Oil prices have risen by the largest amount ever after an attack on Saudi oil facilities halted the production of 5.7 million barrels a day. The Saudi authorities have announced that they plan to restore at least two million barrels of production by the end of Monday. In other news, according to data released by…
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Saudi Arabia’s King Salman issued a royal decree replacing the previous energy minister, Khalid al-Falih with one of the King’s sons. Khalid’s replacement is Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, who has a lifetime of experience in the energy sector and has held senior roles in the energy ministry for more than three decades. In other news,…
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The Ministry of Education has made an announcement that Saudi women will now teach Saudi boys from the ages of four to eight years old in public schools. The decision will affect 1,460 government schools across the Kingdom and will account for 13.5 percent of young males. The private education sector in Saudi Arabia made…
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A new report from KPMG Al Fozan & Partners has stated that Saudi Arabia’s deflation is expected to normalise in 2020. The introduction of VAT drove inflation to 2.5 percent last year from -0.8 percent in 2017. King Salman has issued a number of royal decrees, splitting the energy, industry and mineral resources ministry as…
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“AEI has been our local delivery partner to Q5 in Saudi Arabia from day one. In the beginning, Q5 approached AEI for Market Entry advice. This advice proved to be critical, not only from a company investment perspective but also in terms of operational delivery best practice; detailing how to approach and deliver in the…
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