750 articles on construction, property, finance and technology.
A worked example of a company with Saudi and foreign partners, showing how profit and the Zakat base are split and why the two charges move differently.
Read MoreRisk assessment is usually a feeling about a property. A sequence that turns it into a series of answerable questions.
Read MoreThe cost of running a corporate bank relationship in Saudi Arabia: accounts, payments, guarantees, letters of credit and facilities, and what makes each cheaper or dearer.
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Splitting a build into trade packages can save money and will certainly move risk onto you. For an owner abroad, that trade is rarely worth making.
Read MoreWhen a contract with a Saudi counterparty can be governed by foreign law, when Saudi law applies anyway, and how the choice interacts with where disputes are heard.
Read MoreBoth release capital from an asset. They differ in cost, permanence and what you keep afterwards.
Read MoreThe stages of Saudi government procurement on the Etimad platform, from registration and qualification to bid submission, award and contract management.
Read MoreAn illustrative calculation that takes a 900 square metre plot through buildable area, build cost, effective rent and operating cost to a yield on total capital.
Read MoreFixed arrangements cost more for predictability. Variable ones are cheaper until they are not. How to decide which suits you.
Read MoreThe recurring tax errors of new foreign-owned companies in Saudi Arabia, across income tax, Zakat, VAT and withholding, with what each costs and how to prevent it.
Read MoreThe cost lines that decide a workers accommodation budget, which of them an owner can move without breaching welfare standards, and the costs that surface after the first month of occupation.
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A working method for turning the vibrant society, thriving economy and ambitious nation pillars into buyers, budgets and contracts you can actually pursue.
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