Economy

Emirates Steel Arkan has been EMSTEEL since 2024 — and its steel capacity has not grown since 2012. What the company’s own filings actually show.

ADNEC is a Modon company now, Capital Gate is not one of its venues, and it calls itself a seven-cluster conglomerate rather than an exhibitions business.

Energy rebates, land rent rebates, equity allocations and a private members club — the named incentives ADIO actually offers, from its own programme list.

Carbonated drinks stopped being an excise good on 1 January 2026 and sweetened drinks moved to a per-litre rate. The current rules, from the decision itself.

The 2022 agency law did not open agencies to foreign ownership, and the transition is not two years. What the Ministry’s own text actually says.

How Etihad’s equity-alliance strategy collapsed in 2017, what replaced it under ADQ, and why the much-reported ADX listing still has not happened.

Fifty years of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority — what it discloses, why it never publishes its AUM, and the insourcing shift behind its returns.

The UAE ended Economic Substance Regulations for financial years ending after 31 December 2022 — but 2019-2022 filings and penalties are still live.

The UAE e-invoicing deadlines, the five-corner model, who is in scope and the penalty schedule — including the deadline that moved to 30 October 2026.

How Etihad Rail freight works: the 900km network from Ghuwaifat to Fujairah, the terminals and ports it serves, and the Hafeet Rail link being built to Oman.

UAE Small Business Relief explained: the AED 3 million revenue threshold, the extension to 2029, who is excluded, and the election that must be made every year.

Inside AD Ports Group: the five clusters, Khalifa Port and its four terminals, KEZAD, the overseas concessions, and what the Hormuz disruption did to volumes.