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Zawya
a day ago
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Dubai launches innovative ‘One Freezone Passport' scheme
The Dubai Free Zones Council (DFZC), has announced the successful implementation of the 'One Freezone Passport', a ground-breaking initiative that enables companies licensed in one free zone to expand into others without additional licences. It aims to unify Dubai's free zone ecosystem, reducing regulatory barriers and solidifying Dubai's position as a global business hub. The programme has been introduced to streamline business expansion and reduce regulatory barriers. This milestone underscores Dubai's commitment to fostering an agile and investor-friendly business environment, aligning with the objectives of the Dubai Economic Agenda D33, said DFZC. Building on this momentum, global luxury brand Louis Vuitton has become the first member of this pioneering initiative. It will now operate its warehouse in Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) while setting up its corporate office at One Za'abeel, part of the DWTC Free Zone. This development highlights the programme's effectiveness in streamlining business expansion across Dubai's economic zones. The entire process was completed in just five days. Dr. Juma Al Matrooshi, Assistant Secretary General at Dubai Free Zones Council, dubbed the scheme as a transformative initiative that cements Dubai's position as a global economic powerhouse. "By enabling businesses to expand seamlessly across our world-class free zones, we are reinforcing Dubai's reputation as a premier investment destination. The swift and successful onboarding of Louis Vuitton through this program exemplifies the efficiency and attractiveness of Dubai's regulatory framework for international businesses," he added. -TradeArabia News Service Copyright 2025 Al Hilal Publishing and Marketing Group Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (
Zawya
14-07-2025
- Business
- Zawya
UK government to make new push to cut red tape for businesses aiming to cut emissions
LONDON: British finance minister Rachel Reeves will task regulators this week with lowering barriers to businesses seeking to cut their emissions, in a major speech she is to give to the financial services sector, a government source told Reuters on Monday. Britain's Financial Conduct Authority, together with the Bank of England and the partly government-backed Green Finance Institute, will run a pilot project to assess where regulatory and other barriers exist to projects focused on enabling businesses with high carbon emissions to lower them. Reeves is expected to make the announcement at her annual Mansion House speech to London's financial sector on Tuesday, where she will speak alongside BoE Governor Andrew Bailey. In last year's speech Reeves said regulators had placed too little emphasis on supporting economic growth, one of the newly elected Labour government's main goals. Since then, growth has been lacklustre overall despite a strong first quarter, and many economists expect Reeves will have to raise taxes by tens of billions of pounds in the annual budget later this year to keep public finances on track. Faster growth would ease many of the government's political and economic difficulties and the government views green finance as having the potential to generate up to 200 billion pounds ($270 billion) in revenue for the economy. The Transition Finance Pilot will be a small part of that. A finance ministry source said it would focus on looking in detail at how climate projects are financed and working with stakeholders in the market to identify specific barriers and how regulators and other stakeholders could resolve them. The pilot project follows an external review of transition finance commissioned by the previous Conservative government which was published in October. This highlighted barriers including the riskiness of unproven carbon-reduction technologies, uncertainty about future government incentives and fears of reputational damage from projects which aim to reduce emissions rather than eliminate them entirely. ($1 = 0.7408 pounds) (Reporting by David Milliken; Additional reporting by William Schomberg)
Reuters
13-07-2025
- Business
- Reuters
UK government to make new push to cut red tape for businesses aiming to cut emissions
LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - British finance minister Rachel Reeves will task regulators this week with lowering barriers to businesses seeking to cut their emissions, in a major speech she is to give to the financial services sector, a government source told Reuters on Monday. Britain's Financial Conduct Authority, together with the Bank of England and the partly government-backed Green Finance Institute, will run a pilot project to assess where regulatory and other barriers exist to projects focused on enabling businesses with high carbon emissions to lower them. Reeves is expected to make the announcement at her annual Mansion House speech to London's financial sector on Tuesday, where she will speak alongside BoE Governor Andrew Bailey. In last year's speech Reeves said regulators had placed too little emphasis on supporting economic growth, one of the newly elected Labour government's main goals. Since then, growth has been lacklustre overall despite a strong first quarter, and many economists expect Reeves will have to raise taxes by tens of billions of pounds in the annual budget later this year to keep public finances on track. Faster growth would ease many of the government's political and economic difficulties and the government views green finance as having the potential to generate up to 200 billion pounds ($270 billion) in revenue for the economy. The Transition Finance Pilot will be a small part of that. A finance ministry source said it would focus on looking in detail at how climate projects are financed and working with stakeholders in the market to identify specific barriers and how regulators and other stakeholders could resolve them. The pilot project follows an external review of transition finance commissioned by the previous Conservative government which was published in October. This highlighted barriers including the riskiness of unproven carbon-reduction technologies, uncertainty about future government incentives and fears of reputational damage from projects which aim to reduce emissions rather than eliminate them entirely. ($1 = 0.7408 pounds)
