{"id":2463,"date":"2018-07-01T05:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T05:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtuzone.com\/blog\/why-creative-city-great-option\/"},"modified":"2022-08-31T11:43:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T07:43:39","slug":"why-creative-city-great-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtuzone.com\/blog\/why-creative-city-great-option\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Creative City is a great option"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sometimes, business innovation<\/a> is about producing a newer, better version of an existing product or service. Other times, it\u2019s about entirely reinventing your business model. Indeed, a Harvard Business Review article on the topic argues that \u201cgreat business models can reshape industries and drive spectacular growth.\u201d If your company spots a new market opportunity, and shifts its operations to adapt to that opportunity, the growth potential can be huge.<\/p>\n Generally speaking<\/a>, the UAE offers a very friendly environment to entrepreneurs (it ranks 6th in the world for expat entrepreneurs, according to HSBC), yet one area that can be a challenge is when businesses see an opportunity to shift their business model. In much of the UAE, a company must carry out the activities stated on its business license<\/a>. If you want to branch out into a new area, you will normally have to apply for a \u2018dual license\u2019, which can be expensive and time-consuming to acquire.<\/p>\n But not everywhere.<\/p>\n Fujairah\u2019s Creative City free zone<\/a> offers entrepreneurs the ability to combine more than one kind of business activity under the same license at no extra cost. So, what is Creative City, and how would this work?<\/p>\n Fujairah\u2019s Creative City free zone offers entrepreneurs the ability to combine more than one kind of business activity under the same license at no extra cost.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Creative City is located in Fujairah, in the east of the UAE and about 90 minutes from Dubai. The free zone<\/a> was launched in 2007 and provides a business environment for a wide range of activities \u2013 anything from education to trading, event management to publishing, consultancy to broadcasting.<\/p>\n Creative City offers all the typical benefits of setting up in a UAE free zone<\/a>, including:<\/p>\n To set up a business in Creative City, you would need to follow the standard procedure when launching a business in a UAE free zone:<\/p>\n When launching a company in the UAE, you are required to choose one of the following three types of license when setting up your company:<\/p>\n 1. Commercial:<\/strong> For any kind of trading activity<\/a> \u2013 be that the standard trading license (where you import\/export one type of product) or general trading license (where you can import\/export a variety of products).<\/p>\n 2. Professional:<\/strong> Any activities which involve professional services, such as consulting, legal or medical.<\/p>\n 3. Industrial:<\/strong> This license is reserved for any kind of manufacturing and industrial activities.<\/p>\n Now, if you initially set up your business with a standard commercial license to import a product, but then decided you wanted to offer consulting services on the side, you would normally be obliged to register and pay for a dual license that would also cover the professional license required for consulting businesses. This is something of a barrier to innovation and can be off-putting, especially for smaller businesses.<\/a><\/p>\nIntroducing Creative City<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Your original UAE business license can be a barrier to change your business model<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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