KUWAIT: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced it will start today providing online licenses for new companies, stores and commercial projects. The process will allow small and medium enterprises to receive their licenses within a shorter time period and will also reduce the number of clients in the ministry's centers, said the ministry in a statement yesterday. It added that the online request form only requires the leasing contract and leasing receipt without any other documents. The new license is equipped with a barcode that provides the ministry's inspectors with the company's information and is connected directly to the ministry's database, the statement said. - KUNA