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Land Sterling defines how energy audits can improve sustainability in the region

  FINALIST GULF CAPITAL SME AWARDS 2021     Land Sterling defines how energy audits can improve sustainability in the region Efficient energy models can help a property save up to 5% in cost and energy consumption. Land Sterling is the region’s leading property and real estate consultancy. Backed by data-driven reports, Land Sterling provides […]

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Boosting your wellness since 2021 – HAYAWIIA

  WINNER FedEx Start-up Business of the Year GULF CAPITAL SME AWARDS 2021       Tahany Taher Co-founder   While the pandemic had confined & limited us in several ways, it also became a catalyst towards motivating people across the globe for a positive change towards the health of the people & the future […]

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Your Expert Legal Support – Hamdan AlShamsi Lawyers & Legal Consultants

  FINALIST GULF CAPITAL SME AWARDS 2021     Hamdan Al Shamsi Senior Partner   Your Expert Legal Support Established in 2011, Hamdan AlShamsi Lawyers & Legal Consultants (HAS) has adapted, expanded and paved the path for our diverse range of legal experience and clientele. Based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, our legal practice provides […]

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IQ Fulfillment expands influence and solutions through the launch of IQ Hybrid

  FINALIST GULF CAPITAL SME AWARDS 2021     IQ Fulfillment expands influence and solutions through the launch of IQ Hybrid at Hypermotion Dubai taking place at Expo 2020 IQ Fulfillment, the first robotic fulfilment solution in the MENA region, is expanding upon its solutions by launching IQ Hybrid, a licensing model for the IQ […]

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Women stepping into leadership roles – Opaal Interiors

B2B Small Business of the Year 2021 Emirati Business of the Year 2021 FINALIST     Noor Al Muhaideb – CEO & Founding Partner As a team, we’ve been thinking about how businesses and especially women in business have been affected during the pandemic and how we can support our team as we return to […]

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Traceability is a key enabler of digital transformation – Verofax

Sustainable Business of the Year 2021 FINALIST       About Verofax Verofax is a Digital Asset Management solution provider, validated and available across Europe, Asia and the Middle East over multiple cloud environments.  Verofax helps businesses achieve sustainable supply chains, one-to-one engagement with customers, and complete traceability across operations. Verofax is a Microsoft co-selling […]

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Meet Melda Akin, winner of ‘New Entrepreneur of the Year 2020’

New Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 WINNER         Meet Melda Akin, Founder & Managing Director at D14.AI, a revolutionary Dubai SME, providing AI-driven software platforms for healthcare clinics, gyms and logistics companies.  Q1 Tell us more about your career progression and how D14.AI was founded? While in secondary school, I learnt to […]

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The man behind the technology…meet Alexandre Rigaud in an exclusive tête-à-tête

Digital Business of the Year 2020 FINALIST       Alexandre Rigaud, CEO and Co-founder of Sport Technology Engagement Protocol (STEP); a digital health and fitness platform offering its affiliates a technical environment and a motion-based reward system with a wide range of rewards. An entrepreneur at heart, Alexandre has channeled his love for arts, […]

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Unlocking growth for SMEs

    The global fulfillment services market, which was valued at $44 billion in 2017, is pegged to grow at a CAGR of 4–5 percent to $48 billion – $52 billion between 2018 and 2020, reaching a value of $55.6 billion by 2021. Retail and e-commerce expansion and the growth of online buying options have […]

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Transforming the face of e-commerce logistics

    From locations on city-outskirts housing uninteresting line-ups of endless packages to becoming fascinating places where robots run the show, warehouses are nearing the pinnacle of the paradigm shift that might change the way the world has understood logistics as an industry. Thanks to technology and its impactful derivatives, like artificial intelligence and robotics, […]

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IQ Fulfillment: A full-service solution for SME fulfillment needs

    The global fulfillment services market, which was valued at $44 billion in 2017, is pegged to grow at a CAGR of 4–5 percent to $48 billion – $52 billion between 2018 and 2020, reaching a value of $55.6 billion by 2021. Retail and e-commerce expansion and the growth of online buying options have […]

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Develop in Dubai: Tridel’s approach to sustainability

    Tridel Technologies began five years ago in Dubai, with a passion for developing innovative solutions for environmental monitoring. Dubai, with its world class infrastructure and quest for absorbing the latest technologies, provided an ideal location for the evolution of Tridel Technologies. Dubai has a reputation for superlatives, and Tridel over the last five […]

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7 Ways IntelliSoft’s autoExpress™ can transform your auto dealership

    The auto industry is one of the fastest-growing industry segments, with 60 million projected sales for passenger cars in 2020. Coincidentally, it is also one of the largest economic sectors by Revenue worldwide and is one of the least affected industry segments due to COVID-19. With the demand for passenger cars and commercial […]

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Why should parties arbitrate?

    Arbitration has become an increasingly popular method of dealing with disputes. For example, in 2019 there were over 2,700 new arbitration cases received by a number of key arbitral institutions (208 DIAC, 308 HKIAC, 869 ICC, 39 ICSID, 406 LCIA, 199 PCA, 479 SIAC, 175 SCC, 7 ECT and 62 WIPO). The question […]

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How to pivot your career during a crisis?

    Nicki Wilson, CEO, Genie Recruitment 2020 will go down as a year of uncertainty, change, and perhaps forced re-direction for some. We have never seen so much activity in the market both from a candidate and client perspective. With nothing to benchmark against we have ridden the storm and learned a lot on […]

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Embracing creativity & technology to transform the cleaning services industry

    Ever since the global pandemic shrouded the entire world, there was a distinctive need to stand out from the competitive fray especially in the highly saturated cleaning industry. There is no denying the fact that COVID-19 had an omnipresent impact on businesses irrespective of size and scope.  Crystalblu was able to successfully navigate […]

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CellSave Arabia celebrates 15 impactful years in the Middle East

    CellSave Arabia celebrates 15 years as the first and largest stem cell laboratory in the region. The laboratory was established in 2005 in Dubai, bringing breakthrough, novel stem cell technology to the region. During its 15 years of operation, CellSave Arabia has helped thousands of parents preserve the precious stem cells of their […]

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What Bait Al Kandora’s second win for ‘Emirati Business of the Year’ means to its founder

    A confirmation like no other for the SME’s mantra ‘Wear it with Pride’ 3 years ago, on the eve of October 11, 2017, our men’s high fashion brand, Bait Al Kandora was awarded the coveted title of ‘Emirati Business of the Year 2017′ by two of the industry’s most respected business entities, Gulf […]

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The Power Of ‘Hello’

    Discussing the strategy behind Ascentia Services’s contact center management Contact centers are stereotypically seen as home to monotonous scripts and unmotivated workers, who count the seconds until the end of their shift. They are seen as a necessity, and therefore efforts to enhance the empathy found within a call center are often put […]

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Transforming a challenge into a chance

    How Ascentia Services maneuvered through 2020, a stormy year for SMEs  With 2020 coming to an end, we are all reflecting on an unprecedented year. We at Ascentia have connected with many SMEs throughout the year, and many have repeated the same mantra “2020 hasn’t been about making a profit, it’s about survival. […]