Bounced cheques in the UAE: What amended law means for defaulters

Dubai: The new amendment to the UAE’s Commercial Transaction Law gives power to the court to suspend the trade licence of a defaulting company for six months. As bounced cheque issues arise in various circumstances like personal or individual transactions, purchases, commercial transactions, bank loans, property rents, etc, the new amendments will preserve the cheque […]

Enterprising Dubai – StarzPlay, streaming ahead and creating locally

Dubai’s creative economy is providing opportunities for both the creators of content and the entrepreneurs that can distribute it to hungry audiences. For Maaz Sheikh, CEO and Co-Founder of StarzPlay, the ease of doing business and a government that embraces collaborative approaches meant he was able to establish a streaming service that is serving not […]

Why you should never open unknown emails: Fighting ransomware attackers

Dubai: You think your network is “bomb-proof”? Or your organisation’s digital assets are “safe”? Think again. No matter how airtight you think work or organisation’s network is, there’s always a way in for the most persistent intruders. From the hackers’ point of view, we — the end users — are the best route of an […]