Team Building Events Can Benefit Business Team building events are often viewed with a sense of scepticism. Many individuals, from directors to trainees, believe that team building events aren’t useful and that they don’t have a positive effect. This is far from the truth. Whilst some team building activities are undoubtedly poorly designed and ineffective, others can do wonders for a...
Entrepreneurs to drive UAE's future economic growth Dubai is a renowned financial and business hub, but its rise to global prominence is in many ways rooted in the entrepreneurial spirit of pioneering businessmen and traders who took the leap into the unknown during the city’s early days. Today’s high-rises and gleaming skyscrapers are a far cry from the small desert...
Visa reforms to give confidence to investors, entrepreneurs Dubai: Businessmen in the UAE are expected to be more confident in investing more as a long-term stay brings more certainty, according to experts. On Sunday, the UAE relaxed norms for investors and entrepreneurs to get a higher duration visa upon investment of a fixed sum, a few weeks after the UAE upgraded...
UAE leads Arab world in economic freedom UAE businesses enjoy the highest economic freedom in the Arab world. This opens a wealth of opportunities to grow for UAE Inc. It also helps reduce poverty in the country, generate more employment opportunities and makes workforce and credit easily available. According to the Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom of the Arab World's annual report...
UAE Cabinet approves long-term visas for certain expats, lists conditions The UAE Cabinet has approved the long-term visa system for expatriates announced by the country earlier this year, while also confirming the criteria that need to be met, official news agency WAM reported. The UAE announced that it would grant five or 10-year residency visas to investors, entrepreneurs, specialists in the...
Effective Approaches for Entrepreneurs to Cultivate Greater Business Success 1. Resilience You will fail more than you succeed. The key to success is not giving up. If things don’t go your way, learn what you can and try again. Resilience is what separates Steve Jobs and other successful entrepreneurs from people who had great ideas, but you have never heard of....
UAE Banks prepare to suspend customers if they fail to submit Emirates ID Consumers have until February 28 to update their records before they face repercussions UAE banks have put measures in place to suspend customers that do not comply with the Central Bank of the UAE’s directive to submit their Emirates ID. Upendra Balchandani, head of products, retail banking, at Commercial Bank...
Free zones: star attractions in UAE’s office property space ‘Dual licensing’ option, generous fee incentives drawing tenants cutting across sectors Dubai: Businesses in the UAE wanting something more than a change in their office address are finding free zones to be where the action is. In fact, in what has been another tough year for the office property leasing market, free zones...
Properly Manage a Development Team Setting specific goals and eliminating roadblocks which lead to failure is something that an excellent manager can effectively accomplish. Unfortunately, this is not as simple as it sounds. The Qualities of an Excellent Manager Compared to an Incompetent One By no means is managing a team of developers an easy endeavor. It takes a great deal of...
New laws to boost UAE's banking sector UAE Banks Federation said the new laws would help boost the competitiveness of the economy while positively impacting the banking sector. UAE - The Board of Directors of the UAE Banks Federation (UBF) welcomed a series of new laws issued recently by the government and said they would help boost the competitiveness of the economy while...
