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1 week ago | 
zawya.com | Santhosh V. Perumal
Qatar - Al Meera Consumer Goods Company is strengthening efforts to digitise platforms and expand self-checkout as part of its continued strategies to improve services to customers.
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1 week ago | 
gulf-times.com | Santhosh V. Perumal
Al Meera Consumer Goods Company is strengthening efforts to digitise platforms and expand self-checkout as part of its continued strategies to improve services to customers.
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1 week ago | 
gulf-times.com | Santhosh V. Perumal
Bullish on Qatar’s macroeconomic prospects, Al Mahhar Holding is exploring options on expanding its manufacturing base for the energy sector over the medium term and aims to diversify into renewables.
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1 week ago | 
zawya.com | Santhosh V. Perumal
Qatar - Sports tourism remains a vital growth driver with FIFA World Cup 2022 generating an estimated $2.3-4.1bn in tourism spending and broadcasting revenue, contributing $1.6-2.4bn to Qatar’s gross domestic product (GDP), according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
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2 weeks ago | 
gulf-times.com | Santhosh V. Perumal
QTerminals has appointed Charles Meaby as Acting Group chief executive officer, in the place of Neville Bissett. Prior to this, Meaby was Group Business Development and Commercial Officer, then Managing Director of Hamad Port. He brings more than 25 years of global experience from roles at DP World, London Gateway Port Holdings, Hutchison Ports, and Associated British Ports.
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2 weeks ago | 
gulf-times.com | Santhosh V. Perumal
Doha's energy infrastructure will soon get a fillip, when every building turns out to be a clean power plant, supporting the national sustainability goals and enabling Qatar to lead the next wave of energy innovation, according to a top official of a South Korean global leader in AI-driven solutions for zero-energy buildings.
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3 weeks ago | 
gulf-times.com | Santhosh V. Perumal
Reflecting buoyancy, notably in the non-hydrocarbons, Qatar’s maritime sector saw higher vessels call, resulting in brisk yearly growth in the movement of RORO (vehicles), livestock and building materials through Mesaieed, Doha and Al Ruwais ports during the first quarter (Q1) of 2025, according to the official data. A total of 726 ships arrived in the three ports during January-March 2025, a 12.21% growth on annualised basis.
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3 weeks ago | 
gulf-times.com | Santhosh V. Perumal
Development banks from Qatar, Kuwait and the UAE are expected to fund the Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority's (GCCIA) $1.1bn-$1.3bn investment programme for 2025-27, according to Standard & Poor's (S&P), an international credit rating agency.
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3 weeks ago | 
gulf-times.com | Santhosh V. Perumal
Capital Intelligence (CI) has assigned to Gulf Warehousing Company (GWC) first-time long- and short-term ratings on the Qatar national scale of ‘qaA-’ and ‘qaA2’, respectively with "stable" outlook. "We see GWC as having a very sound financial profile. The company is by far the largest logistics services provider in Qatar, and it has a dominant market share in its home market," CI said in its latest report.
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3 weeks ago | 
gulf-times.com | Santhosh V. Perumal
Lack of clarity on the US’ tariff policies and regional geopolitical tensions had their impact on the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE), which saw its key index plummet as much as 111 points and capitalisation melt in excess of QR5bn this week. More than 81% of the traded constituents were in the red as the 20-stock Qatar Index knocked off 1.07% this week which saw the listed companies cumulatively report net profit of QR51.17bn in 2024.
