UK-based Bash-P International, the flagship lifting equipment manufacturing company of the Safety & Services Group, has opened a US$20 million (AED 73m) nylon ‘lifting webbing’ manufacturing unit in Sharjah Airport International Free Zone (SAIF Zone). The unit is the first dedicated lifting webbing factory in the Middle East and North Africa. The new factory will produce nylon/polyester webbing material ranging ...

Ajman Tourism Development Department (ATDD) and Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) signed a cooperation agreement at Arabian Travel Market 2015 in Dubai, to promote all tourism and cultural landmarks and historic sites in Ajman and Sharjah. Present at the signing ceremony were H.E. Faisal bin Ahmed Al Nuaimi, Director General of Ajman Tourism Development Department and H.E. Marwan bin ...

A new US$100 million (AED 367m) art and culture themed 5-star luxury beachfront hotel and resort, the Majlis Grand Mercure Sharjah, is to be built on Sharjah’s corniche and managed by global hotel operator Accor. The new development was announced this week by H.E. Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, chairman of Basma Group Sharjah and H.R.H. Prince Khaled bin ...