In many countries and sectors of activity, European states levy taxes on what they consider to be excess profits. Which companies are affected? Energy producers and distributors, banks, insurance companies, and even, in Norway, fish farming companies. The word “nationalization” is not (yet) uttered, but it may be the beginning. The currency, which is certainly …
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The rise in prices and population shows that Brussels remains attractive. A new, more ambitious vision of the city is however hoped for. In such a way that the issue of the densification of the building is mixed with those of improving the quality of life, the greening of the city and the sustainability of …
“Densification in Brussels must be much more qualitative” – Trends-Tendances sur PC Read More »
Wallonia officially launched its third sustainable development strategy on Friday, definitively adopted by the regional government on 21 September. The text commits all the Walloon ministers to a process aimed at accelerating the implementation of the United Nations Global Sustainable Development Program and its 17 sustainable development objectives. As a reminder, since 2013 the regional …
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The administrators could be fined, and the Public Prosecutor is seized. The management committee of the FSMA, the market control authority, decided on Friday to initiate proceedings against Nyrstar on suspicion of market abuse. This procedure may result, as far as the FSMA is concerned, in imposing an administrative fine on Nyrstar but also, where …
FSMA crosses Nyrstar’s management board – Companies Read More »
Between strict health policy and nationalist withdrawal, China has become a complicated economic partner for the European Union to manage. The EU Chamber of Commerce in China presented its vision of trade relations between the two great powers. A solid indicator of the current voltage level. “Although Europe and China are already at two ends …
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“With its investments in gene therapy, UCB is looking at a horizon that is measured in decades,” explains Geoffrey Folie, director of the UCB campus in Braine l’Alleud, during the Trends Talk program. The pharmaceutical group UCB has announced a billion euro investment over the next ten years for its Braine l’Alleud site. This will …
UCB: 1 billion to strengthen Walloon roots – Companies Read More »
With inflation soaring, wages are rising and the competitiveness gap is widening between Belgium and our neighbors who do not have our automatic indexation mechanism. A few days ago, a leak in L’Echo on the forecasts of the Central Economic Council (CCE) suggested that the wage handicap suffered between 2020 and 2024 by Belgian companies …
Inflation widens Belgium’s wage handicap – Companies Read More »
Pork is unavoidable in China and when its price rises, the population growls. To avoid any popular discontent with the approach of a very sensitive Communist Party congress in mid-October, we have therefore been drawn from the very large state reserve of pigs to stabilize prices. China again dipped into its national pork reserves on …
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Britain’s gross domestic product (GDP), which a first estimate had given down 0.1% in the second quarter, finally recorded an increase of 0.2% over this period, according to a revised figure published on Friday by the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS). The revised figure dismisses immediate fears of recession and offers a breath of …
While a split would impoverish Wallonia, but also Flanders, an interregional pact for employment would lead to an enrichment of all the Regions. We are 20 months away from the elections and my 12 years of experience as chief of staff teach me that this period generally corresponds to the moment when the first pre-electoral …
Back to school lively in business schools across the country. The reason? An open letter from a teacher, Laurent Lievens, who explains why he resigned. In an open letter widely distributed on social networks, Laurent Lievens, lecturer at the Louvain School of Management (LSM), explains why he slams the door of the school. The removal …
Teaching: should we burn the business schools? – Companies Read More »
Loss of taste, appetite or diarrhea. Searching the Internet for information on what is happening to us has become a reflex. And the analysis of these trends on Google could make it possible to identify the areas where the coronavirus is spreading. During the first weeks of the Covid-19 epidemic in the United States, online …
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The Mons company I-care, company of the year 2020 and specialist in predictive maintenance, raises 40 million euros to mass produce its data collectors according to sources familiar with the matter. To support its growth, I-care had been working for several months on a major fundraiser. This fresh capital comes from the Hainaut bank CPH, …
The Mons company I-care raises 40 million euros – Companies Read More »
(Belga) bpost will install parcel dispensers in 70 additional stations over the next six months. “The collaboration between bpost and SNCB is confirmed and extended”, underline Thursday the two public companies in a joint press release. bpost started installing the first publicly accessible parcel lockers in Belgium in 2011. Currently, more than 600 parcel lockers …
bpost ATMs soon to be installed in 70 additional stations – Companies Read More »
The bank is launching an “energy” line of credit at a reduced interest rate to help its professional customers affected by the energy crisis get through the winter. Professional customers of Crelan and AXA Banque (acquired by Crelan at the beginning of the year) who are struggling to pay their energy bills, despite healthy solvency, …
Energy crisis: Crelan to the rescue of entrepreneurs – Finance Read More »
Within days, the Bank of England (Bank of England, or BOE) was ohforced to make a 180-degree turn to catch up with the devastating effects of the budgetary and fiscal program of the new government of Liz Truss. To try to stem the panic selling of bonds and the fall of the pound sterling, the …
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