Jeddah - MarcoPolis Your local business media with a global reach Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:29:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 Doing business in Saudi Arabia is harder as kingdom drops to 49th place in 2014 /doing-business-in-saudi-arabia-is-harder-as-kingdom-drops-to-49th-place-in-2014.htm Mon, 06 Jul 2015 13:51:41 +0000 /doing-business-in-saudi-arabia-is-harder-as-kingdom-drops-to-49th-place-in-2014.htm It seems doing business in Saudi Arabia is getting harder. In 2011, Saudi Arabia ranked 10th in the World Bank’s doing business survey. In 2012, it was on the 12th position, and now 2014, the latest one is 49th position—and that’s a significant drop.

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]]> Foreign direct investment reached $7.8bn in 4th quarter 2014 from $9.3bn in 2013 /foreign-direct-investment-reached-7-8bn-in-4th-quarter-2014-from-9-3bn-in-2013.htm Mon, 06 Jul 2015 13:51:41 +0000 /foreign-direct-investment-reached-7-8bn-in-4th-quarter-2014-from-9-3bn-in-2013.htm There is a decrease in inflow of foreign direct investment. It appears to be US$ 7.8 billion in the fourth quarter of 2014 as opposed to US$ 9.3 in 2013.

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]]> Jeddah growing 10% per year as massive investments flow in /jeddah-growing-10-per-year-as-massive-investments-flow-in.htm Mon, 06 Jul 2015 13:51:41 +0000 /jeddah-growing-10-per-year-as-massive-investments-flow-in.htm Mazen M. Batterjee, Vice President of Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry talks about Jeddah as an economic hub as the city experiences 10% yoy growth.

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]]> Jeddah: making of the regional hub with more than $100bn investments /jeddah-making-of-the-regional-hub-with-more-than-100bn-investments.htm Mon, 06 Jul 2015 10:36:49 +0000 /jeddah-making-of-the-regional-hub-with-more-than-100bn-investments.htm Doing Business in Saudi Arabia is getting harder, but it is well organized. At least now there is a law how to reach a certain amount of Saudization, a certain percentage allocated to each sector. If you match it, you can get your visa.

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]]> Doing business in Jeddah /doing-business-in-jeddah.htm Wed, 01 Jul 2015 16:37:56 +0000 /doing-business-in-jeddah.htm Seifallah M. Sharbatly, deputy general manager of Mohammed Abdallah Sharbatly talks about doing business in Jeddah.

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