Saudi Arabia has shown impressive progress in helping to ease businesses and increase investor confidence, according to a world report. According to World Bank Group, Saudi Arabia is one of Read More
The Saudi government have released a new program to support private sector businesses in increasing their Saudization levels. The program will pay private sector companies a monthly contribution, called HADAF, Read More
Saudi Arabia has announced their plans to build a $500 billion mega city, business and industrial zone, along the coast of the Red Sea, extending to Jordan and Egypt. The Read More
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, a luxury hospitality company, and Jabal Omar Development Company (JODC), a leading developer in the Middle East, announced their plans to open a Four Seasons Read More
According to a new Arab News and YouGov survey, more than 40% of respondents think lifting the driving ban on women will have the greatest impact on women. Forty-two percent Read More
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced they have established the Saudi Real Estate Refinance Company (SRC), which aims to stimulate the housing sector development by instilling liquidity in the Read More
The Ministry of Labor and Social Development and the Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE) have agreed to stop the recruitment of foreign engineers with less than 5 years experience. As Read More
Saudi Arabia received the cheapest bid ever recorded, to supply solar power energy. The energy minister said the Saudi plant would be supplying solar power for as little as 1.79 Read More
Saudi Arabia has planned to reopen the stock market to foreign investors, in hopes to become an international capital markets hub, according to Mohammed Abdullah Elkuwaiz, chairman of the Capital Read More
The General Authority of Zakat and Tax (GAZT) in Saudi Arabia have approved the VAT Implementing Regulation, as its introduction approaches starting from January 1, 2018. The GAZT meeting summarised Read More
The Saudi Ministry of Housing has launched programs and initiatives in order to achieve the Vision 2030 and National Transformation Plan’s (NTP) objectives. The ministry aim to create opportunities for Read More
Saudi Arabia is the largest economy in the Middle East, and with the government increasing spending in the private sector, it is an ideal time for companies from the US Read More
General Authority Civil Aviation (GACA) president Abdul Hakeem Al-Tamimi has announced that Saudi Arabia plans to privatise all airports in the country by the end of 2017. The main reason Read More
The Council of Ministers has announced that foreign engineering services and consultancy companies will now be able to enter the Kingdom without a Saudi partner. Previously, engineering companies were only Read More
Saudi Arabia has been ranked first in the world in the growth of exports of commercial services, the first in the growth of the Manpower, and the first as the Read More
The Saudi Council of Engineers has announced an important update to the renewal of Iqamas in the Kingdom. From May 29, 2017 it’s mandatory for some technicians (listed below) to Read More
Ramadan is a special time of the year, not just because of the shift in the atmosphere and the people, but also in the way that business is conducted. Ramadan, Read More
A new digitization plan is expected to create a half a million new jobs by 2020, as part of the National Transformation Plan 2020 (NTP). The aim of the digitization Read More
The Ministry of Labour and Social Development (MLSD) have announced their plan to create 60,000 jobs in the nonprofit sector, within the next 3 years. Additionally, the plan proposes offering Read More
The launch of a sports and entertainment city in Riyadh has been announced by the Saudi Arabian Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. The Kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund, Public Investment Read More
