The Dubai Expat Diaries

Some believe that attending to CSR issues ignores commercial reality and will eat into profit. But growing ethical and environmental concern can create opportunities for businesses and being ethical doesn’t mean you can’t make money, grow and survive as a business – after all there is nothing unethical about making money, just how you go [...]

Construction companies in Dubai have a bad wrap. They poor reputations stem from appalling working conditions for labourers teamed with long hours, withholding workers passports and bad pay – if any pay at all.
It’s not surprising workers are now saying no to UAE working conditions and returning to their own countries for recruitment.
The UAE’s construction [...]

In Dubai, there is a shortage of 26,000 apartments, condo’s (condominiums) and various other housing units, in comparison to the expected delivery of 40,000 units during 2006. This has resulted in rise in apartment and condo rents during the first quarter of this year, according to results of a new research.
Delays in key projects in [...]

Construction projects continue to rise throughout the UAE. As these projects grow in popularity, hiring workers for construction and engineering jobs continues to be a priority for construction companies.
Indian construction labourers are increasingly turning down construction job offers in the UAE because salaries are poor. Comparatively, wages are increasing in India due to their own [...]

The vast majority of Western Expatriates living and working in Dubai enjoy their lifestyle.  Their lifestyle includes the infamous Dubai high standard of living, tax free salaries, fantastic weather most of the year, great healthcare and good educational prospects and amenities. Jobs in the PR industry are well paid and the Lifestyle PR sector is [...]

The Dubai property market is still booming in the UAE. With rental prices increasing month on month, more and more residents and businesses are now looking to get on the Dubai housing ladder. Commercial property sales (such as shops, offices and hospitality ventures) have also shown promising growth and good returns over the past few [...]

Dubailime.com, the culture and community portal for Dubai and Nokia, the global leader in mobile telecommunications today announced that the Dubai Lime Music Podcast will now be available as a default feed in the Nokia Podcasting application available to all Nokia S60 3.x devices which includes the popular Nokia Nseries and Eseries devices. This deal [...]

Dubai, a developing city where dreams come true everyday. It is a city with tall buildings and bright lights where it is easy to loose yourself in the hum drum of construction and constant change. Dubai is a city with a diversified culture where people from different backgrounds, cultures and industries are starting socialize together [...]

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Dubai, a developing city where dreams come true everyday. It is a city with tall buildings and bright lights where it is easy to loose yourself. Dubai is a city with a global culture where people from different mind sets socialize together.There are a lot of cultural and social events [...]