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How to implement the perfect employee incentive scheme

Business startups in the UAE tend to offer two main kinds of incentives to employees: cash bonuses and stock ownership.    Cash bonuses  Simply put, cash bonuses are pre-set payments that are awarded to employees when their performance empowers the company to fulfil certain objectives. Some companies choose to offer annual bonuses to staff; others stagger payments over a more extended time...

5 Women Entrepreneurs Making Waves in Dubai

Here are five entrepreneurial women that you should definitely know about.   Nadine Mezher – SARWA Cofounder of financial investment and advisory firm, Sarwa, Nadine Mezher wanted to start a business that made financial loans more accessible to new and young startup owners in Dubai. Partnered with a Canadian team, and now the chief managing officer, her company offers minimum-account options,...

How to save money during your first year as a startup

  Practice patience.    It is unlikely that you’ll turn a profit the first year after opening a business in UAE. It’s important to keep in mind that this first year of business is a learning curve. Your priorities should be learning what works and planning for a stable future for your business. You’ll be mastering skills like problem solving on-the-go, setting reasonable goals, assessing...

Transforming Financial Services Compliance for The Digital Age

United MakGroup Technologies LLC Joins Verint Financial Compliance Partner Program    Dubai, UAE, February 2, 2020 – United MakGroup Technologies LLC, a leading mission critical technology solutions specialist in the Middle East with domain expertise in banking and financial institutions, today announced it has joined a financial compliance partner program created by Verint® Systems Inc....

Healthigo acquires DrFive creating the largest patient focused platform in the region

Healthigo provides care-seekers a single platform to connect with all stakeholders in their healthcare journey. With more than 18,000 doctors at 2400+ healthcare providers mapped to 100+ insurance providers in UAE, Healthigo allows for personalised search, instant appointment booking, offers & promotions, as well as contextual health & wellness articles. Healthigo’s unique business model is...

How to start a business in a UAE Free Zone

The free zones in the UAE can be categorised into two groups—industry-specific and general-purpose. Here's to give you an idea:   Industry-Specific Free Zone Industry-specific free zone specialises to only particular or interrelated sectors. Examples of these free zones are Dubai Internet City and Silicon Oasis, which are specifically designed for the IT and innovation industries. Or, Dubai...

How to structure the perfect business plan for success

Now, it doesn’t mean that you have to perfect your business plan from the get-go. A well-written business plan requires time and effort, and it keeps evolving as you learn and understand more about your business, your market, and ultimately, yourself.   However, even how important a business plan is, some entrepreneurs today still underestimate its relevance to achieving business success. And...

How to protect your company from the pitfalls of a startup

If you are a startup company, there is always a phase of trial and error. At this stage, learning from your own mistakes and of others is pivotal to your growth as it is an opportunity to discover a more effective business approach. It allows you to change your perspective and have a deep awareness of what your business needs to thrive.   However, without the right strategy or external support,...

How to protect your company from the pitfalls of a startup

If you are a startup company, there is always a phase of trial and error. At this stage, learning from your own mistakes and of others is pivotal to your growth as it is an opportunity to discover a more effective business approach. It allows you to change your perspective and have a deep awareness of what your business needs to thrive.   However, without the right strategy or external support,...

Bombay Shirt Company announces the true omnichannel custom shirt experience

  Retailers usually find it difficult to provide a seamless brand experience in the store as well as online.  Bombay Shirt Company delivers a beautiful omnichannel experience for custom made shirts across not two, but three channels – store, online and visiting stylist.  The brand does this by marrying contemporary technologies with old school tailoring techniques and mixing with it a passion...

UAE's Trendy Home Fixtures Leading The Consumers Into TechShopGo

Past few months, local Emirati's and population accross UAE has been looking forward to the newly opened digital venture Techshopgo.com in Dubai. The Shop Owner offers the best prices and discounts in competition to Sharafdg and Amazon in Consumer and Home Eletronics variants of Home Lights, Gadgets , Smart watches and Technology Products. A recently made contact with the shop owner indicated us...

Polar Bear Pitching redefines pitching competitions from 12th to 13th of March in Oulu, Finland

The most extreme business event in the world will take place again next March in Oulu, Finland. The theme of the event is Business Unusual, which means that Polar Bear Pitching changes participants and business, challenges everything you hold true and thus, redefines the whole future. Arctic circumstances have always forced people to come up with innovative solutions and this is what Polar Bear...

Why is Privacy important?

We now live in a world where we are exposed to various types of risks and stresses. He can be in stressful situations all over the world. Let's take an average family, for example, a husband, wife and two children. The man works full time, five days a week, eight hours a day. The wife may be taking care of the children and even working at part-time job. From early in the morning, the man can...

(R)evolution - New Wallet Release by CloakCoin.

No matter the project or technology behind them, we can agree on one thing - we have had an intense year in cryptocurrency. Amongst other things, what stood out to everyone was how much innovation took place. Hundreds of cryptocurrencies came into existence, bringing with them new ideas, possibilities and directions for blockchain technology. It was exciting to imagine the future through their...

Serco Middle East Fosters its Emiratisation vision for Growth and Development

Serco Middle East, a leading provider of public services has always been passionate about building a greater presence of National staff, particularly in leadership roles across its business and ultimately developing the knowledge and skills of National staff within all its sectors of operation. To have a successful Nationalisation programme and be an employer of choice for National staff, Serco...

Serco Middle East Fosters its Emiratisation vision for Growth and Development

Serco Middle East, a leading provider of public services has always been passionate about building a greater presence of National staff, particularly in leadership roles across its business and ultimately developing the knowledge and skills of National staff within all its sectors of operation. To have a successful Nationalisation programme and be an employer of choice for National staff, Serco...