5th Middle East Tyre, Auto & Spare Parts Expo (METAS) reinforces UAE’s position as the gateway for Chinese automotive br...

5th Middle East Tyre, Auto & Spare Parts Expo (METAS) reinforces UAE’s position as the gateway for Chinese automotive brands to MENA

The 5th edition of the Middle East Tyre, Auto & Spare Parts Expo (METAS 2026) concluded today at Expo Centre Sharjah after three days of intensive trade activity, drawing over 19,000 professional buyers and generating approximately USD 210 million in tentative cooperation orders across the three-day event. Organised by Inter Commerce Expo Corp. (ICEC), METAS […]

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COSMOPROF WORLDWIDE BOLOGNA MARKS 60 YEARS OF SHAPING THE GLOBAL BEAUTY INDUSTRY WITH A REIMAGINED 2027 EDITION - cosmopro...

COSMOPROF WORLDWIDE BOLOGNA MARKS 60 YEARS OF SHAPING THE GLOBAL BEAUTY INDUSTRY WITH A REIMAGINED 2027 EDITION

Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna, the leading global event for every sector of the cosmetics industry, will return from 18 to 21 March 2027. The edition will celebrate 60 years since the event was founded and introduce a significant evolution of the exhibition layout, designed to further enhance networking and business opportunities for industry professionals. The announcement […]

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The Silent Disqualifier: Why Tech and Finance Brands in the UAE Lose Institutional Buyers Before the First Meeting - silen...

Seven Tabs Do Not Make an Operating System

A property adviser starts the morning with a portal lead, moves the conversation to WhatsApp, copies the customer into a CRM, opens a project brochure, checks availability in a developer group, searches a cloud folder for the latest payment plan and updates a commission spreadsheet. Management sees a technology stack. The adviser experiences one job […]

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du unveils SME playbook with Huawei to Simplify Digital Transformation for UAE Businesses

du, the leading telecom and digital services provider, has announced the launch of du Business’s SME playbook, From Set Up to Set for Growth, developed in collaboration with Huawei UAE. SMEs and startups form the backbone of the UAE’s economy, and the guide is designed to help SMEs get more value from the digital tools they already use, […]

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Company Spotlight: Jassen Trenkow, Founder & Managing Partner of DynamiCOO & dCOO.ai - company spotlight

Company Spotlight: Jassen Trenkow, Founder & Managing Partner of DynamiCOO & dCOO.ai

What is DynamiCOO and why did you build it? DynamiCOO was created to solve a problem I saw repeatedly across large institutions, growing companies, and founder led businesses: strategy is usually not the hard part. Execution is. Most organizations know what they want to do. The difficulty is turning decisions into coordinated action, maintaining control […]

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Why SMEs Should Stop Thinking About AI as a Tool and Start Using It as a Growth Strategy

Small and medium sized enterprise refers to businesses that are defined by revenue rather than by industry. SMEs are grouped into different micro, small, and medium categories based on revenue, and sectors from manufacturing and retail to services. Most owners of medium sized enterprises know how artificial intelligence can fit into their business. There are […]

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Business Leader Spotlight: Collins Mazhambe - business leader

Business Leader Spotlight: Collins Mazhambe

Tell us about yourself and your career journey I am a Chartered Accountant and Corporate/Group Finance Controller with just over two decades of experience across Africa and the Middle East, currently working in fintech and subscription-based consumer technology services. My journey has taken me from a blue-chip manufacturing group in Zimbabwe, through senior finance roles […]

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June 2026 Cover Feature: Angela McKillop - june cover

June 2026 Cover Feature: Angela McKillop

Tell us about yourself and your background My name is Angela McKillop. I grew up in Scotland and went into childcare before deciding to start my own business at the age of twenty two. That business grew arms and legs and ended up becoming very successful. We started off doing kitchens and bathrooms and ended […]

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