The AEI calendar is filling up fast! After a busy start to 2018 the AEI team is gearing up for an action-packed events calendar over the next few months. On 16th April, one of the AEI UK team will be speaking at an event organised by Eversheds Sutherland, DIT and the Saudi British Joint Business…
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The last 12 months has seen an extraordinary pace of change in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The announcement in 2016 of Vision 2030, the plan to ween the country off oil, was initially received with scepticism. However, 2017 really showed that the Saudi royal family is intent on change. 2018 has already got off…
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The AEI team will be at Gulfood 2018 in Dubai next month! John Lockwood and Freddie Blackman of the AEI Consulting team will be there from Sunday 18th to Tuesday 20th February to talk to any British exporters looking to introduce their products into the Saudi market – the largest in the Middle East. If…
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In light of recent events in the Kingdom, we saw the need for a well-informed and independent report detailing the current situation in the Kingdom. We have therefore published a Saudi market report, titled “Update from Saudi Arabia”, that captures the most recent economic and social changes in the Kingdom, which we are selling to…
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Another eventful year has passed in Saudi Arabia, and what a year it has been! The economic, social and cultural transformation that we have witnessed in Saudi this year leaves us all wondering quite what 2018 will hold for the Kingdom. The announcements that women will be allowed to drive and cinemas will finally reopen…
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Well, probably not, but with the OPEC production cuts extended for another 12 months, this is hopefully good news to shore up the recent oil price rally. The inclusion of Russia, Libya and Nigeria in the deal is possibly indicative of a more joined up approach. Of course, volatility will remain with a number of…
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Another big announcement this week in Saudi with the return of the ‘silver screen’ to the Kingdom after a 35 year absence. This is further evidence of the change that is gripping every aspect of life in Saudi Arabia as the Crown Prince’s Vision 2030 reform programme continues to be implemented. Click here to find out…
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We’re excited to announce that we will be attending Arab Health 2018 in Dubai in January. John Lockwood and Yazan Shukair of the AEI Consultancy Team will be there to talk to exporters and answer any questions they might have about doing business in Saudi Arabia. It has been an exciting year in Saudi Arabia,…
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It has certainly been an extraordinary week or two in Saudi on the back of what had already been an exceptional year for the Kingdom so far. It is hardly surprising that we have produced over 100 market insight reports on the current state of play in the Kingdom in just the last 10 days!…
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Sir Richard Branson of Virgin was recently in Saudi Arabia on a trip that saw him visit the Red Sea coast, where a huge project is underway to transform the area into a tourism destination, and Mada’in Saleh, the UNESCO World Heritage Site that rivals the famous Petra in Jordan. Click here to read more…
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