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Law Firm DLA Piper cut 8 jobs
Law firm DLA Piper cut eight jobs, while a “small number” of lawyers have taken voluntary sabbaticals. The company is hopeful of making no additional changes to an “excellent team that is doing well in a testing market”. From Arabian Business // More...
Dubai based ITP cuts 60 jobs
Gulf-based publisher ITP announced on Wednesday that it is laying off some 60 people and closing nine magazines this week. The company continues to publish over 75 consumer and business magazines and web sites in the Middle East and India, including Arabianbusiness.com. ITP issued a statement saying that it “deeply regrets the necessity of this More...
City7 cuts 90 jobs in Dubai
The owner of City7, an English language TV station in Dubai, confirmed on Monday that 90 jobs have been lost, adding that there will be more emphasis on news and information in the future. Mohi-Din Binhendi, president of Bin Hendi Enterprises, denied media reports last week that City7’s remaining 50 employees would have to take More...
Milford Real Estate in Dubai closes shop, 28 employees lost job
Dubai-based Milford Real Estate was forced to cease trading on Sunday, making it one of the first full casualties in the emirate’s property industry of the global economic downturn. Pam Brown, general manager, confirmed by telephone to Arabian Business that the firm, which was established in 2002, had now folded. Between 20 and 28 employees More...
Signs of Recession in Dubai as 86 percent more residency visas are cancelled
Dubai cancelled 86 percent more residency visas in January this year compared with the same period in 2008, official figures revealed on Tuesday. Data from Dubai’s Ministry of Interior Naturalization & Residency (DNRD) shows that 54,684 residency visas were cancelled during the month of January, compared with 29,418 in January 2008 – an 86 percent More...
20,000 Indian workers to be flown out of UAE
According to figures released by Indian Consulate in Dubai, 20,000 Indian workers, mostly labourers working in the construction industry, are leaving UAE in bulk booked flights to India. They are either being sent back home on long leave, or are being redeployed to work on projects in other Gulf countries, such as Qatar. The move More...