Peter Alagos

Following a series of milestones amid the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, Qatar is poised to become a leading arbitration hub, according to an official of Qatar International Centre for Conciliation and Arbitration (QICCA).

The resiliency of Qatar’s private sector has played a key role in overcoming the challenges of Covid-19 on the national economy, Qatar Chamber general manager Saleh bin Hamad al-Sharqi has said.

The My Book Qatar App aims to drive the discovery of local Qatar-based businesses among its vast user base and provides great value and savings to the users themselves as they discover new experiences.

Technology as an enabler is a must for companies, such as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), especially now that many businesses are migrating online, an official of a Doha-based solutions provider said in a recent webinar.

Qatar Chamber has lauded the Shura Council's recent approval of a draft law establishing the Investment and Trade Court, saying this would help boost the country's bid as a business and investment hub.

Companies in dispute stand to gain from the shared views of Qatar and Saudi Arabia on the advantages of commercial mediation, according to the general counsel of Qatar International Centre for Conciliation and Arbitration (QICCA) in a paper titled ‘Saudi Arabia and Qatar: Converging Views on Commerc

Discussions “are ongoing” with different investors who are interested in establishing food processing plants inside Qatar’s Free Zones, according to HE the Minister of Municipality & Environment Abdulla bin Abdulaziz bin Turki al-Subaie.

On the back of developing political and economic relations between Qatar and Turkey, the LNG-rich Gulf state has been a growing market for Turkish contractors since 2014, an official of a Turkish consultancy firm has said.