The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has launched the ‘Basic Tax Information Bulletin’ as part of its campaign for 2020, where it seeks to continue raising tax awareness and providing taxpayers with periodic and detailed tax information. In its first edition, the bulletin focuses on tax treatment for the education sector (schools, pre-schools, and nurseries). Available
Al Ghurair Properties, the real estate development arm of Al Ghurair Investment that offers a wide portfolio of residential properties that strategically respond to the UAE residents’ needs has announced significant company growth in 2019, doubling its year-on-year top-line performance, both in terms of turnover and the number of units completed. With thoughtful design, superior
The talented young winners of the Oxford University Press (OUP) Story Writing Competition were honoured today at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature (4-9 February 2020) in a special prize-giving ceremony. The annual competition is a fixture of the academic calendar with more than 3000 students from the UAE sending in their entries this year.
The nation’s young poets of the future were recognised today at the prize giving ceremony of the Taaleem Award for Poetry held during the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature (4-9 February 2020). The winners received a commemorative book featuring their winning entries and a plaque, awarded to them by Festival authors Martin Kiszko and Hassan
Standard Chartered’s new Wealth Expectancy Report, which examines the saving and investment habits of 10,000 emerging affluent, affluent and high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) across 10 fast-growing economies, reveals a universal challenge: people’s aspirations outstrip their ‘wealth expectancy’, or their total net wealth at age 60. Savers in the UAE, with a wealth expectancy of USD864,000, face one of
The Indian Business and Professional Council (IBPC) Dubai – one of the largest association of Indian businessmen and professionals – and Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum City, District One – part of the master development Meydan and Platinum sponsor of IBPC Dubai– recently celebrated the 71st Indian Republic Day at District One premises. This was attended by VIPs including
Azizi Developments, a leading private developer in the UAE, has sold a whopping 82% per cent of its inventory across its 6 ongoing and planned projects in Al Furjan, the new high-growth corridor of Dubai. Azizi has set foot in Al Furjan with its philosophy of ‘customers first’ in mind. The developer has already completed
