Recently two headlines have appeared in British media that seem to present completely contrasting views of Dubai - “Dream Job Sends Employees to Dubai and Pays £200,000 with No Qualifications Needed” and “What Not to Do in Dubai as a Tourist”.
Read MoreThe city of Dubai is rightly famous for the glitz and glamour of its architecture. There’s an abundant supply of majestic properties with sprawling gardens or swanky apartments overlooking its yacht-lined marinas. But despite all that opulence, the emirate remains one of the least costly places to own a home.
Read MoreDid you know that one-third of the world's population lives within a 4-hour flight and two thirds within a nine-hour flight from Dubai?
When I arrived here to live and work in 2003, I joined 1,014,379 registered Dubai residents
On 1 November 2017 according to the Dubai Statistics Centre (Government of Dubai), I am now one of the 2,872,252 residents, and the city is on track to reach 3.4m in 2020 and a staggering 5.2m in 2030, hopefully, I will still be here.
Read MoreDubai - Economic activity in Dubai remained positive during the first nine months of this year with 10 new company licences being issued in every business hour.
As many as 15,268 new business licences were issued by Dubai's Department of Economic Development including 1,152 in September alone as the emirate continued to attract investors looking at competitive locations.
Read MoreDid you know that 80 percent of the Dubai population live in rented accommodation - apparently that makes Dubai one of the largest rental marketplaces in the world?
Did you also know that Dubai tenants sign12-month tenancy contracts and pay in advance for the entire year via one to four post-dated cheques?
Here’s an alphabet that’s all about this rare, wonderful, sometimes weird, and always dynamic city…
We love this city: in Dubai you can eat every world cuisine (and for everything from Dhs10 to Dhs1,000 a head); you meet people from different countries every day and you never know when an entirely new suburb is going to pop up next to where you live.
It’s a city of today, and a truly global place – and because of that, it’s definitely full of its quirks.
Here are 26 illustrations that those of you who’ve lived in Dubai a while will definitely relate to…
Read MoreThe total project value hits new high as three year countdown to the mega event begins. The combined value of Expo 2020-related development projects has reached $33 billion (Dh121 billion), as the UAE begins the three year countdown to the event, according to BNC Network.
Read MoreThink of Dubai and the first thing that comes to mind is probably not flamingos, but a far-reaching skyline, endless shopping and plenty of nightlife. The Burj Khalifa has held the "tallest building" title since 2010, while the Dubai Mall is the biggest retail space on the planet. The most spacious indoor theme park (IMG Worlds of Adventure), tallest Ferris wheel (the soon-to-be-completed Ain Dubai) and a host of other superlative structures call this wealthy emirate home. But stunning examples of nature do exist in this Persian Gulf city-state where desert bumps up against water, right alongside some of the world's largest man-made structures.
Read MoreThinking of visiting Dubai in the near future? Here are some of the most exciting technologies ready to hit one of the world's most impressive cities.
In addition to being home to some of the world’s most luxurious hotels and biggest shopping malls, Dubai has also carved out a well-deserved reputation for being willing to go big with the latest emerging technology. From robotic police forces to autonomous taxis, here are our picks for Dubai’s most exciting (and, if you don’t live there, envy-inducing) tech innovations.
Read MoreMy clients are almost all British or European, either living and working in their home country or as ex-pats across the world. They tend to own more than one property at home and are choosing to invest in Dubai to diversify their portfolios, they are attracted by the lower prices and higher yields from tax-free Buy to Lets and want to escape the increasingly restrictive rental and mortgage regulations in their home countries.
Read MoreResidents from overseas markets, particularly from India, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, United States and Pakistan are currently the top potential buyers of properties in Dubai.
Read MoreDubai has been becoming one of the world’s leading legal hubs for a while and, more recently, has become crucial for deals in Africa. Its importance has grown so much in the past 15 years that Jonathon Davidson, of Dubai-based Davidson & Co, says it now contains one of the highest concentration of British expat lawyers in the world, second only to Hong Kong.
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