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Saudi Arabia’s non-oil private sector activity improved last month as the headline PMI rose to 55.1 in August from 54.9 in July, on stronger output and new orders growth. However, employment growth was modest, and the slowest in three months, while average selling prices declined for the second month in …

Gulf nations face an average infrastructure-funding gap of about 40 per cent in the next five years and private sector involvement will be critical, said an industry expert. Jeff Yousuf, partner for financial services at Oliver Wyman, told Gulf News that public-private partnerships (PPPs) are a very good investment option …

The Smart Dubai Office, SDO, has organised a workshop titled “Public-Private Engagement Towards a Data Economy”, as part of its efforts to implement a strategy and policy package to engage the private sector in the Dubai Data Initiative. The workshop sought to encourage the private sector in Dubai to participate …

Private schools in Dubai earned Dh7.5 billion in tuition fees in the current 2017-18 academic year — Dh700 million more than the Dh6.8 billion collected last academic year — a new report shows. The Dubai Private Education Landscape 2017/18 report, released by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) in …

If you don’t know how to do public-private partnership (PPP) projects, partner with a firm that does — and do it quickly. Those were the closing words of Joss Dare, Partner and Head of Middle East at international law firm Ashurst, at his keynote seminar at the Middle East Rail …

The Dubai Economy Tracker Index (DET) for February signalled a further strong improvement in business conditions across Dubai’s non-oil private sector. Although the headline index eased slightly from 56 in January to 55.8 in February, it still indicated a strong expansion in the non-oil private sector. “The PMI survey data …

Dubai’s private sector managed to record a third consecutive month of growth and helped along by some new job creation as well. Retail is proving to be the strongest category, while there were output gains for construction. The seasonally adjusted Emirates NBD Dubai Economy Tracker Index eased to 55.3 in …

The founder of the controversial military contracting firm Blackwater, Erik Prince, and his allies lobbied contacts inside the administration to provide the CIA with a private network of intelligence contractors, according to a US official with knowledge of the proposal. “This idea is going nowhere,” the official said and stressed …

Sharjah’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry launched a new service for the private sector that will provide customers with a number of services to do transactions in one spot. The service, called “You Call, We Arrive,” is aimed at helping customers save time by providing them with a fully equipped …