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The regulatory and commercial landscape across the Middle East — including the UAE and Saudi Arabia — continues to evolve. Our Insights section provides commentary, analysis and updates designed for executives, HR leaders and investors navigating the region.
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The Importance of Community
They say you only truly know your strength when you are tested, but that is also when you find out your capacity for grace and kindness. In recent weeks the Middle East region has certainly been tested, and it has shown how strong it can be, but, perhaps more impactfully, its nations, governments and people
March 27, 2026
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Shaikh Mohammad approves RTA’s 2030 plan
The Roads and Transport Authority’s Traffic and Transportation Plan 2030 was approved on Saturday by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. RTA officials gave a detailed presentation on the 2030 plan to Shaikh Mohammad and Mattar Mohammad Al Tayer, director general
August 8, 2016
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Global toy brand plans expansion in UAE, Bahrain
YK Almoayyed & Sons (YKA) has announced that it has acquired the master franchise of global kids toy brand Imaginarium for Bahrain and the UAE. The company said in a statement that it is planning three Imaginarium showrooms in Bahrain, with the first one expected to open in September at the El Mercado Mall in
UAE University starts accepting international students
Abu Dhabi: UAE University (UAEU) has announced on Thursday that it would start accepting applications from international students for admission to its undergraduate programmes which were previously limited to local students. In a statement, the university said that international students could start registering for admission in its College of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of
Russian investor’s return to Dubai property market
Purchases from Russia made up 17% of overall investments in July, up three times from the beginning of the year. Real Estate investments from Russia have almost tripled over the last six months from 6% to 17% in Dubai. This is indicative of a rise in overseas investments from Russian visitors and a renewed interest in
Saudi strives to bring Saudi Oger back on its feet
The government of Saudi Arabia is in its final stages of the business proposal to take over construction conglomerate Saudi Oger. Saudi Oger suffered a terrible hit by the slow pace of the Saudi construction sector due to decreasing investments, low oil prices and delaying the payments of thousands of their employees for several months.
Dubai’s cheapest and costliest rental areas
Dubai’s cheapest and most expensive rental areas have been revealed in new data from a classified website. The city’s costliest spots to rent apartments include the Burj Khalifa, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), Jumeirah Beach Residence, Dubai Marina and Business Bay. And its most affordable apartments are in Al Awir, Dubai Outsource Zone,
Saudi private sector ‘needs 4.1m nationals by 2030’
Saudi Arabia must employ 4.1 million Saudi nationals in the private sector by 2030 if it is to achieve its aims of nationalising the workforce and diversifying the economy, a new report claims. Research by Oxford Consulting Group analyses the kingdom’s labour needs in the context of its Vision 2030 economic strategy. Saudi Arabia has
Dubai aims to double the rate of energy efficiency by 2030
Emirates Green Building Council (Emirates GBC) has begun working with the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy with the intent to double the rate of energy efficiency in buildings by 2030. This resolve follows the partnership between the World Green Building Council and the Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) also aiming to raise efficiency within buildings. The
SAUDI ARABIA | Medical Insurance Requirement Eliminated for US Nationals
The Consulate Generals of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the United States have reversed the recent global decision requiring business and work visa applicants to purchase additional medical insurance before being granted a visa to the Kingdom. Visa applications submitted by U.S. citizens at the Saudi Arabian consulates in Washington, D.C.; New York; Los
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