Work-Life Balance in the UAE – Does it Matter? It matters irrespective of whichever country you are living in. Striking a perfect balance between work and life is a difficult challenge to pull off even in the best of times, but it is all more daunting during these times of uncertainty and economic stagnation that[...]

Emirates Extends the Validity of Tickets up to 24 Months The Coronavirus (Covid-19) has caused huge problems for airlines, most of whom have had to ground most or all of their planes. This has resulted in millions of passengers demanding refunds for canceled flights. In these difficult times, the Dubai based airline Emirates has come[...]

The Central Bank of the UAE wants banks to accelerate the implementation of the stimulus relief Scheme The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE) has urged all the banks operating within the country to extend support for individuals, medium and small size enterprises and corporates whose business operations have been impacted by to[...]

Sharjah Book Authority Launches Online Reading Festival The Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) has recently launched the very first Sharjah Virtual Reading Festival (SVRF) which will run for 10 days from 27th May to 5th June, 2020. The reading festival has been announced at a time when millions of people around the world are staying at[...]

How Covid-19 is Impacting the Education Sector in the UAE? On 8 March 2020, the Ministry of Education (MoE) in the UAE announced an early spring holiday break, and the students were ordered to remain at home for a minimum of one month as part of preventative measures to stop the deadly novel coronavirus (Covid-19)[...]

UAE Banking Sector Joins Hands with Law Enforcement agencies to Topple Cybercrime Networks Operating in the UAE The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) and UAE Banks Federation (UBF) together with Dubai Police and Abu Dhabi Police have initiated the country’s first nationwide fraud awareness marketing campaign. The purpose of this initiative is to protect consumers[...]

UAE’s Federal Tax Authority (FTA) recently issued a directive in which it provided an alternate date of  May 28, 2020 for submitting VAT returns and the resulting payment in case any tax amount is due for the tax period ended March 31, 2019. The FTA has taken this decision to support VAT registered entities and[...]