Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
Kuwait Finance House -Bahrain (KFH-Bahrain) has announced the launch of its online eBanking services, enhancing the range of services currently available to its customers.
The Royal Golf Club (RGC)_has signed a partnership agreement with Euro Motors, the car dealership representing BMW, MINI, Land Rover, Rolls-Royce, Maserati and Ferrari in Bahrain.
Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA) signed an agreement with Profiles International - Arabia, which will allow it to provide profiling assessment tests and services in Bahrain. The strategic business partnership agreement signing took place at GAA's premises in Bahrain.
Al Rajhi Capital, the investment banking subsidiary of Saudi Arabia's Al Rajhi Bank, and Arcapita Bank, an international investment firm headquartered in Bahrain, announced the launch of a $500 million fund, the ARC Real Estate Income Fund.
Bahrain's plans to privatise major public services including the loss-making Gulf Air is a step in the right direction as the kingdom not only needs to diversify its economy from oil, but also pull back state investments in several key sectors. Why privatise?
Batelco last year delivered the group's highest ever gross revenues, totalling BD346.9 million ($920.2 million), a solid nine per cent growth year-on-year, and its highest ever net profit of BD105 million ($278.5 million), its shareholders were told.
