From sweeping tax reforms in UAE Free Zones to report actual property gross sales in Dubai, it’s been every week of main headlines shaping the area’s enterprise panorama.
Unique offers, like Tashas Group’s $27m growth with Arada, spotlight shifting shopper developments, whereas Oman unveiled its landmark Golden Residency for buyers. Company tradition got here below the highlight with the revealing of the Center East’s 100 Greatest Locations to Work, and Dubai’s $1.36bn on-line meals supply market obtained a regulatory increase.
Meet up with the largest tales this week as chosen by Arabian Enterprise editors.
UAE proclaims new tax guidelines for Free Zones
The UAE has announced new tax rules for Free Zones in the country.
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) introduced the repeal of Ministerial Determination No. 265 of 2023, changing it with Ministerial Determination No. 229 of 2025 on Qualifying Actions and Excluded Actions, which clarifies the scope of Qualifying Actions for Company Tax functions in Free Zones.
The brand new updates develop the scope of Qualifying Commodity Buying and selling to incorporate industrial chemical substances, related by-products of qualifying commodities, and environmental commodities.
Dubai actual property data $14bn August gross sales, finest areas and initiatives revealed
Dubai’s property market recorded sales worth AED51.1bn ($13.9bn) in August 2025, up 7.9 per cent on the identical month final yr, based on a market replace from fäm Properties.
The entire variety of transactions rose 15.4 per cent year-on-year to 18,678.
Residences led the market, with gross sales value AED30.2bn ($8.2bn), a 29.2 per cent bounce in quantity to fifteen,900 in contrast with August 2024.
EXCLUSIVE: Tashas Group bets on suburban UAE eating in $27 million Arada three way partnership
Tashas Group has struck a AED100m ($27m) joint venture with UAE developer Arada to open at least 10 new restaurants across the Gulf over the next two years. The deal bets that demand for premium eating is shifting past the department stores and downtown districts of Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
The partnership, shared solely with Arabian Enterprise, will see the group’s flagship Tashas café idea and the soon-to-launch Café Sofi open in Sharjah, Al Ain, Ras Al Khaimah and Nad Al Sheba. The primary retailers will debut from December, together with a Tashas at Arada’s Aljada group in Sharjah.
The deal displays shifting demographics and tastes throughout the UAE, the place inhabitants progress, the Golden Visa programme and master-planned communities are driving life-style spending in secondary cities.
Revealed: 100 Greatest locations to work in Center East
The 100 best places to work in the Middle East have been revealed for 2025.
Nice Place to Work, a world analysis, coaching and consultancy agency, revealed its checklist of the 100 Greatest Workplaces within the Center East.
The main corporations had been categorised into 50 Massive, 25 Medium, and 25 Small organisations.
Oman launches Golden Residency as FDI tops $77.9bn
Oman has unveiled a landmark Golden Residency Program for Investors, providing renewable ten-year residency for buyers and their households, because the Sultanate strengthens its place as a long-term funding vacation spot.
The Golden Residency gives a number of pathways to residency, together with property possession in built-in tourism complexes, firm institution, authorities bonds or shares, and financial institution deposits.
Residency may also be granted to corporations creating 50 jobs for Omani residents or by way of nomination by overseas corporations for his or her companions and key staff.
Dubai points new guidelines to spice up $1.36bn on-line meals supply market
As a part of the initiative, DCCPFT has issued new trade tips aimed toward sustaining competitiveness, bettering enterprise requirements and attracting additional funding into the market.
Developed in session with supply operators, meals institutions and sector stakeholders, the rules cowl platform phrases of engagement, information entry and transparency.
Dubai’s World Islands present indicators of revival as new capital pours in, initiatives advance
Executives and brokers say demand from billionaires and household workplaces has returned to the World Islands after greater than 15 years of restricted exercise. Market stories and broader listings counsel pricing spans from round AED 50-125m ($14-34m).
Complete islands may command as much as AED588m ($160m), based on Ben Bandari, founder and CEO of property companies Benco and DevCore.
Saudi Arabia so as to add 600,000 sqm of life-style retail area by 2027: Report
Saudi Arabia will see lifestyle retail space in Riyadh and Jeddah increase by 600,000 square metres to 1.31 million square metres by 2027, based on Knight Frank information.
The expansion displays altering shopper habits and Saudi Arabia’s emergence as a retail vacation spot.
Common malls have unfold throughout city and suburban areas in Saudi Arabia, however the quantity of obtainable malls has made it tough for these areas to create buyer loyalty, the Riyadh and Jeddah Way of life Retail Scene report mentioned, including consumers have gotten selective and anticipate experiences past retail.
Dubai’s Nakheel Mall renamed Palm Jumeirah Mall
Dubai Holding Asset Administration (DHAM), proprietor and operator of one among Dubai’s most in depth retail teams, has officially rebranded Nakheel Mall as Palm Jumeirah Mall.
The announcement coincided with the opening of a redeveloped part that introduces a mixture of worldwide and home-grown trend, life-style, and eating manufacturers.
Since opening in 2019, Palm Jumeirah Mall has welcomed tens of millions of holiday makers yearly. The redevelopment and refreshed id mark the subsequent step in Dubai Holding Asset Administration’s technique to ship world-class life-style locations throughout the town.
Dubai launches new digital safety screener licensing system at airports
The initiative is applied in step with nationwide and worldwide requirements, reflecting the dedication of each entities to creating competencies and guaranteeing the sustainability of aviation safety.
The initiative comes throughout the framework of institutional integration and strengthening the partnership between the DCAA and Dubai Police.