Lebanon Opportunities

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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