DAFZA launches new ‘subscription-based’ startup programme

Dubai: Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA) has launched a start-up program called Scality, which will attract local, regional and global tech start-ups and enable them to establish and grow their businesses in the region. Scality offers start-ups the “opportunity to set up and operate their businesses with flexibility and convenience through a commercially effective way,” […]

Pakistan opens trade with India for import of sugar and cotton

Islamabad: Pakistan’s government on Wednesday announced it would resume trade with India in a sign of rapprochement in relations between the two countries. Pakistan’s economic coordination committee (ECC) agreed to import sugar and cotton from India, said the newly appointed Finance Minister Hammad Azhar at a media talk in Islamabad on Wednesday. To help stabilise […]

Pandemic creates ‘postwar boom’ for luxury carmakers

Famously reticent to disclose how many cars they sell or at what amount of profit, luxury automakers are finding it difficult lately to avoid crowing-just a little bit-about how well they did in 2020. “Let’s just say we began 2020 with the strongest order bank since 2003-and we started this January with 50 per cent […]

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Convenience meets cost-effectiveness at Fujairah Free Zone

In Fujairah Free Zone, cost-effectiveness, convenience and easy access to authorities as well as well-priced human resource facilities are the key factors that draw in entrepreneurs, says Sharief Habib Al Awadhi, Director General, Fujairah Free Zone. “I think the best thing about our free zones are the easy licencing procedures and cost-effective tariffs.” While easy […]

Saudi plans economic overhaul with $3.2 trillion investment

Riyadh:  Saudi Arabia on Tuesday announced plans to pump fresh investments worth $3.2 trillion into the national economy by 2030, as the top crude exporter accelerates economic diversification efforts. The announcement by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman underscores a push to jumpstart the domestic economy as the OPEC kingpin battles high youth unemployment and a coronavirus-triggered […]