Lebanon Opportunities is a monthly business magazine that covers: Finance, Real estate, Economy, and Local business. Lebanon Opportunities has tens of thousands of readers in Lebanon and across the globe. It is the prime local business magazine in Lebanon in terms of readership, advertising, and name-awareness. Lebanon Opportunities is written to a target of small business owners, entrepreneurs and middle management, as well as to Lebanese living abroad. It aims at bringing complex business issues in a simple manner understandable by readers who are not experts and whose English language is not the mother tongue.
The inevitable happened
Lebanon Opportunities
IN BRIEF TIDBITS
LEADERS
BUSINESS
FINANCE
INFOPRO
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
NEW BORN COMPANIES
Recovery is possible but it hangs on reforms
Inflationary policies have led to devaluation
Government recovery plan strongly opposed by all sides • Accused of squandering depositors’ money
Competition law passed • It needs to be harmonized with other laws
Monaqasa.org • Platform for public tenders
InfoPro study shows timid growth indications
Improvement in sales this year • Crises prevented post-pandemic recovery in 2021
Private sector jobs to grow by ten percent
Where are the jobs? • Salespeople, restaurant chefs, graphic designers, and senior developers are in demand
Upward salary adjustments continue
30 percent unemployment • One third have been jobless for more than two years
Sales down, rentals up • The housing sector is witnessing the emergence of a shift towards the rental market as the factors that had caused the temporary sales’ boom have largely subsided, according to the ‘Residential Real Estate Survey’ carried out by InfoPro Research. Activity in the rental market is still modest despite low prices in fresh dollars since 2021 and a seasonal foreign demand. Surprisingly, areas in Beirut (other than the Downtown) are witnessing some resurgence of demand for apartment purchases as lower prices have made them more affordable for those who can afford it.
Pharma industry seizes the momentum • Big potential to expand capacity and product range
Major pharmaceutical manufacturers
Rules for success to export high-quality agri-food products
Food exports sharply up since beginning of the crisis
Bonding traditions with new ways
Hospitality enters recovery phase – again • Shifts in cost structure and higher employee turnover
Guesthouses • Reliance on business from residents and expats
Selected list Guesthouses
Eurobond prices at record bottom
Insider trading suspected of motivating Eurobond default • Up to ten times the potential gain
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