The fast-approaching 30th June 2016 deadline for SME and micro SME companies (that have less than 100 employees) to implement medical coverage for staff in line with the Dubai health insurance Law No. 11 has been highly publicised in the me...  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

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

When council resolution number 46 of 2014 was issued to regulate the connection of small-scale solar energy to Dubai’s power grid, there was initial uncertainty amongst the solar industry as to how the resolution would be implemented and,...  more

Links Group was awarded with the ‘Best Small Business’ accolade at the inaugural FinanceME Business Vision Awards for its continuous development as a top performing SME. The award was accepted by myself and John Highfield, Group Finance...  more

This month I had the pleasure of attending the British Business Group & Northern Emirates (BBG) ‘Membership Uncut’ event, hosted at the Hilton Hotel in JBR. As Platinum Sponsors of the BBG, Links Group had a dedicated table at this ...  more

On the 16th March 2016 Links Group was presented with the Partners Forum Award 2016 by the Dubai Department of Economic Development (DED) for its strategic partnership with the Dubai Investment Development Agency (Dubai FDI). The event t...  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