Jenny Hunt
UAE Weekly Business News 10/01/22
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UAE Weekly Business News, Issue 68. 10th January 2022.
Trade licence and visa-related headlines
Dubai golden visa holders can skip extra driving lessons to get licence (The National 04/01/2022)
'Will I receive end-of-service benefits if I quit my limited contract early?' (The National 08/01/2022)
DAFZ launches ‘Talent Pass’ licence to attract innovators to Dubai (WAM 09/12/2021)
Bilateral trade-related headlines
Dubai British Business Group chair John Martin St Valery made an OBE (The National 03/01/2022)
Export drive for Indian honey in the UAE (WAM 06/01/2022)
Free trade deal 'will help UK remain among GCC’s major trade partners' (The National 06/01/2022)
UAE business and economy-related headlines
Alpha Dhabi Holding raises stake in Aldar Properties to 30% (WAM 03/01/2022)
Alpha Dhabi Holding acquires 25% of Al Qudra Holding (WAM 04/01/2022)
UAE Press: Dubai budget aligns short and medium fiscal goals (WAM 04/01/2022)
Dubai Duty Free records 40% jump in annual revenue as passenger traffic recovers (The National 04/01/2022)
Burj Khalifa apartment prices rise 23% in 2021 as market recovers (The National 04/01/2022)
Over 60 international countries represented at Arab Health 2022 (WAM 05/01/2022)
Abu Dhabi government staff must get booster shot to enter workplace (The National 05/01/2022)
Abu Dhabi research hub to set up propulsion centre to boost UAE space ambitions (The National 05/01/2022)
UAE salary guide 2022: how much should you be earning? (The National 05/01/2022)
UAE companies keen to invest in semiconductor businesses and technical industries in US (The National 05/01/2022)
Business activity in UAE continued to improve in December amid Expo boost (The National 05/01/2022)
Alpha Dhabi and ADQ sign deal to create UAE’s largest healthcare provider (The National 05/01/2022)
BBC highlights UAE’s ‘resilience’ against COVID-19 (WAM 06/01/2022)
Abu Dhabi's Al Qudra Holding to allow 30% foreign ownership of shares (The National 06/01/2022)
Majority of federal government staff to work in office under new Friday rules (The National 06/01/2022)
E-scooters to be policed as strictly as cars in Dubai (The National 06/01/2022)
Dubai retains title as world's busiest international airport in December (The National 06/01/2022)
Mohammed bin Rashid issues six Decrees regulating Dubai Chambers (WAM 09/01/2022)
Dubai Creek district to undergo world-class regeneration (The National 09/01/2022)
UAE's economic recovery to continue in 2022 despite Covid-19 headwinds (The National 10/01/2022)
Written by Jenny Hunt
Founder, Gateway Group, Abu Dhabi & Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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