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Bahrain SME’s have until 20 December 2019 to register for value-added-tax (VAT).
Officials are urging SME’s to register by the December deadline to avoid hefty penalties and/or imprisonment. To read more click here.
Bahrain to Host the 18th Arab Businessmen and Investors Conference
Bahrain has been selected to host the 18th Arab Businessmen and Investors Conference (ABIC) and the third edition of the World Entrepreneurs Investment Forum 2019
Bahrain floats RFP for Historical Design
Bahrain’s Municipality building is to have a new design and invitations for structural consulting companies are out for them to submit tenders. To read more
Major Highway Expansion
Emirati company, Western Bainoona Group, has been awarded the contract for the construction of Phase One of the Sheikh Zayed Highway development project in the
Bahrain to allow foreign companies to take 100% stakes in oil, natural gas extraction projects
The order, issued by Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al Khalifa on the 2nd June, states that foreign companies can own 100 percent of
20 Year/$15m Deal for Bahrain Steel and Anglo American
The 2 companies have been in talks since May 2018 to renew their earlier agreement of 2012. The new agreement “….will enable Bahrain Steel to
New Medical City Expected 2021
Saudi Arabia has granted a fund of $1bn towards the construction of a new Medical City. The contractor will be finalised in June and construction
