According to the World Bank’s influential ‘Ease of Doing Business’ rankings for 2017, the UAE has been listed as one of the world’s most improved economies ranked in 26th place. The new ranking has placed the UAE ahead of countries ...  more

The Department of Naturalization and Residency (DNRD – Immigration Department) has recently announced changes to the ‘visa on arrival’ regulations for European passport holders. Holders of all European passports residing in the Eur...  more

According to the Federal Customs Authority (FCA), the direct non-oil trade in the UAE totalled AED 269.5 billion during the first quarter of 2016. This included AED 166.1 billion worth in imports, AED 46.8 billion in exports and AED 56.6 bi...  more

On 26th April 2016, members of the Links Group attended the British Business Group Dubai & Northern Emirates’ (BBG) annual Golf Day at the Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club. The first tee-off took place at 8am followed by another a...  more

According to Arcadis, the leading global design & consultancy firm for natural and built assets, Qatar and the UAE rank second and third as the most attractive countries for infrastructure investment. Despite low oil prices in both coun...  more

Qatar’s plans to pass a law to introduce the use of public-private partnerships (PPPs) by the end of 2016 is a positive move which will likely attract further foreign investment. With one of the most promising project markets and under th...  more

Dubai has seen unprecedented development over the last 45 years and the eyes of the world will certainly be on the region when it hosts Expo 2020 Dubai between October 2020 and April 2021 – the first world Expo to be held in the Middle Ea...  more

On 6th April 2016, Links Group and the British Business Group Dubai & Northern Emirates hosted an evening networking session at Jumeirah Emirates Towers to discuss the topic of ‘Mitigating Risk for your Business’. Led by our Fou...  more

Although the end of the first quarter brings a degree of uncertainty in what remains an unpredictable global economy, we are seeing that while there is dampened interest in the volume of businesses interested in entering the UAE, those that...  more

Since it was founded in 1971, the United Arab Emirates has developed exponentially from a regional trading hub, predominately in the pearl industry, to one of the largest economies in the GCC with a well-planned economic diversification str...  more