Author: Kasun Illankoon

Reaffirming its commitment to enriching the lives of its customers every day, Al-Futtaim Automotive has unveiled a first-of-its-kind showroom in the UAE dedicated to pre-owned light commercial vehicles (LCVs). Located in Ajman, the newly opened showroom offers a variety of market leading LCV brands within a 2,721 m² facility that has enough space to exhibit 30 vehicles on display at once. Providing further convenience and peace of mind for customers, the showroom will also feature a state-of-the-art service facility. The showroom offers light commercial vehicles from leading automotive brands including Toyota and RAM, as well as several more as…

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Dar Al Arkan, the leading real estate company in Saudi Arabia, continues its dynamic growth momentum by announcing the opening of its office in Beijing, China. The announcement is in line with the Dar Al Arkan’s strategic expansion and builds on spreading the leading Saudi Arabian brands globally. Dar Al Arkan’s Beijing office will serve multiple functions to allow for joint ventures between Dar Al Arkan and leading Chinese real estate developers for the Chinese and the Saudi market, further increasing and facilitate collaboration between Saudi Arabia and China and enhance investment and knowledge sharing opportunities. The office will primarily…

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Read the full magazine right here: https://bit.ly/3GJoPbW Our Jan/Feb cover story has the leading facilities management companies and executives discuss various topics and issues affecting the industry, such as contractual gaps, worker wellbeing, working closely with real estate developers, breaking into the hospitality industry, and so much more. Speakers included Mohamad Abou Laban, CEO Deyaar Facilities Management ; Satinder Pal Singh, COO at EFS Facilities Services Group (EFS); Mohammed Alsharaf, Divisional CEO at iFM Holdings; and Marc Daly, Director – Hard Services at ServeU LLC The FM Giants Roundtable was hosted at largest and tallest observation wheel, Ain Dubai,…

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Launched in 2018, ZāZEN Properties is building unique residential developments in established communities of Dubai, catering to the mid-market segment consumer and providing a ‘community within a building.’ Its projects are built with sustainability in mind, with access to ample lush, open spaces and solar power, reducing the building’s energy consumption. ZāZEN Properties’ flagship development, ZāZEN One, located in the vibrant JVT community, is the perfect option for families looking to find a home that caters to all aspects of modern family life. Set to finish construction in December 2021 and handover at the end of January 2022, the development…

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Design Middle East is pleased to introduce the combined edition of January-February 2022, which focusses on the new exciting things that we can do in the future. The cover story features the perspectives of the region’s finest designers who’re studying various trends while keeping in mind clients’ shifting demands in the face of the pandemic, sustainability, wellness, constrained budgets, immersive experiences, and technology advancements such as Metaverse and NFT in mind. Plus, other exciting reads. Go, check it out HERE

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Kent has been awarded engineering work for the V Net Zero (VNZ) Project by Harbour Energy, the UK’s largest independent oil and gas company. The project will store CO2 from the Immingham SuperPlace, located in the Humber region, the UK’s most energy-intensive industrial area, and could help decarbonise more than 50% of the area’s industrial emissions. The VNZ CO2 Transport and Storage project is expected to help securely store up to 11 million tonnes of CO2 per year (MTPA) by 2030, and more than 12 MTPA by 2034, 9000ft below the North Sea in the depleted gas fields of the…

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HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director General, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) & Commissioner General for Infrastructure, Urban Planning and Well-Being, inaugurated the ‘Golden Cube’ centre for real estate investor services at Dubai World Trade Centre in the presence of HE Major General Mohamed Ahmed Al Marri, Director General of General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) in Dubai; HE Awad Saghir Al Ketbi, Director General of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA); Major General Ahmad Mohamed Rafee, Acting Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Administration Affairs at Dubai Police; and HE Sultan Butti Bin…

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Nominations are now open for the inaugural Women SME Leaders Awards 2022, the first initiative of its kind to recognize and further empower women-owned and run SMEs across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, staged by Mastercard and Entrepreneur Middle East. The winners will be announced during a virtual awards ceremony on March 29, 2022. Nominations for the Women SME Leaders Awards 2022 can be submitted HERE by 28 February, 2022. Those interested in attending the virtual event can register HERE. All female individuals and/or businesses who have their headquarters/offices in the MEA region or offer their services to these markets can submit their nominations for…

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AYESA, a leading international technology and engineering services firm, has announced the acquisition of Irish-UK engineering consultancy ByrneLooby, for an undisclosed consideration. Founded in 1998, ByrneLooby has expanded to become an internationally regarded engineering consultancy employing over 225 professionals in 14 offices across the Middle East, UK and Ireland who provide expert engineering and design services covering a number of specialist sectors including marine and coastal, buildings, transportation, energy, environment, water and waste management. AYESA, which is headquartered in Spain, is one of the world’s largest engineering firms and a leading provider of technology services such as artificial intelligence,…

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Dubai Municipality has announced its vision for the year 2030 and the launch of the new strategy, in line with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, as part of the new methodology in government work for the next fifty years, focusing on “transition to faster government work, faster than before and closer to reality, and more in line with global changes,” and working on flexible and rapid strategic cycles that are applied through major transformational projects. Dawoud Al Hajri, Director General of Dubai…

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