AJMAN: The Department of Economic Development – Ajman (DED Ajman), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai SME, to implement several initiatives aimed at enhancing cooperation that support national entrepreneurs. The MoU seeks to fulfil key initiatives for SMEs such as signing them in various concessions, providing the best training and marketing strategies for their projects and products, collaboration …

DUBAI: Nshama, the developer of stylish master-planned communities trusted by customers for quality and delivery, has signed a contract with Majid Al Futtaim Retail to open a new Carrefour Hypermarket in Town Square Dubai. Spanning 8,000 square feet, the Carrefour Hypermarket will be centrally located in Town Square Dubai and is scheduled to open in the third quarter of this …

LONDON: Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU) and INDEX Conferences and Exhibitions achieved an outstanding participation in the annual educational trade fair ‘Bett Show’ in London, with the aim of promoting Innovation Arabia 12– a pioneering conference and exhibition dedicated to ‘innovation’ in the Middle East. The delegation was headed by Dr. Mansoor Al Awar, Chancellor of Hamdan Bin Mohammed …

KARACHI: The much-awaited event Beyond Beautiful finally had a grand opening with a Gala Night on 25th January at Marriott Hotel. The three-day event strives to bring the best in the beauty industry and aimed to give new perspective & set new standards, and so Gala Night proved that it will successfully manage to do that. The first day of …

KARACHI: Coca-Cola Pakistan will be sponsoring Shabnam Bashir, an up and coming self-made beautician from Lahore, to participate in ‘Beyond Beautiful’ – the first ever beauty expo in Pakistan, to be held in Karachi on January 26 and 27, 2019. Shabnam is one of the 7,500 beneficiaries from the Coca-Cola funded microfinance project ‘5by20 Pakistan’ in partnership with Kashf Foundation, …

By Irfan Pardesi LONDON: Founders Forum, a global community for digital and technology entrepreneurs, is giving start-ups the chance to pitch their business ideas on the future of air travel.  On June 12, with support from British Airways, a panel of leading investors and CEOs will be 30,000 feet in the sky while ideas are pitched from the ground via …

KARACHI: Recently Google released its YouTube Ads Leaderboard for Pakistan for the year 2018. This list represents the top 10 ads and branded content people chose to watch on YouTube through a combination of popularity and promotion. According to an Ipsos research, YouTube is the number one online video streaming platform among millennials in Pakistan with it reaching 80 percent …

DUBAI: Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, yesterday announced a milestone at its under-construction Guinea bauxite mining project as the first loaded train travelled from its subsidiary Guinea Alumina Corporation’s mine to the coast. The 80-wagon train carried some 6,800 tonnes of bauxite ore from GAC’s mine to the company’s …

NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, France: Bureau Veritas will sponsor France’s Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) which will run from October 20th 2020 to April 10th 2021. Bureau Veritas Group is supporting France’s participation in the Expo 2020 Dubai in the form of a skills-based sponsorship initiative that comes under an agreement with COFREX, the French exhibitions committee, which …

KARACHI: Meezan Bank, Pakistan’s leading Islamic bank and the Best Bank in Pakistan has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with KIA Lucky Motors Pakistan Ltd – a collaboration between KIA Motors Corporation, South Korea and the Yunus Brothers Group, Pakistan, formed to start vehicle assembly / manufacturing operations in Pakistan. The signing ceremony took place at Meezan House, Meezan …