


Pull out your wallet in a Dubai cafe and there is a good chance you will not need the notes inside it. Cards, phones, watches and QR codes now handle a large share of everyday payments in the UAE. For…

If you want to start a law firm in Dubai, the first thing to understand is that Dubai does not treat every legal practice the same way. An advocacy firm and a legal consultancy firm have different per…

You have chosen a business name, bought the domain and started working on the logo. Before you spend more on packaging, signage or a trademark application. It is important to check whether the brand i…

Payroll can look fairly simple when your company has five employees. You calculate salaries, make a bank transfer and send payslips. Then the team grows. You start dealing with overtime, unpaid leave,…

Competition law in the UAE has become far more relevant to everyday business decisions. The main law, Federal Decree-Law No. 36 of 2023 Regulating Competition, has been in place for several years. But…

Commercial gaming in the UAE has moved into a formal federal regulatory system. What was once a largely restricted market now has licensed lottery operations, land-based gaming, internet gaming, sport…

Dubai has spent years building its artificial intelligence ecosystem. In 2026, the focus became much more specific. On 4 May 2026, Dubai announced a two-year programme aimed at moving the emirate's pr…

Buying Dubai property has traditionally meant committing a large amount of capital to one unit. Real estate tokenisation changes that model. A property can be divided into digital ownership units, all…

The UAE is becoming one of the Middle East's biggest markets for data centres, cloud infrastructure and high-performance AI computing. This is happening at serious scale. The planned UAE-US AI Campus…

Starting a cleaning company in Dubai can be a practical business idea if you understand one thing early: the licence is only part of the setup. You also need to consider the services you will offer, w…

The UAE insurance market is large and closely regulated. Gross written premiums reached about AED 74.8 billion in 2025, according to figures reported from the Central Bank’s annual statistical report.…

Dubai welcomed 19.59 million international overnight visitors in 2025, up 5% from 2024. That level of demand supports businesses selling flights, holidays, tours, hotel bookings, transfers and corpora…