James Mitchell

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James Mitchell covers business and markets for Gulf Times Now — company results, economic data, banking, real estate and the deals reshaping the GCC. He writes the numbers side of the Gulf economy: what a figure actually means for the companies and people behind it, rather than the headline it makes. His work runs across our Business and Markets sections.

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GCC Sports Economy 2026: How the Gulf Became a Global Sports Powerhouse

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Sport has become one of the Gulf Cooperation Council's most powerful instruments of economic transformation, global brand-building, and soft power projection. What began as...

Editorial: The Gulf SME Gap, Why Small Business Is the Region’s Untapped Engine

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The Gulf's small and medium enterprises are the invisible backbone of an economy that likes to celebrate its tallest towers and biggest sovereign wealth...

GCC Tourism 2026: How the Gulf Is Competing for the World’s Visitors

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The GCC tourism industry has undergone a transformation so rapid and comprehensive that analysts who wrote off the Gulf as a transit destination barely...

UAE-India CEPA 2026: Trade Volumes, Benefits and Opportunities

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The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the UAE and India, signed in February 2022 and implemented from May 2022, has fundamentally reshaped bilateral...

GCC Dollar Peg 2026: Why Gulf Nations Anchor Currencies to the USD

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Five of the six GCC nations peg their currencies to the US dollar, a policy that has been in place for decades and remains...
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Bahrain’s Good Conduct Certificate Costs One Dinar, Not Three

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Bahrain's Good Conduct Certificate costs 1 BD and takes five working days, not the three dinars widely quoted. Fees, documents, and the rule for former residents.

The UAE Travel Ban Page Everyone Links To Does Not Exist

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The ICP travel ban inquiry everyone links to returns a 404. Where the check actually lives in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and what the 2022 cheque law changed.

Kuwait’s Police Certificate Lives in an App, and Closes When You Leave

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Kuwait issues its police clearance as a Criminal Status Certificate through the Sahel app, and only to current residents aged 18 and over. The verified process.

Oman’s Police Certificate: Almost Every English Guide Names the Wrong One

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The Royal Oman Police issues two certificates, not one, and expatriates cannot get the Good Conduct one. The real process, the real fees, and where guides go wrong.
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