Sports | Sunday 6 May, 2018 10:04 am

Saudi Arabia's changing attitude to health and fitness

Saudi citizens are getting to their feet and beginning to embrace sports and exercise as new research shows increasing numbers are trying to get healthy.  In 2015 the General Sports Authority (GSA) conducted the first National Sports Survey and defined active people who participate in...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 6 May, 2018 4:41 am

Dammam Airports Company set to participate in the 18th edition of Airport Show in Dubai

Dammam Airports Company (DACO) is set to participate in the 18thedition of Airport Show, the world’s largest annual airport exhibition, taking place in Dubai, UAE, from 7-9 May 2018, under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Civil Aviation...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 6 May, 2018 4:29 am

Badir Program launches new strategy to invest in startups 9 hours ago

Badir Program for Technology Incubators and Accelerators, one of the leading initiatives of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), has launched a new investment strategy seeking to invest in “high potential” technology start-ups with a focus on the program's...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 May, 2018 4:03 am

Gulf Capital Awarded “Best Private Debt Provider” at Banker Middle East Industry Awards 2018

Gulf Capital, one of the largest and most active alternative asset managers in the Middle East, was Thursday awarded as the “Best Private Debt Provider” in the region at the Banker Middle East Awards. The awards, which were handed over to the winners in Dubai, recognised the best...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 May, 2018 3:54 am

Makkah forum targets investment surge in Saudi Arabia

Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal will open the first Makkah Economic Forum on Sunday. The two-day event, under the theme “From Vision to Prosperity: Invest in Makkah,” will be held at the Jeddah Ritz-Carlton. The forum is organized by the province in cooperation with the Jeddah,...

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Government | Sunday 6 May, 2018 3:51 am

Local pilgrims’ Haj registration starts in mid Ramadan

The registration process for domestic pilgrims to perform Haj will begin in mid-Ramadan on May 30 and will last till July 13 (end of Shawwal), the Ministry of Haj and Umrah announced on Saturday. Citizens and residents intending to perform Haj this year can register through...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 6 May, 2018 3:48 am

Saudi Aramco awards 16 local firm deals worth $7 billion

Saudi Aramco said on Saturday it awarded 16 local companies deals worth more than 26 billion riyals ($6.93 billion) as part of a drive to expand the kingdom’s industrial base and manufacture a bigger share of products domestically.   The 10-year purchase agreements, signed on May...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 6 May, 2018 3:45 am

Michael Dell Kicks Off Dell Technologies World 2018

Dell Technologies Chairman and CEO Michael Dell kicks off one of the IT industry’s premier events, Dell Technologies World 2018. An expected 14,000 visitors gather this week to experience how the industry leading Dell Technologies businesses will play a fundamental role in helping them...

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Cars & Autos | Sunday 6 May, 2018 3:39 am

Al Majid Motors Company launches its largest ever showroom to celebrate 30 years of Kia in the UAE

Al Majid Motors Company,the automotive division of the Juma Al Majid Holding Group and an exclusive distributor for Kia Motors in the UAE, has launched its largest ever Kia Sales and After-Sales Centre on Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road near Tasjeel Village in Sharjah. The state-of-the-art...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 May, 2018 3:34 am

NAMA Takes Its Women's Empowerment Outreach Efforts to Educational, Municipal and Community Institutions across Sharjah

NAMA Women Advancement Establishment (NAMA) has recently concluded visits to leading academic institutions, municipal councils and ladies club branches across Sharjah, introducing its three affiliates and their programmes, which are designed to empower and develop women and accelerate their...

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