The UK-based people movement and analytics business Movement Strategies has joined forces with global consultancy, GHD Group.

The merger will enhance GHD Group’s consulting, technical, data and digital solutions, and add sports and events sectors expertise to its global proposition, said a statement.

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One of the key changes taking place in the compact equipment sector in the Middle East is the significant growth in the compact track loader market in the region, according to Bobcat.

Since 2017, Bobcat has increased its share of the market, with sales of compact track loaders more than quadrupling in the same period.

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Arzan Wealth (DIFC) Limited (‘Arzan Wealth’), a Dubai-based advisory firm regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority, is pleased to announce that it has successfully advised its client on the sale of a Class A office building in the Hague, The Netherlands, achieving strong returns for investors.

The property was built in 2000 and serves as the headquarters of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), a unit"...

MANAMA — Leading global alternative asset management firm Investcorp has raised $130 million in anchor commitments which will primarily provide last mile funding in India, a market currently going through a liquidity crunch.

BAe Systems Pension Funds Investment Management Limited is the cornerstone investor for this initiative, which will focus on projects in the affordable and mid-market housing segment in the top seven cities in India and is subject to regulatory approvals and registrations.
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STOCKHOLM: IKEA’s shopping centre business is spending £170 million ($222 million) to buy and upgrade a London mall in its first foray into Britain, betting it can win over a nation increasingly doing its shopping online.
Ingka Centers, an arm of the world’s biggest furniture retailer, said it would put a new format IKEA store at the heart of the 27,000-square metre Kings Mall in London’s Hammersmith district.

Infrastructure investment and business climate reforms are seen advancing economic growth among the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies to 2.2 per cent in 2020, said the World Bank in its latest global economy report.

Meanwhile, economic growth in the Mena region is projected to accelerate to a modest 2.4 per cent in 2020, largely on higher investment and stronger business climates, according to the January 2020 Global Economic Prospects report. Among oil exporters, growth is expected to pick up to 2 per"...

Walton Global Holdings Ltd. and its affiliates (collectively Walton), a real estate investment and land asset company with US$3.8 billion under management and administration, has acquired the 245-acre Lee Farms property located at 4300 Wilson Ave. in Loveland, Colo.

The pre-developed land is slated for a single-family residential master planned community of approximately 900 units, offering a variety of sizes and types of homesites. The parcel is"...