tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post5965995256284157873..comments2024-03-27T15:45:49.926+04:00Comments on Life in Dubai: Businesses hit again.Seabeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939892206726271433noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-55086320263305512192007-01-30T21:21:00.000+04:002007-01-30T21:21:00.000+04:00Surely it's also a dangerous precedent for the so ...Surely it's also a dangerous precedent for the so called "free zones" to take a retrograde step like this. Unrestricted internet access must have been a big selling point for some companies who set up there.trailingspousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07423750400387682863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-80198516226294533242007-01-29T23:11:00.000+04:002007-01-29T23:11:00.000+04:00Before it's even started operating, du is setting ...Before it's even started operating, du is setting the rules!<br /><br />It's ridiculous to expect that businesses will pay the extortionate international rates.<br /><br />As well, the wages paid to people are now on par with what's being paid around the world - especially to IT staff involved in programming and development.<br /><br />It's probably why that between J getting her first company license at the DIC in 2003 and us getting one at the end of 2004, there's been less than 700 companies start up. We can now walk into the Admin building and get served within 10-20mins whereas we'd have been in there all day about 2 years ago!nzmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03160346268566279764noreply@blogger.com