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24,000 Dubai Government Employees Tried Flexible Working — Here’s What the Results Show
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24,000 Dubai Government Employees Tried Flexible Working — Here’s What the Results Show

Dubai Government has completed its Our Flexible Summer 2026 programme after more than 24,000 employees across 49 government entities took part. The Dubai...

UAE Corporate Tax deadline September 30
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Miss the September 30 Deadline? UAE Businesses Could Face Monthly Tax Penalties

UAE businesses whose Tax Period ended on 31 December 2025 face a September 30, 2026 deadline for filing their Corporate Tax return and...

UAE work permits
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UAE work permits for overseas hires can be processed in 2 days

UAE employers looking to recruit workers from outside the country can apply for a new overseas work permit through the Ministry of Human...

Dubai skyline representing the emirate’s growing creative industry FDI and investment ecosystem
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Dubai Takes the No.1 Spot Globally for Creative FDI — And India Played a Big Role

Dubai ranked No. 1 globally for greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in the cultural and creative industries in 2025, according to Financial...

Big UAE tax changes are coming in days — here’s who will be affected
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Big UAE tax changes are coming in days — here’s who will be affected

The UAE is introducing a new minimum Excise Price of AED1 per millilitre for liquids used in electronic smoking devices from September 1,...

Al Maktoum Airport automated people mover
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Al Maktoum International Airport Expansion: What Dubai’s Dh128 Billion Project Includes

Dubai’s Al Maktoum International Airport is set to get what is being described as the world’s largest airport automated people mover (APM) system....

UAE digital currency VAT rules
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UAE Just Changed How Digital Currency Is Reported for VAT

The UAE Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has issued a new directive explaining how businesses must convert digital-currency values into UAE dirhams for VAT...

UAE government payment options
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UAE Government Adds Aani and Jaywan as New Payment Options for Federal Fees and Fines

What happened?The UAE Ministry of Finance has introduced Aani and Jaywan as new payment channels for federal government fees and fines. Who is...

Sheikh Mohammed approves the UAE National Programme for Developing the Statistics System to modernise GDP measurement.
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Big Change for the UAE Economy! Sheikh Mohammed Approves New GDP System

What happened?His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has approved the National Programme for Developing the Statistics System in the UAE, introducing...

UAE banks report strong Q2 2026 financial results as ADCB, FAB, Emirates NBD and RAKBank post higher profits despite regional tensions.
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Regional Conflict Couldn’t Slow UAE Banks—Q2 Earnings Tell the Story

What happened?Major UAE banks reported strong second-quarter earnings, with higher profits, growing customer deposits and increased lending despite geopolitical uncertainty linked to the...