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LANGUAGE: Arabic is the official language, although English is the most widely spoken language in Dubai. Public signs are often in both Arabic and English. Other languages in common use include Hindi, Urdu, Tagalog, Persian, Chinese, French and Russian.
The UAE is a business centre for the MENA region and an attractive destination for investors for a number of reasons, including infrastructure, logistics, access to skilled labour and geographical proximity to almost two-thirds of the global market. According to PwC and the World Bank’s “Paying Taxes” 2019 study, the UAE continues to have the...
From 2007 to 2017 the UAE’s industrial sector (defined as extraction, manufacturing, utilities and construction) grew by approximately 31%. According to consultancy Oxford Economics, it is set to grow marginally faster — by another 34% — in the 10 years leading to 2027. At the emirate level, Dubai’s industrial sector has likewise emerged as a...
The UAE currently has no system of federal income taxation. Instead, most of the emirates – including Dubai – enacted their own corporate tax decrees in the late 1960s. These emirate-level corporate tax decrees are of general application and remain in force as amended.
Rising health care costs, ageing populations and changing lifestyles in emerging economies are stoking demand for medical technology (medtech) solutions. These entail not just smart devices that remotely monitor and transmit biometric data, but any instance of technology that helps to deliver health services. These initiatives are happening...
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