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How do I choose a name for my UAE company?
In the immortal words of Shakespeare – what’s in a name? When it comes to your business, the answer is a lot! In most cases your business name is one of the first things your potential customers will know about you, so it’s vital that it makes a good impression. When...
Setting up a company in Sharjah Airport International Free Zone
For any business setting up in the UAE, free zones are an attractive proposition. Accounting for around one-third of the nation’s non-oil revenue, free zones offer entrepreneurs and business owners a host of benefits including 0% corporate and personal tax, 100%...
Tips for working when the kids are around
As every mumpreneur out there knows, if you don’t work around the kids, then you won’t get much done at all. And you know what else working mums are all too aware of? That working around the kids is far easier said than done! That’s not to say it’s impossible or that...
Setting Up a Company in Fujairah Free Zone Authority
Sales statistics – focus on those that matter, ignore those that don’t
As salespeople we are surrounded by statistics – quotas, volumes, margins, targets and others – which influence our own and other people’s perceptions of our success. Yet, as the famous quote goes, ‘there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.’...
Businesses without offices – is this the way forward?
Office-less working. Working from home. Telecommuting. Whatever you call it, it’s definitely on the rise. For employees today, work is often seen as an activity not a place, and organisations of all sizes are scrambling to accommodate for fear of becoming...
The minimalist mumpreneur: Keeping it simple for success
Have you escaped the rat race? Let’s face it, if you’re reading this then it’s unlikely you are one of the daring few to have chucked the mobile phone and headed for the hills to live a life of self-sufficiency. In fact, you may have no desire to live off the grid –...
How to Hire in the UAE
Are you wondering how to hire employees in the UAE? No matter what industry you are in, finding the perfect candidate is never easy. Sifting through CVs can feel like a minefield at times, and that’s often only half the battle. As well as possessing the right degree...
Inspecting the SME playing field in the UAE
There’s an expression in sporting circles – ‘walking the course’. It describes visiting a competition venue before your event takes place to scope out opportunities and make yourself aware of any possible dangers. Golfers do it, jockeys and show jumpers do it, and...
Company Formation in DMCC – Dubai Multi Commodities Centre
The UAE’s free zones are well-known around the world – and it’s not hard to see why. With 0% corporate and personal tax, 100% company ownership, 100% repatriation of capital and profits, no currency restrictions, and 100% import and export tax exemption on offer to...
The mumpreneur wish list
Entrepreneurs are busy. Mumpreneurs are busier. There is always something that needs doing, whether it is meeting deadlines, running reports, filing accounts, scouting for new clients or developing products or services. And there will always be a gulf between the...
What will VAT mean for companies in the UAE
Is it boom time for VAT specialists in the UAE? Following the announcement last year that the UAE will introduce VAT on the 1st of January 2018, those of us working here must prepare for a huge shift in the economic and financial landscape. In most cases it will not...
