A new colour-coded system for the Al Hosn app has been approved by the UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention. It will cover six categories, including fully vaccinated, people awaiting their second dose or who are late for their second dose appointment, those exempt from receiving the vaccine and those not vaccinated.

Gaining trust requires consistency, integrity and time: losing trust can take seconds and last forever. It is a vital component of the customer satisfaction process and is particularly important in the new world created by COVID-19. The pandemic has changed many things, but one constant element in the consumer’s decision-making process.

Average rental rates in Northern Emirates dropped in the range of 3-11 per cent during the first quarter of 2021. Residential property rents have become more affordable in the Northern Emirates over the past one year — mainly due to low demand, high supply.

BSV Hub for MESA (Middle East & South Asia) launches to build awareness and grow usage of BSV blockchain

The UAE is working on a legislation to include 10 new sectors under its commercial companies’ law, which allows for 100 per cent ownership of onshore entities in the country.

As the International Air Transport Association continues to trial its digital pass, in a bid to enable safe travel amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Dubai Airports chief executive Paul Griffiths has said wider implementation of the system is “inevitable”. Speaking to the BBC, Griffiths said: “I don’t think there is an alternative.”

Is it the Last Supper for videoconferencing? Surely not. Zoom Vaccination rates are increasing. At least among those who enjoy a luscious mixture of self-preservation and public-spiritedness. Masks are being tossed aside, as the CDC says it’s OK to bare your face outdoors.

HSBC issued the first green mortgages in the UAE, joining lenders around the world that are offering sustainable finance products to align with their environmental, social and corporate governance commitments under the Paris Agreement. The lender approved three mortgages for customers purchasing homes in The Sustainable City community in Dubai.