The Commercial Registration and Licensing Sector (DED) of the Department of Economic Development (DED) announced the addition of 44 new business activities to a number of vital sectors during the first ten months of 2018, bringing the total number of commercial activities to more than 2,200.

The move comes after the sector's periodic review of the needs of the local market, the principle of supply and demand, as well as the Dubai Economic Strategy to facilitate the business of commercial licensees and to provide their activities and market needs, In the local market of the UAE and the Emirate of Dubai specifically.

The new activities will include the introduction of a "floating consumer shop" in addition to the group of consumer complexes. The activity is a unique experience. It includes boats that are equipped to be consumer shops. The activities are marketed as consumer goods such as beverages, light food, gifts, newspapers, magazines, These boats served in a fixed location or during trips along the beach.

Marwan Al Marzouqi, Head of Commercial Activities in the Commercial Registration and Licensing Sector, said: "The activity of a floating consumer shop is the new shopping destination. It is possible that the consumer store is in a fixed location and therefore serves many tourists and locals on the beach. The length of the beach, and therefore provides many services for boats waiting to unload the load, or load the load and sail to the destination The consumer store is a qualitative transfer in the provision of consumables and meet the requirements of workers in vessels.

Al Marzouqi added: "This addition to the new activities is part of the team's keenness to continuously study the current situation of the market, to explore the views and proposals of licensed businessmen and those wishing to start business in Dubai to find out their needs and meet the requirements of the local market. This is also a continuation of Dubai Economy's move to facilitate licensing procedures for limited liability companies and the development of services in general, as it has a positive impact in promoting the growth of the private sector by overcoming the obstacles for new businessmen who have Afka T start to start any business they want to grow in, thus creating more jobs. "

The Department of Economic Development (DED) has launched the Economic Activities Guide, which demonstrates the mechanism of doing business and business activities in the Emirate of Dubai. The guide is a standard reference for economic classifications and contributes effectively to clarifying the various economic activities in the emirate. The Economic Activities Guide contains all information, explanations about licenses, registration mechanism, establishment of companies in various commercial activities, legal forms, as well as some licensing procedures such as site relocation, change of manager and license freeze.

The most important feature of the guide is that it answers hundreds of questions of interest to companies and investors, especially those planning to invest in Dubai.