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Viola brewing up desert stormTHE irony of a boy from Easterhouse conducting high-stakes global business from his luxury apartment in the Dubai Marina has not escaped John Viola. One of Scotland's busiest football representatives may have left his Bothwell base behind two years ago but reports of his professional demise have been greatly exaggerated. Barry Ferguson's long-serving agent and close friend opted for a drastic lifestyle change as the harsh financial reality of Scottish football finally bit. Yet far from indulging in the opulence of the millionaires' playground of the Middle East, Viola has never been busier. As well as operating a burgeoning property business in tandem with Derek Whyte, Viola is also a driving force behind the country's football boom. Once a salubrious retirement home for the likes of Gabriel Batistuta and Ronald De Boer, the Dubai soccer league has recently turned professional and, therefore, more discerning in its import policy. read more. Viola brewing up desert stormTHE irony of a boy from Easterhouse conducting high-stakes global business from his luxury apartment in the Dubai Marina has not escaped John Viola. One of Scotland's busiest football representatives may have left his Bothwell base behind two years ago but reports of his professional demise have been greatly exaggerated. Barry Ferguson's long-serving agent and close friend opted for a drastic lifestyle change as the harsh financial reality of Scottish football finally bit. Yet far from indulging in the opulence of the millionaires' playground of the Middle East, Viola has never been busier. As well as operating a burgeoning property business in tandem with Derek Whyte, Viola is also a driving force behind the country's football boom. Once a salubrious retirement home for the likes of Gabriel Batistuta and Ronald De Boer, the Dubai soccer league has recently turned professional and, therefore, more discerning in its import policy. read more. Indian MP calls for Bahrain-India shipping serviceDubai - An Indian MP from Kerala has called for the resumption of a shipping service between Bahrain and India for the benefit of low-paid Indian workers in that Gulf country. Pannyan Ravindran of the Communist Party of India (CPI) has said that he will submit a petition signed by 20 MPs from Kerala to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking resumption of the services, according to a report in the Gulf Daily News newspaper. Ravindran, according to the report, has said that the shipping services were necessary as the present airfares between India and Bahrain are almost the same as those on the India-Europe sector, which the low-paid workers cannot afford. Though a passenger ferry service was launched between the Gulf and India in 2001 by a Bahraini firm, it had to be subsequently cancelled as the vessel could not get a sea-worthiness certificate from India's Mercantile and Marine Department. read more. Will Saudis Emulate Dubai's Development Bonanza?The grass is always greener on the other side. Saudi visitors and businessmen returning from Dubai seem to come back ever more impressed by the phenomenal growth and development taking place in that UAE emirate. They long for the day when the Kingdom emulates Dubai's apparent success. A major question, however, does Saudi Arabia really want to be another Dubai? Underneath the glitter and the sophisticated marketing and PR, glitches and cracks are beginning to appear in Dubai's so-called miracle development bonanza. It behooves Saudi Arabia to sit back and take note. Societies need to balance their economic development with transformation that takes into account internal social cohesiveness and responsibilities for the wider community. While Dubai has undoubtedly provided its native citizens with the trappings of a comfortable welfare state, a luxury lifestyle and seeming guaranteed employment, the desire and obsession to be the number one in many areas has also created social stress and uncertainty about core family traditions and values. read more. Position: Senior Corporate LawyerThis top tier UK law firm has a strong presence throughout the Middle East, which provides a broad range of high profile corporate and commercial work. The firm has been operating in the UAE for over 20 years and services clients within both the Middle East region and internationally. Looking to strengthen their presence in Dubai, a new position has arisen for an additional senior Lawyer to join the busy corporate team. The candidate will need to bring a broad range of corporate transactions experience to the team and must show in-depth technical experience with acquisitions and disposals, takeovers, joint ventures, IPOs, stock exchange, secondary issues and reorganisations. Your experience with high value domestic and international deals will be highly regarded and you will have a keen interest in marketing and fostering long term relationships with key clients. read more. Alumco, $23.5m Burj dealAlumco has won a $23.5m contract from Arabtec-Besix to supply a total of 755,000 sqft of its aluminium facades to the 63 storey Burj Dubai Lake Hotel. Alumco's work on the project will commence in October and is expected to be completed by January 2008. . read more. New design talent in office interiorsThe latest newcomer on the Dubai design circuit is 26-year-old Tanya Gyani. She has arrived from India to take on the role of senior designer for OFIS and head up a turnkey service for office interiors. Keen to get involved in the escalating office industry she is confident that there is a real requirement for this type of service in Dubai. It is important in office design to understand the real needs of the client. Do they sit at computers for eight hours a day? Is their work focused on communication? I can translate these needs into tangible spaces. If space planning and office design caters properly to the client, productivity will increase. Gyani describes her style as being inspired by nature and organic elements. In terms of materials, natural light is an inspiration. I aim to provide soft, comfortable spaces using pastels, light woods, semi-lustrous metals and fluid forms. read more. Dubai Investments Park constructing 38,000 sq meter sports facility for tenantsDubai Investments Park (DIP), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dubai Investments, has announced that it is constructing a fully-equipped cricket and football pitch within the Park in cooperation with Seven Seas Shipchandlers LLC, for tenants of the Park and for labourers staying in the labour accommodation in DIP. . read more.The more popular mediums for trustworthy advice are easily found. If you unconditionally long to identify more about topics related to Dubai Engineering Jobs, then you have to be diligent and allocate the time essential to find the number one authorities to accumulate the information.
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