People celebrate Holi in Jammu, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, also heralds the arrival of spring. (AP Photo / Channi Anand)
People celebrate Holi in Jammu, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, also heralds the arrival of spring. (AP Photo / Channi Anand)
San Diego Padres pitcher Dinelson Lamet throws during spring training baseball practice. AP Photo
San Diego Padres pitcher Dinelson Lamet throws during spring training baseball practice. AP Photo
Olympique Lyonnais fans before their team's match against FC Porto at the Groupama Stadium, Lyon. Reuters
Olympique Lyonnais fans before their team's match against FC Porto at the Groupama Stadium, Lyon. Reuters
Part of an anonymous art installation in the Salton Sea, as seen from Bombay Beach, California, US. Reuters
Part of an anonymous art installation in the Salton Sea, as seen from Bombay Beach, California, US. Reuters
A woman prays during the funeral ceremony for Ukrainian officer Ivan Skrypnyk in Lviv, Ukraine. The soldier died in Sunday's air strike on the nearby International Centre for Peacekeeping and Security at the Yavoriv military complex. Russian missiles killed 35 and wounded scores. The site, west of Lviv in the town of Starychi, is close to Ukraine's border with Poland. Getty Images
A woman prays during the funeral ceremony for Ukrainian officer Ivan Skrypnyk in Lviv, Ukraine. The soldier died in Sunday's air strike on the nearby International Centre for Peacekeeping and Security at the Yavoriv military complex. Russian missiles killed 35 and wounded scores. The site, west of Lviv in the town of Starychi, is close to Ukraine's border with Poland. Getty Images
A staff member at the Fire Eye laboratory, a temporary Covid-19 coronavirus testing facility in Yantai, in China's eastern Shandong province. AFP
A staff member at the Fire Eye laboratory, a temporary Covid-19 coronavirus testing facility in Yantai, in China's eastern Shandong province. AFP
Bagpipers march up Fifth Avenue past St Patrick's Cathedral during the St Patrick's Day Parade in New York. Celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus in a sign of growing hope that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be over. AP Photo
Bagpipers march up Fifth Avenue past St Patrick's Cathedral during the St Patrick's Day Parade in New York. Celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus in a sign of growing hope that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be over. AP Photo

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March 18, 2022

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What is the definition of an SME?

SMEs in the UAE are defined by the number of employees, annual turnover and sector. For example, a “small company” in the services industry has six to 50 employees with a turnover of more than Dh2 million up to Dh20m, while in the manufacturing industry the requirements are 10 to 100 employees with a turnover of more than Dh3m up to Dh50m, according to Dubai SME, an agency of the Department of Economic Development.

A “medium-sized company” can either have staff of 51 to 200 employees or 101 to 250 employees, and a turnover less than or equal to Dh200m or Dh250m, again depending on whether the business is in the trading, manufacturing or services sectors. 

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