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Journalist based in Manchester and previously the UAE. Currently Senior Editor @AGBInsight. Love music, travel, history, food. Views my own.

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Chief reporter for Middle East business and current affairs magazine Arabian Business.
Previously policy and legal editor at Property Week
Before that, social regeneration editor at Haymarket Business Media
Have contributed to the FT, Irish Times, the Sun and trade weeklies including Architect's Journal, Drapers and Third Sector.
Currently based in Dubai.

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India’s Bank of Baroda agrees $600m payout in NMC fraud case

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By Sarah Townsend Verified
| Arabian Gulf Business Insight (AGBI) Verified
Bank of Baroda agrees settlement NMC administrator’s claim continues Shetty and Manghat are defendants Bank of Baroda, one of India’s largest lenders, has agreed a $600 million out-of-court settlement in the NMC Health fraud case. The India-listed bank was one of three defendants in the $5.4 billion claim brought by Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), administrator of the collapsed Abu Dhabi-based healthcare company.
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UK sanctions body to step up action on Iran

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By Sarah Townsend Verified
| Arabian Gulf Business Insight (AGBI) Verified
Enforcing sanctions a priority Fines may double to £2m Rules also apply to UK firms overseas The UK’s sanctions enforcement body is looking to take action against businesses that have unlawfully traded with Iran. The pledge from the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), part of the UK Treasury, comes as UK lawmakers consider proposals to double the maximum ceiling for sanctions-related fines to £2 million ($2.66 million).
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Dubai visa data points to recovery in expatriate hiring

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By Sarah Townsend Verified
| Arabian Gulf Business Insight (AGBI) Verified
Visa medical checks rising At 80% of pre-war level ‘Significant drop-off in March’ Medical checks required for Dubai residency visas have returned to about 80 percent of pre-war levels, according to a government-approved provider of the tests. The figures suggest the disruption to expatriate hiring caused by the Iran war is easing, although activity has not yet recovered to pre-conflict levels.
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