The second meeting of the UK-UAE Joint Economic Council discussed proposals to set up joint working teams on energy, education, health, infrastructure, finance and business, small and medium size enterprises and defense. http://www.zawya.com/story/UKUAE_Joint_Economic_Council_considers_7_joint_working_teams-WAM20120516161639531/

WAM Abu Dhabi, May 8th, 2012 (WAM) — The Central Bank of the UAE announced today that a Joint Workshop between United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom regarding “Recovery of Proceeds of Crime and Asset Sharing” will be held tomorrow at the Interco…

The inaugural ‘Made in UAE’ exhibition will help boost trade and also increase industrial sector’s share in the country’s gross domestic product, or GDP, according to top government officials.

  The Links Group – leaders in company formation in the UAE and Qatar for over 10 years – this week met with construction companies from Malaysia and the UK to discuss establishing a commercial presence in Qatar. Held on the sidelines of Project Qatar 2012, the separate seminars were hosted by the Malaysian External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) and the Construction Products Association, a representative body for the UK’s manufacturers and suppliers of construction [...]

Being held under the auspices of the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, His Excellency Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani , Project Qatar 2012 -the International Construction, Building, Environmental Technology, and Building Material Exhibition – kicks off yesterday at the Doha Exhibition Center. http://www.zawya.com/story/Project_Qatar_2012_kicks_of_another_remarkable_year-ZAWYA20120429145435/

WAM Abu Dhabi, March 18th, 2012 (WAM) — The Department of Economic Development in Abu Dhabi (DED) is organizing 5th Annual UAE Global Investment Forum on Wednesday at the Emirates Palace. More than 300 delegates from over 20 countries is participating in

Too many UK small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are giving international trade the cold shoulder despite compelling evidence that firms of all sizes operating overseas are weathering the economic crisis better than those solely focused on the home market. And with non-EU exports coming under the spotlight, the research pinpoints a rising challenge for SMEs: managers’ lack of foreign language skills, or in the words of Education Secretary Michael Gove, the nation’s “perverse pride” [...]

The coveted five-day event, the world’s premier oil and gas forum, is being held in the Middle East for the first time since 1933 when the World Petroleum Council (WPC) was set up in London in 1933. “Almost every CEO of a major oil and gas company from across the globe will be descending on Doha to attend the event,” the chairman of the organising committee of the World Petroleum Congress, Issa bin Shahin Al [...]

Karachi—UAE Minister of Foreign Trade Her Excellency Sheika Lubna bint Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi will inaugurate the 3-day UAE EXPO 2011 on Wednesday November 30, to be held  at Expo Center. This was stated by H.E. Consul General of UAE Sohail Bin Matar Al-Ketbi while addressing a Press Conference. H.E. Sohail Bin Matar Al-Ketbi informed that an International Conference would be held on the second day while finale of the EXPO would coincidewith UAE’s 40th [...]

DUBAI – The inaugural Emerging Market Airport Suppliers Conference (EMASC 2011), scheduled next month, will talk about opportunities for suppliers in emerging markets’ airport developments worth $160 billion, according to its organiser.