The experience would start before I even entered the airport. Shortly after booking the flight, I was prompted to book a private car service to pick us up from our house and take us to the airport.
Many UK nationals working in the UAE, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia are looking to return home. However, being in the UK increases the likelihood of being classified as a UK tax resident under the Statutory Residence Test (SRT).
While wealthy and glamorous influencers try to convince their followers that their upwardly mobile lives in Dubai are just peachy, in reality, many young Irish teachers and nurses are wondering whether it's time to pack up and return home.
The lack of sympathy for Australian and British expats and influencers in Dubai has been curious, especially after their adopted home was bombed in the initial days of the war.
The ongoing conflict between the US and Israel against Iran is creating significant challenges for Gulf Arab nations, which are already feeling the economic strain from rising tensions and instability in the region.
We are closely monitoring the developments in the Middle East and the potential implications for our business. At this stage, we have temporarily suspended deliveries in the area, while managing few deliveries via airplane.
In the UK, income tax can reach 45%, corporation tax has climbed toward 25%, and dividend taxation further reduces net income. In Dubai, by contrast, personal income tax does not exist, and qualifying free-zone income may benefit from 0% corporate tax structures.
Your boy is currently in the middle of World War III right now," the day trader Mike Babayan, who posts under the handle "Nitrotrades," said into his camera on February 28, a clip that garnered 1.1 million views on Instagram Reels. It was a departure from his usual fare of filming fancy sports cars and stock-trading strategies. Now "I am seeing a lot of people who are just, like, packing up and leaving altogether.
This case represents a troubling development where a tourist, already traumatised by the incident, is being treated as a national security risk over what would ordinarily be considered minor conduct. No harm was intended. Under these laws, he can be kept indefinitely.
The experience of booking an air taxi will be much like reserving a four-wheeled Uber. In the app, after entering your destination, Uber Air will appear as an option for eligible routes. The Uber app will book a flight and an Uber Black to pick you up and drop you off at a Joby "vertiport."
The old playbooks for business growth are proving less effective in today's rapidly shifting economic landscape. What actually works now, instead? As CEO of TECOM Group, the developer of Dubai's 10 most vibrant business districts across six priority economic sectors, I've witnessed firsthand how diversification and agile strategies, particularly through purpose-built ecosystems, have become essential for sustainable growth. Today's economic landscape is shifting at a pace that requires businesses to respond with agility, adjusting once-reliable growth and expansion strategies to diversify and stimulate growth.
The Gulf has become an art market hot spot, but insiders say the biggest challenge facing its newest arrivals isn't how to tap the region's wealth, it's how to unlearn assumptions that they may bring with them, particularly concerning the area's money, power, and cultural depth. With Art Basel Qatar debuting next week, the region is no longer a peripheral scene but a new axis of influence for the trade.
Generations of foreign workers in the GCC countries have significantly contributed to the workforce, including labourers, construction workers, household staff, security personnel, and cleaners, all vital to building the modern infrastructures that Gulf nations are known for. Millions consider the Gulf their home, despite holding nationalities from other countries.
Five bronze towers soar 400 feet above Saadiyat Island, the ever-expanding cultural district just off the coast of Abu Dhabi. The structures-which recall the wings of a falcon, a highly prized symbol in the United Arab Emirates-are the architectural signature of the Zayed National Museum, which opened in December. Two weeks before, another vastinstitution, the Natural History Museum, debuted. They will be followed later this year by the most ambitious of all-the late Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Abu Dhabi.
Arkham Intelligence says bitcoin mining operations linked to the UAE's Royal Group are sitting on roughly $344 million in unrealized profit, excluding energy costs. Arkham attributed about 6,782 BTC to wallets connected with UAE royal-linked mining activity, valuing the holdings at approximately $453.6 million at the time of analysis. The firm said the implied profit reflects the difference between current bitcoin prices and estimated production costs, though it noted the figure does not account for electricity and operational expenses.