Dubai-based Qashio launches UAE’s first corporate card
UAE – Qashio, a UAE-based fintech company, has launched the first corporate expense management card and software for business transactions in the country. The platform will enable business owners and financing partners to have more control over their expenses, according to a press release on Wednesday. Through the software programme, entrepreneurs will be able to control […]
Abu Dhabi’s NPCC wins $673mln Aramco contracts
Abu Dhabi-based National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) has been awarded two contracts worth a total of $673 million by oil producer Saudi Aramco. Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange-listed National Marine Dredging Company, which wholly owns NPCC, said in a bourse filing that the first contract relates to Aramco’s Jafurah Development Program project and is worth $460.2 […]
Dubai Customs is ‘Great Place to Work’ for second year in a row
Dubai Customs has been certified among the best workplaces in the UAE for the second year in a row in the large-size company category. The annual report has been compiled by management consultancy Great Place to Work, which compiles the survey in 60 countries. Researchers sent out a ‘trust index’ to employees of companies, […]
Dewa to organise Wetex and DSS 2022 in September
The 24th Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition (Wetex) and Dubai Solar Show (DSS) consolidate Dubai’s position as a global platform and a role model for the latest technologies for water, energy and the environment. The show, from September 27 to 29 at Dubai’s World Trade Centre, also promotes the Dubai’s position as […]
Indian duo on seven-nation trip ride to UAE on 22-yr-old scooter
The travel bug to explore the world on a two-wheel ride bit childhood friends Ibrahim Bilal and Mohammed Afsal Haq sometime late last year. However, unlike some folks who pick adventure bikes for globe-trotting antics, Haq and Bilal, who call themselves ‘AB Tech Vibe’, chose to embark on a seven-nation journey on a 2000 model […]
UAE Jobs: Etihad to recruit in Dubai from Monday
Etihad Airways, which is hiring for multiple vacancies, will recruit cabin crew in Dubai in the coming week. Starting Monday, June 13, the UAE’s national carrier said interested applicants can register and submit their CVs at Dusit Thani Hotel in Dubai. “With operations ramping up for a busy summer season and new Airbus A350s entering […]
Dubai airport runway work on track for June 22 completion
Dubai Airports has announced that the Northern runway rehabilitation programme at Dubai International (DXB) has surpassed its midway point on schedule, paving the way for the reopening of the runway on June 22. Since May 9, more than 1,000 vehicles and 3,000 people have been working on-site at DXB to complete the project, […]
Abu Dhabi Exchange records highest trading value in Arab region for May
The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has recorded the highest increase in trading value among the Arab financial markets in May at 292.64 percent while the Palestine Exchange topped the list in terms of trade volume increase, according to Arab Monetary Fund (AMF). The AMF in its monthly newsletter covering Arab financial markets […]
UAE: Khalifa University ranked country’s best for the fifth year in a row
Khalifa University of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi has come out on top in two global rankings as the best in the UAE. For the fifth year in a row, the research-oriented Khalifa University is the top-ranked institution out of 11 universities from the UAE assesed in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings […]
Abu Dhabi’s Multiply Group added to FTSE Global Equity Index Series
Abu Dhabi-based Multiply Group, a technology-focused holding company, has been added to the FTSE Global Equity Index Series (FTSE GEIS) Mid Cap Index in its June quarterly review. The inclusion, which comes into effect on 20 June, will boost visibility and add to shareholder diversity, the company said in a statement on Monday. FTSE GEIS […]