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UAE service industry driving demand for skilled staff

Tue, 15 Nov 2022

With international events such as Expo 2020 Dubai attracting over 24 million visitors to the UAE alone, the service industry has seen tremendous growth in the past 18 months, driving high demand for skilled employees, said an industry expert.

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CFOs can leverage ESG to drive corporate growth

Thu, 10 Nov 2022

ESG (environmental, social and governance) is now central to how firms across sectors define their purpose and corporate philosophy, and it is increasingly reshaping corporate conduct and practices.

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Personalisation key to travel transformation: Sabre expert

Thu, 10 Nov 2022

Travellers expectations have changed drastically during the pandemic and the travel industry needs to better understand the behaviours and expectations of the new traveller in order to respond to them, says Roshan Mendis of Sabre.

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Metaverse presents ME telcos multi-trillion-dollar prospect

Wed, 09 Nov 2022

Metaverse represents a major new market for Middle Eastern telcos with early estimates of the overall size of the Metaverse opportunity to be around $13 trillion by 2030.

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Year 2023 will see a rise in cyber-attacks causing 'zero trust'

Thu, 03 Nov 2022

BeyondTrust’s top cybersecurity trends for 2023 include a rise in ransom-vaporware, cyber un-insurability, compliance conflicts and cloud camouflage.

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Trends shaping sustainability innovation in 7 industries

Tue, 01 Nov 2022

Innovation is shaping sustainability in every industry including advanced manufacturing services (AMS), retail, banking, energy, healthcare, consumer products and automotive.

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Most robots won’t take on a human form: study

Tue, 25 Oct 2022

Science fiction often speculates about robots that are virtually indistinguishable from humans. However, while there are examples of humanoid robots being developed, the majority of robots will not take after their creators, says GlobalData.

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Work-life balance a myth for over 50pc of Mena employees

Mon, 24 Oct 2022

Over half the employees in the region have considered leaving their current job to find better work-life balance at some point during the past 12 months, says a survey.

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Legacy planning 'key to protect $3.2trn GCC family wealth'

Wed, 19 Oct 2022

Family-owned businesses in the UAE and the GCC countries are in danger of losing billions of dollars of wealth and assets due to lack of legacy or succession planning, says an expert.

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Automation, smart working among top trends in region

Thu, 13 Oct 2022

A new study has listed `factories’ automation’ as one of the top three emerging trends in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the UAE in 2023. The other two upcoming trends for 2023 in the two GCC countries, according to the study by Poly, are smart liv