Dubai has unveiled an AED 1 billion incentive package to ease financial pressure on businesses and individuals affected by the Iran conflict, effective 1 April and running for three to six months.
Ask most people what kinds of companies have been setting up in the Gulf in the last few years, and they’ll give you the predictable answer: real estate, oil services, trading. And yes, those sectors remain well represented on any business registration report across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and beyond.
Most of the conversation about how governments handle disruption focuses on their response. How quickly did they act? How well did they communicate? Did the right decisions get made under pressure? These are reasonable questions, but they start one step too late.
Modern marketing has never been more sophisticated. Teams now work with real-time dashboards, multi-touch attribution models, and near-continuous optimisation cycles. Campaigns are planned carefully, creative is tested, and performance is tracked down to decimal points.
From pizza to amphibious limousines, and from diamond-studded toilets to street-legal Batmobile replicas, the list of things you can purchase from your phone in Dubai knows no bounds.
Abu Dhabi-listed Aldar Properties has 172 active tenders valued at AED 30 billion (USD 8.2 billion) across its development portfolio, with construction underway across 141 sites spanning Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah.
Kuwait-listed Heavy Engineering Industries and Shipbuilding (HEISCO) has received board approval to acquire a 50% stake in Pure Works & Services Company for KD 7.3 million (USD 24 million).
US investment giant Blackstone has committed AED 918m to Advanced Digital Gaming Technology (ADGT), a UAE-headquartered payments and data-intelligence company – marking its first regional investment since the onset of the Iran conflict.
Dubai has reached its highest ever position in the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), rising to seventh place globally among 137 assessed centres – the only Middle East financial hub to rank in the top 10, according to Z/Yen Group.
Dubai has reached its highest ever position in the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), rising to seventh place globally among 137 assessed centres – the only Middle East financial hub to rank in the top 10, according to Z/Yen Group.
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