The overall GCC  jobs market is set to grow at an average rate of 9% in 2018 as a result of the recent rise in oil prices and upturn in business optimism. Highest jobs growth is forecast for Kuwait at 18%, and the UAE at 13%. 71% of GCC employers plan to take on additional staff this […]

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‘Vision 2035’ And Kuwait Healthcare Reform Reform of the Kuwait healthcare sector is integral to the Kuwait government’s development plan, ‘Vision 2035’, to turn Kuwait into a regional financial, cultural and institutional leader and to reduce dependency on oil. Currently more than half of Kuwait’s national income and around 80% of government revenues come from […]

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Improvements in GCC healthcare in the last 20–30 years region have been largely due to the investment and development of health infrastructure by the public sector. Over the past 5–10 years, however, driven by insurance reforms in some GCC countries, the private sector has begun to make sizable long-term investments in healthcare together with GCC […]

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What Is ‘Supported Housing’? ‘Supported housing’ is any housing scheme where “housing, support and sometimes care services are provided to help people to live as independently as possible in the community”. Supported housing users include those who would otherwise be homeless (including those at risk of domestic abuse); older people and people with disabilities (many […]

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Pharmaceuticals Leading UK Manufacturing Growth In 2017 there were c.1300 companies involved in pharmaceutical manufacturing in the UK. Manufacturing in the life sciences accounted for nearly 10% of all UK manufacturing and sector exports were more than £30bn (1) In 2016 pharmaceutical manufacturing helped the UK manufacturing industry to its best performance in nearly four […]

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