Business & Money | Thursday 27 August, 2015 2:33 pm

NISSAN’S UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PARTNERSHIP GOES GLOBAL FOR 2015/16 SEASON

Following a successful first year as the Official Automotive Sponsor for the UEFA Champions League, Nissan’s partnership has been extended into all global territories for the next three seasons up to 2017/18. The announcement of the deal comes ahead of the UEFA Champions League Group Stage...

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Business & Money | Thursday 27 August, 2015 2:18 pm

City Max rebrands all stores in Saudi Arabia to Max

Max, the largest and fastest growing value fashion brand across the MENA region and India has announced that its stores named – Citymax in the Kingdom, will now be rebranded to Max. This rebranding is in line with Max’s global brand guidelines.  Max is a category leader in the...

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Business & Money | Thursday 27 August, 2015 1:32 pm

The Big 5 gears up for a big 2015

Construction in the GCC will increase in value despite a slight dip in the overall contract awards this year, according to the man behind the region’s biggest construction event. Andy White is vice president of dmg events ME, the company responsible for The Big 5...

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Business & Money | Thursday 27 August, 2015 12:54 pm

Saudi Arabia is looking to hire Software, Hardware, Telecom professionals

The Monster Employment Index is a monthly gauge of online job posting activity in Middle-East based on a real-time review of tens of thousands of employer job opportunities culled from a large representative selection of career Web sites and online job listings. The Index does not reflect the trend ...

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Business & Money | Thursday 27 August, 2015 9:59 am

Memac Ogilvy launched Red Academy in Beirut

As part of its ongoing effort to invest and support university students, Memac Ogilvy, the leading advertising and public relations agency in the MENA region, announced the opening of its Red Academy which will take place in Lebanon. Over a course of 4 weeks, the intensive training program will...

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Business & Money | Thursday 27 August, 2015 6:36 am

Labor Ministry to launch new e-recruitment service next week

An official at the Ministry of Labor confirmed that ministry will launch an e-recruitment service via the Musaned website next week. The service will allow employers to apply for visas without the need to visit labor offices. Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, director of public relations at the Labor Ministry, ...

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Business & Money | Thursday 27 August, 2015 5:58 am

Voter registration yet to pick up

Only 7,034 Saudis have so far registered in Riyadh and the Eastern Province for the Dec. 12 municipal council elections, a local publication reported Wednesday. The elections, held for the third time in the Kingdom, are expected to attract a record number of voters because it includes women...

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Business & Money | Thursday 27 August, 2015 1:13 am

Coca-Cola on Track to Meet 100% Water Replenishment Goal

The Coca-Cola Company and its global bottling partners (the Coca-Cola system) today announced they are on track to meet their 2020 water replenishment goal by the end of 2015. Based on the Coca-Cola system’s global water replenishment projects to date, the system is...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 26 August, 2015 4:03 pm

Red Sea Mall 200 Million Riyals Expansion Launched!

The Red Sea Mall, Jeddah’s biggest shopping center and family entertainment district, formally announced the commencement of its largest expansion project in a special ceremony attended by VIP retailers, businessmen, influencers and members of the media at the Park Hyatt Hotel. The...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 26 August, 2015 3:42 pm

GCC Governments Urged to Secure National Infrastructure in Face of ‘High Risk’ of Cyberattacks

GCC governments are urged to secure critical national infrastructure in the face of high risk of more sophisticated cyberattacks in the emerging Internet of Things era, industry experts announced today.   As Internet of Things era advances, with IBM predicting 30 billion autonomously...

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