Saudi companies fail to pay salaries
Many companies in Saudi Arabia have been forced to stop work due to the Covid-19 pandemic, while other companies have suspended the payment of all or part of the salaries to their employees, Arabi21 reported.
According to information collected by the news site from several sources in Saudi Arabia - speaking on condition of anonymity - dozens of private schools did not pay their teachers salaries, with others paying partial salaries. This is despite the fact that the schools had received most of the students registration fees in advance.
One of the teachers working in Riyadh said: A large number of private school workers are Jordanian and Egyptian teachers who are currently stranded because their salaries were suspended or because they were forced to leave without pay, while they cannot return to their countries due to the travel ban.
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Saudi Arabia’s Almarai, the biggest dairy company in the Middle East, is buying Bakemart’s business in the UAE and Bahrain for Dh93.5 million ($25.47m) as it expands its product range across the region.
The agreement to acquire 100 per cent of the company was reached on Monday, Almarai said on Tuesday in a statement to the Tadawul stock exchange, where its shares trade.
Almarai will use its operating cash flow to fund the acquisition, with the financial impact expected to be reflected in the company’s next quarterly results.
The deal remains subject to regulatory approvals, including a nod from Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Competition.
Emirati photographer Salem Sarhan wins big with Nat Geo comp
Salem at work
Contest winner aims to showcase UAE to the world through his work
Given 2020’s global situation, the annual ‘Moments’ competition, one of the largest photography contests across the Middle East and North Africa, was always going to be a bit different. Adapting to the climate early, hosts National Geographic Abu Dhabi and Almarai tweaked the theme accordingly titling it ‘2020 Moments: A Year Lived Differently.’ In spite of this alteration, as usual, the entries flooded in and led to tough decisions from the judging panel, which included two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner and National Geographic photographer Mohammad Muheisen. Though recently a victor was chosen: 27-year-old Salem Sarhan from Al Ain has become the first Emirati to win the competition in its ten-year history and with it will have his photograph released in the National Geographic Alarabiya Magazine, and receive $10,000 worth
Almarai wins 12 awards and rankings during 2020, cementing its commitment to quality January 17, 2021
During the year 2020, Almarai won more than 12 awards and rankings at local, regional, and international levels in various financial, administrative, marketing, quality, safety, consumer satisfaction, and sustainability fields. To reinforce its commitment to its firm motto, “Quality you can trust“.
Almarai’s awards varied during the yeat to top 6 rankings in various fields such as measuring consumer satisfaction and its mental image. Almarai Also won 6 local, regional and international awards.
“Year after Year, Almarai is consolidating its pioneering position and confirming its worthiness of people confident in the quality provided which come as a commitment to the motto “Quality you can trust.”. Abdullah Nasser Al-Otaibi, Head of Corporate Communications and Public Relations in Almarai. He added: “We are blessed to re