Living in Dubai has been one of the great chapters of my family's life. The UAE gave us something genuinely rare: a safe, open environment to raise children, build a career, and put down real roots in a community that, despite drawing people from every corner of the world, feels remarkably cohesive. For all the

The joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran that began on 28 February 2026 reshaped the operational environment for Gulf financial centres overnight. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s assassination in the opening wave, followed by Iran’s retaliatory strikes across the region, created conditions where geopolitical headlines move currencies within hours. Dubai’s banks and capital markets operate in

The UAE has been moving fast on technology, with AI strategies, smart government, and digital infrastructure across almost every sector. The humble invoice has not been left out of that push.

Just over a year ago, the World Economic Forum described the GCC as experiencing a golden age for startups and entrepreneurs. It is a striking claim, and the numbers bear it out.

It’s 2026, and Singapore continues to hold the top spot on the Passport Index. This ranking is a stark reminder that the circumstances of your birth can shape how easily doors open later in life.

For most of modern business history, competition has been the dominant story. Companies protected their market share, outmanoeuvred rivals, and measured success by how effectively they outperformed their competitors.

Global trade has always demanded nerve. You identify an opportunity, build a relationship, and move goods across borders in the hope that everything arrives intact, both commercially and legally. But over the last few years, the calculus has shifted.

Let’s not pretend the past few weeks have been business as usual. They haven’t, not for the region, not for global markets, and not for the businesses and individuals who have built their lives and livelihoods here.

Performance volatility is often diagnosed as a channel problem.Paid efficiency softens, organic visibility shifts, social engagement plateaus, and conversion rates fluctuate. The instinctive response is to optimise harder – refine targeting, adjust budgets, or change agencies.

Nobody can say with confidence how long a period of geopolitical disruption will last. That uncertainty is not a failure of analysis – it is the nature of the thing. What looks intractable from inside an escalation often resolves faster than the most cautious forecasts suggest.