Gulf Business Ideas: Small Business Ideas That Actually Work in Gulf Markets
Service businesses with repeat customers suit Gulf markets best. This guide explains which ideas work and how to test them cheaply before you spend.
Gulf Business
Deals, sovereign funds, companies and boardroom moves across the GCC.
How Gulf Business News Gets Sourced, Translated and Checked
Covering six fast-moving economies means chasing primary documents, translating across Arabic and English, and verifying every figure before it reaches the page.
Gulf Business Setup — Setting Up a Free Zone Company in the Gulf: What Each Step Actually Takes
Licensing, banking and visas follow a known sequence. The costs and delays founders rarely expect sit between the steps.
Gulf Business Succession Planning: How Gulf Family Businesses Plan the Next Generation Handover
Governance charts, sharia-compliant wills and hired chief executives decide whether a family firm outlives its founder.
What is Duqm, Oman's mega-port bet
The Duqm Special Economic Zone stretches across roughly 2,000 square kilometres of Oman's coast, with a deep-water port, one of the region's largest dry docks and a 230,000-bpd refinery joint venture.
What is Saudi Arabia's regional headquarters rule
Since January 1, 2024, companies without a regional headquarters in Saudi Arabia cannot bid for government contracts. Several hundred firms have licensed RHQs in Riyadh since.