Colin Foreman

Email: colin.foreman@meed-dubai.com

Dubai approves $272m stimulus package

The emirate’s Executive Council has launched a new incentive scheme to boost liquidity and ease financial pressure on the private sector
31 March 2026
Construction guard undergoes a shift

Chinese firms surge to the top as Saudi spending cuts and geopolitical risks weigh on GCC construction activity
30 March 2026
Remaking construction in Saudi Arabia

The Public Investment Fund is transforming the kingdom’s construction sector, from unlocking contractor finance to fixing local supply chains
27 March 2026

Trump pauses strikes on Iran energy plants

27 March 2026

Gulf economies under fire

26 March 2026

UAE Central Bank launches resilience package

19 March 2026

Alba shuts down three reduction lines

17 March 2026

Iran sees economic pressure as key to ending war

16 March 2026

Wynn resumes construction on Ras Al-Khaimah project

12 March 2026

Saudi construction enters a period of strategic readjustment

09 March 2026

Alba to acquire EU’s largest primary aluminium producer

06 March 2026

Sal Logistics acquires Aviapartner Liege

06 March 2026

Conflict duration will determine impact on aviation sector

06 March 2026

GCC banks show resilience amid regional conflict

05 March 2026

US to provide political risk insurance for Gulf energy shipments

04 March 2026

Conflict has limited impact on GCC projects

04 March 2026

Saudi Arabia’s private sector steps up

04 March 2026

EBRD lends to Egypt aluminium extrusion line project

04 March 2026

Saudi Arabia’s private sector picks up the baton

02 March 2026

UAE air defences repel Iranian attacks

02 March 2026

Iran launches regional attacks after US and Israel strikes start

28 February 2026

Kuwait's economic recovery to strengthen in 2026

25 February 2026

Mena project momentum dips at end of 2025

20 February 2026

Ooredoo forms fibre and subsea cable unit for global push

17 February 2026

Prince Alwaleed and Kingdom Holding gain from largest ever acquisition

13 February 2026

Saudi Arabia appoints new investment minister

13 February 2026

Saudi Exchange launches ETF framework to boost liquidity

06 February 2026

Projects market goes back to basics

03 February 2026

Projects show resilience in 2026

30 January 2026

Aviation sector will drive Dubai construction

23 January 2026

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