in Milan, Italy, in hopes of eventually bringing the annual trade show to the United Arab Emirates. The four-day exhibition, which featured the launch of new motorcycle models and related products, attracted 1,400 exhibitors and more than 60,000 visitors. Read More »

The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, along with Afridi & Angell Legal Consultants, recently held the Dubai Real Estate Legal Landscape workshop to share information on property ownership rights. During the workshop, lawyers and legal consultants, real estate developers, brokers, investors and contract administrators shared advice on successfully buying and selling property. Read More »

United Arab Emirates-based Alpha Data LLC released Alpha Cloud, one of the first public cloud services in the nation, on Monday. "Alpha Cloud was developed out of our firm desire to meet the needs of our clients who face rapid technological evolution and the shift to cloud-supported operations and services," Alpha Data Services Director Farid Abo El Fotouh said. Read More »

A team from Bee'ah, an environmental and waste management company headquartered in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, was in Jeddah recently to discuss possible projects in Saudi Arabia. "We're working on building a smarter future for the region at large, and the core of that vision is environmental sustainability," Bee'ah Group CEO Khaled Al-Huraimel said. Read More »

UAE-based hospitality firm TIME Hotels Management recently initiated a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) website called “Tomorrow’s World” in Dubai to inform hotel guests about the company’s sustainability ethics and to highlight its local volunteer opportunities. Read More »

More A380 aircraft routes will be offered by Emirates Airlines in 2016, the company announced this week. Three new destinations and an additional route to Barcelona will be added in the next year. According to the announcement, a total of 71 A380 aircraft are currently in the Emirates fleet. Read More »

Saudi Arabia could be the next epicenter of a tech boom, analysts at the venture capital firm BECO Capital, which specializes in the GCC region’s technology market, said. Saudi Arabia's coming tech boom will be fueled by a growing consumer population, BECO Capital Co-Founder and Managing Partner Amir Farha said this week at the Arabnet Conference in the Saudi capital of Riyadh. Read More »

RAK Ceramics, the Ras Al Khaimah-based ceramics manufacturer, has been a major contributor to this year’s edition of the annual Clean Up UAE week. This is the event’s 14th year and ran through Wednesday. It brought together volunteers, companies and government agencies to remove accumulated litter and waste across the UAE. RAK Ceramics’ effort led the way in Ras Al Khaimah. Read More »

Souqalmal.com, the No. 1 financial comparison site in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), recently came up with five personal finance calculators to help UAE residents better deal with their financial and banking affairs, and avoid incurring debt. Read More »

Renewable energy company Masdar of Abu Dhabi was named in the recent 2015 Universum Talent Survey as the Middle East's Most Attractive Public Sector Employer and Most Attractive Employer for IT and Engineering by UAE students. Universum is an online survey site for UAE students. More than 8,000 students from 24 educational institutions took part in the 2015 survey. Read More »

Dubai-based satellite television provider Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) is rolling out a series of new retail outlets in the United Arab Emirates to meet rising satellite TV demand. In response to a spike in TV package subscriptions in the UAE, OSN is opening 24 retail outlets over the next year. OSN is working alongside Sharaf DG to open up the new retail outlets. Read More »

The United Arab Emirates has entered into a new agreement to collaborate on sustainable agricultural and animal-raising initiatives with the Palestinian Authority. The deal came in the form of a memorandum of understanding between UAE Minister of Environment and Water Rashid Ahmed Bin Fahad and Palestinian Authority Minister of Agriculture Sufian Sultan Al-Tamimi. Read More »

Dubai-based real estate investment and development company Azizi Developments aimed at drawing in more investors from Kuwait at last week's Cityscape Kuwait real estate event and exhibition. Azizi Developments highlighted a number of its major projects at the Kuwaiti exhibition, where more than 70 real estate exhibitors from around the region showcased investment opportunities. Read More »

EMEA Finance named the National Bank of Fujairah (NBF) the UAE’s top local bank at the magazine's Middle East Banking Awards. NBF won the Best Local Bank UAE award because of the financial institution’s firm standing as a regional business bank, the magazine said. The annual banking awards ceremony is held by EMEA Finance, a regional financial magazine. Read More »

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) will be serving as a strategic partner for the International Women’s Forum Dubai, which will be held in February. This forum will be focused on innovation: DEWA intends to showcase developments in sustainable energy in the UAE. Read More »

The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry is committed to recognizing businesses that incorporate social responsibility and sustainable practices into their operations. To that end, the chamber hosted a ceremony on Dec. 8 to honor 10 of its member businesses with the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Label award. Read More »

Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO and President Hamad Buamim thanked Dubai Chamber International Offices Director Omar Khan and his staff for supporting the Dubai chamber's new investments, projects and initiatives aimed at improving connections to other chambers in the Gulf Cooperation Council, Commonwealth of Independent States and Africa. Read More »

Etisalat, the Abu Dhabi-based multinational telecom service provider, became the first UAE carrier to offer mobile data plans according to the customer’s chosen Internet speed. The company officially launched its “Nonstop Daily Data Plans” for customers using Wasel prepaid services. Etisalat customers can be charged by Internet speed instead of being charged on how much data is used. Read More »