Why the UAE’s Import Dependency Is a Strategic Risk - and What Businesses Can Do About It | By Aadil Datta, CEO, Elite Horizon General Trading LLC
Fri, 5th Jun 2026
Why the UAE’s Import Dependency Is a Strategic Risk - and What Businesses Can Do About It | By Aadil Datta, CEO, Elite Horizon General Trading LLC

The current wave of regional conflict and maritime disruption has done something that years of supply chain commentary could not: it has made the cost of import dependency impossible to ignore. Sea freight routes are under pressure, shippin...

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When I Arrived in Dubai, This Is What Struck Me Most | By Zeshan Raja, Founder of ZRC International
Fri, 5th Jun 2026
When I Arrived in Dubai, This Is What Struck Me Most | By Zeshan Raja, Founder of ZRC International

I have spent twenty-five years working in governance, risk, compliance and business transformation in the UK.

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AI Taking Over the Knowledge Economy – How to Survive | By Urooj Shaikh, CEO of Workstream Automation
Wed, 3rd Jun 2026
AI Taking Over the Knowledge Economy – How to Survive | By Urooj Shaikh, CEO of Workstream Automation

I chat to small business owners all the time about how AI could shake up their businesses. Most of them either don’t really care or just don’t think it’ll make much difference to what they do.

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UAE Construction Disputes Driven by Regional Tensions | By Nawal Hend, Senior Associate, BSA LAW
Wed, 20th May 2026
UAE Construction Disputes Driven by Regional Tensions | By Nawal Hend, Senior Associate, BSA LAW

The current wave of regional tensions in the GCC driven by maritime insecurity in the Red Sea, the Strait of Hormuz, and surrounding trade corridors, has shifted disruption risks from the exception to the imminent. Shipping route suspension...

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Personal Connectivity Lies at the Heart of the UAE-UK Relationship | By British Ambassador to the UAE Edward Hobart CMG
Tue, 19th May 2026
Personal Connectivity Lies at the Heart of the UAE-UK Relationship | By British Ambassador to the UAE Edward Hobart CMG

I started my tenure as the British ambassador to the UAE in the year of Cop28, infected by typical Emirati optimism. It was a tremendous honour to be involved in the visit of King Charles III, for so long a leading voice on environmental is...

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Hospitality in Times of Uncertainty | By Dr. Naim Maadad, Chief Executive and Founder of Gates Hospitality
Mon, 18th May 2026
Hospitality in Times of Uncertainty | By Dr. Naim Maadad, Chief Executive and Founder of Gates Hospitality

For more than three decades, I have had the privilege of working across the hospitality industry, navigating cycles of growth, disruption, reinvention, and recovery. If there is one thing this industry has consistently proven, it is its res...

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Why Integrated Facilities Management Is Becoming a Resilience Strategy in the Gulf | By Graham Easton, Managing Director IFM GCC at ENGIE Solutions
Fri, 8th May 2026
Why Integrated Facilities Management Is Becoming a Resilience Strategy in the Gulf | By Graham Easton, Managing Director IFM GCC at ENGIE Solutions

While IFM is often associated with cost efficiency, Graham Easton, Managing Director, ENGIE Solutions IFM GCC, argues that its real value becomes clearer in uncertain operating environments.

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The Pension That Cost £48,000 Before a Single Decision Was Made | By Mauro De Santis Bo, Senior Partner, GSB
Fri, 8th May 2026
The Pension That Cost £48,000 Before a Single Decision Was Made | By Mauro De Santis Bo, Senior Partner, GSB

How a UAE-based professional discovered his pension had been restructured without his knowledge, the adviser held no valid licence, and what it took to rebuild from the ground up.

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Why Resilience Planning Needs a Rethink in Today’s Risk Environment | By Patrick Hallgate, Advisory Services Director, Serco
Wed, 6th May 2026
Why Resilience Planning Needs a Rethink in Today’s Risk Environment | By Patrick Hallgate, Advisory Services Director, Serco

Across the Middle East, resilience and rapid response planning has become a priority for organisations operating in increasingly complex and uncertain environments.

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You Want to Visit Dubai. Here Is Why Insurance Should Not Be the Thing Stopping You | By Sonny Ridgewell, Director, Seven Insurance Brokers
Tue, 5th May 2026
You Want to Visit Dubai. Here Is Why Insurance Should Not Be the Thing Stopping You | By Sonny Ridgewell, Director, Seven Insurance Brokers

We hear it every week. Someone wants to visit Dubai. A family member. A colleague. A client. They have looked at flights. They want to come. But there is a travel advisory in their home country, and they assume that means their insurance wi...

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