Business & Money | Wednesday 21 October, 2015 5:46 am

FLOW to Launch Bespoke Facility for IKEA in KAEC

FLOW, a progressive logistics company that is part of the Ghassan Ahmed Alsulaiman Group, has recently announced the start of its new Omni-channel and e-commerce fulfillment center in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), a bespoke facility for IKEA Saudi Arabia.   The new facility, which...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 21 October, 2015 5:19 am

THE BIG BUSINESS OF BEVERAGES: LIQUID GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES AT GULFOOD MANUFACTURING

While the beverage market in the Middle East and neighbouring regions continues to grow at rates that are faster than many more mature markets around the world, the challenges for regional business owners in the sector are also growing. These include an increasingly competitive market landscape...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 20 October, 2015 3:03 pm

Knowledge of roles and responsibilities is key for boards to remain effective in a changing business environment

The critical factors essential to developing effective Boards in the GCC have been highlighted in the GCC Board Directors Institute (BDI)’s 20th Foundations of Directorship Workshop held in Khobar on 13th – 14th of October in partnership with Saudi Aramco.  The Foundations of...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 20 October, 2015 1:46 pm

Al Othman Holding and Avaya Launch Private Cloud Services in the GCC

Al Othman Holding, one of the largest privately-owned conglomerates in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, announced at GITEX  2015 that it is working with Avaya, a global leader in business communications software, systems and services,  to kick-off the first private cloud services model in the ...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 20 October, 2015 8:19 am

King Abdullah Port Receives World’s Largest Vessel

The largest vessel in the world, the MSC Maya docked at King Abdullah Port on Wednesday 14 October 2015, making it the latest of the new supersize container ships to deliver cargo to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.   The MSC Maya, which has a total capacity of 19,224 TEUs, was launched on...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 20 October, 2015 4:18 am

Huawei Affirms Strength of KSA Channel Partner Network with GAPP and Sale Advanced MOU

In affirmation of its commitment to developing the ICT landscape for enterprises in Saudi Arabia, Huawei today signed a joint MOU at GITEX Technology Week outlining Gulf Applications (GAPP) as an Authorized Distributor and Sale Advanced as its Authorized Reseller in the...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 20 October, 2015 3:16 am

International Baccalaureate and the King Faisal Foundation enjoy success as leadership and pedagogy workshops begin

Early last year, the International Baccalaureate (IB) and the King Faisal Foundation (KFF) launched phase two of their joint educational project, which aims to increase access to an IB education for Saudi students and make a wider impact on the quality of education in the Kingdom of Saudi...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 20 October, 2015 3:00 am

Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa passes one million customer mark in Saudi Arabia

Virgin Mobile Saudi Consortium, the Saudi Arabian subsidiary company of Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa, is now serving over a million customers in Saudi Arabia. The milestone has been achieved in less than one year since the commercial launch of the Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO),...

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Technology & IT | Monday 19 October, 2015 2:40 pm

Mobily obtains ISO Certificate for Information Security Services

Etihad Etisalat "Mobily" has won the (ISO/IEC) “27001:2013” Certificate that is accredited by theInternational Organization for Standardization; the certificate was awarded for being distinguished ininformation security management and for...

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Business & Money | Monday 19 October, 2015 1:40 pm

Saudi Aramco, Takreer, Bapco, Petro Rabigh to Discuss Best Practices at OpEx MENA 2015

The year 2015 has seen significant change for the oil, gas and petrochemicals industries. Failing oil prices and rebalancing of gas prices have had a major impact on the profitability of companies working in the sector. This has created new pressures as companies look to find ways to create...

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