Al Tayer Trends And MIF Inc. Open MORE Cafe At Dubai Mall

Al Tayer Trends, the lifestyle retail company of the Al Tayer Group, in conjunction with mOre – Intelligent Foods Inc, have opened a new MORE Cafe at Dubai Mall on the lower ground level, overlooking the Lake Fountain.The 7,500 square feet café, which includes indoor and outdoor dining areas, is the first franchise store of the popular home-grown concept. Al Tayer Trends is now the exclusive franchisee of all upcoming MORE Cafés in the GCC.Speaking at the opening of the store, Guillaume Motte, CEO, Al Tayer Trends said “MORE Café is a welcome addition to our growing portfolio of high-quality food and beverage brands. MORE Café is one of the leading Dubai-based café brands and we look forward to replicate its success at select locations across the UAE and the GCC.”Award-winning MORE Café is the brainchild of a Dutch partnership whose combined experience span more than 45 years of international exposure within a multi-faceted range of different hospitality environments. The concept mirrors the fruition of this partnership’s creativity, passion and awareness for understanding sustainable food trends within an aesthetically balanced and comfortable interior. This gives MORE Cafe its appeal and identity.“We are excited to partner with Al Tayer Trends and expand the operations of MORE Café,” said Wouter Lap, Managing Partner, MORE Café. “Al Tayer Trends is a fast-growing company and is well known for its passionate embrace of the brands it represents. We look forward to working together with them to provide customers with the signature MORE Café experience at more locations.”MORE Café at Dubai Mall offers customers a view of the Lake Fountain as well as the Burj Dubai. The store is open from 0800 hrs until 2300 hrs daily.All MORE cafés offer an e-menu option which enables customers to place their order online at http://www.MOREcafe.biz so that their meal is ready to be served when they arrive at the café 

HSBC Signs MoU With HCT To Promote Educational And Working Opportunities In Financial Services

HSBC, the largest international bank in the UAE, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), to establish a HSBC
Professor of Financial Services at HCT and to provide both local and international job opportunities for UAE nationals at the bank.

The MoU was signed in Dubai by HE Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Chancellor of the Higher Colleges of Technology
and Youssef Nasr, Chief Executive Officer HSBC Bank Middle East Limited.

A key part of this agreement is the establishment of a HSBC Professor of Financial Services.

This is a three year commitment by HSBC to sponsor one of HCT’s professors to be the ambassador for financial education by delivering sepcialised courses to HCT students.
Further, students of HCT, the largest educational institution in the UAE, will be given opportunities to develop skills and careers in the financial services industry and will undertake a range of initiatives including specialised seminars and training programmes
relevant to banking.

HSBC will provide work placements for HCT’s top achievers at the bank with an opportunity to work abroad in one of HSBC’s 10,000 offices around the world thus providing them with international exposure to the banking and the financial industry. In addition, some of HSBC employees will share their skills by delivering presentations and
lectures about various lines of businesses and acting as part time faculty at HCT.

“We welcome this strategic alliance with Higher Colleges of Technology. HSBC takes corporate sustainability very seriously and we believe we have a responsibility to contribute to the communities in which we operate through continuously engaging our employees and providing them with opportunities to give back to the community. As the world’s local bank we are able to offer international work placements to UAE nationals leveraging on the
HSBC Group’s global network,” said Mr Youssef Nasr, Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Bank Middle East Limited.

“HCT has a mandate to develop the national workforce and prepare them for challenges of global workplace,” stated Dr.Tayeb Kamali, Vice Chancellor, Higher Colleges Technology.

“We believe this MoU will provide our students with a solid platform from which to launch successful careers in banking and to potentially build their own businesses.”
The agreement with HCT is the latest in a series of steps HSBC has taken to provide employment and training opportunities to UAE nationals.

“Emiratisation has been one of our strategic objectives and our partnership with HCT comes amid HSBC’s intensified Emiratisation programme which aims at attracting the very best talent in the UAE market. It is a new level in our commitment to provide unlimited opportunities for UAE nationals who want to develop their career with one of the world’s leading international financial institutions,” added Mr. Nasr.