Dubai DED issues 4,057 new licences in September 2019

Dubai: The Dubai’s Department of Economic Development, DED, issued 4,057 new licences for various professional, commercial, industrial and tourism activities in September 2019. According to the Business Registration and Licensing, BRL, sector in DED, 65.2 per cent of the new licences were professional, 33.2 per cent commercial, 1.2 per cent related to tourism and 0.4 […]

Expo 2020 construction will completed by the end of the year

Dubai: Exactly one year before the Expo 2020 kicks off in Dubai, construction work on the site is close to completion and infrastructure work is all done, organisers said. At a media briefing on Monday, Reem Al Hashimi, director general for the Expo 2020 Dubai Bureau, said the event, which kicks off on October 20, […]

UAE Minister Obaid Humaid Al Tayer meets with IMF and WBG officials

Washington: Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, met with senior officials from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG), as part of the annual meetings of the IMF and WBG. The meetings were recently held in Washington, USA. Al Tayer reiterated the importance of these meetings to […]

World Customs Organisation delegation visits Dubai Customs, views latest practices

DUBAI: A high-level delegation from the World Customs Organisation, WCO, has visited Dubai Customs to learn about its business processes and practices applied. The delegation, headed by Ricardo Treviño Chapa, WCO Deputy Secretary- General, were received by Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, Dubai Customs Director-General. The delegation toured the Dubai Customs stand at Gitex 2019 and learnt […]