A conference aimed at public buyers took place on Thursday 11 April in Paris, to promote innovative buying. Written into its “National Pact for Growth, Competitiveness and Employment”, this new principle aim...
Taxation and high incomes are at the heart of the German electoral debate. The DIHK, the federation of German CCIs, estimates that if the opposition parties are victorious, there is a risk that the country’s...
While the tax on bank deposits in Cyprus has rekindled anti-German feeling in the south of Europe, the German CCIs are supporting their government’s action and are focusing on preserving the euro – a conditi...
On the occasion of its annual conference, the body representing British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) requested that the government boost its spending on infrastructures.
The enforcing of long-contested regulations on the placing of “made in” labels on all products originating from Europe means that from 2015 onwards, consumers will be informed about where their goods come fr...
Marking out a world that has become increasingly competitive, innovation remains the top value in the eyes of companies from all countries. On the other hand, while quality takes out second position in most ...
A sea snake in political and diplomatic relations between the European Union and the United States, a Transatlantic Free Trade Area is likely to see the light of day in two years’ time, according to vows mad...
For Belgian companies, the European domestic market is far from a reality. Considering that too many barriers still block their way towards their European neighbours, they have entrusted, to the Federation...
The last bolt clamping down the European employment market is about to be unscrewed. Soon, the recognition of degrees, professional experience and qualifications is to be simplified by the creation of a Euro...
In terms of employment, could it be that the ageing of the population is more decisive factor than the financial crisis and the economic recession? Decisive enough, in any case, to push German SMEs to create...
One of the main objectives of German businesses is to (re)position themselves on African markets in the face of Asian competition. For this purpose, they are seeking to nurture direct links in Berlin with re...
Endowing Europe with instruments to stop its deindustrialisation and to boost industrial production: this is the objective set by the Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French and German Ministers of Industry and...
The European Parliament recently gave the go-ahead to the creation of a European patent. It will be possible, from 2014 onwards, for businesses and individuals to file a single patent for the protection of t...
Engaged in a process of exchanging information, goods and services, the planet has undergone a decline in “global connectedness” since the start of the crisis. According to a DHL index, the current level of ...
Despite the crisis, the twenty members States of the ESA (European Space Agency) have reiterated their interest in pursuing space programmes including Ariane. These decisions also mark a Franco-German agreem...
Every year, the Initiatives de l’Economie recognise development projects in French regions and departments. Presenting the 2012 edition and its original and constructive award winners…
As the national airline of the Sultanate of Oman, Oman Air will be celebrating twenty years of existence next year. With a new CEO on board since January this year, the transporter has launched a seduction o...
The emirate is not just a destination for business trips. Leisure tourism is developing more and more in Dubai, with stays that are also lengthening. Families and couples will find a range of attractions on ...
You need only walk around the Dubai business district for a few hours to gauge the extent to which the emirate has become, in just a few decades, an ultra-modern hub privileging economic sectors with high-ad...
In 2009, Ontario adopted the Green Energy Act with the aim of increasing its production of renewable energies, encouraging energy savings, and promoting job creation. This act, based on the provincial govern...
Four years ago, DHL moved its European hub to this city in the northwest of Germany’s Saxony region. This decision has enabled the company belonging to the Deutsche Post group to increase its activity by dev...
With a favourable administrative and regulatory context for investors, VAT lower than the European average, and well-established business confidentiality, Luxembourg presents many advantages for business own...
Vente-privee.com, Seloger.com, PriceMinister.com, Deezer.com, 1000mercis.com and Criteo.com: these are six French web successes that have whetted the envy of many an entrepreneur. Feel like following their e...
Following the French State's announcement that it will be relying on the country's regional authorities to restructure export support provided to businesses, the Chambers of Commerce are hailing the governm...
Giving the green light to the ratification of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the German Constitutional Court has confirmed Germany's desire to commit to greater European integration. A decision that...
The Landes region is a place for all types of tourism. With beaches, forests and historically significant urban environments, business meetings or seminars in this part of southwest France can take various g...
Since 1 September, tax exemption on overtime has been abolished. French President François Hollande hopes to inject new energy into employment in this way. Yet VSEs and SMEs consider this measure “surprising...
Never have so many jobseekers from southern European countries ventured across the Rhine to try their luck in Germany. Unlike their forerunners from the 1960s coming to take part in the German economic mirac...
Today marks the start, in Versailles, of the 16th Université d’Été (Summer School) of the French CCIs on the theme “19-29 years, the challenges of a generation”. From school benches to the working world, the...
Known as the land of precarious employment, with mini-jobs earning monthly wages of 400 euros, part-time work for women and the absence of a minimum wage rate, Germany has nonetheless progressed in creating ...
Difficulties in rare-earth and metal supplies have led major industrial groups to look beyond their own interests to found a company in charge of prospection and supply. Without rousing the opposition of the...
Almost one-half of German managers can see themselves being transferred to China. Amongst European countries, France comes fourth on the list of favoured countries for relocation.
It’s a matter of give and take. After obtaining a 4.5 % salary increase at the start of the year, employees in the chemical industry should expect to work more – to compensate for the lack in qualified labou...
Led by automobile manufacturers and equipment suppliers, German industrial groups are up and running. After China, they are taking a new direction, this time targeting the United States where they are settin...
The President of the Spanish government has announced shock therapy for cutting the deficit. But in the short term, the effects on the economy will not be positive.
At a time when Cyprus recently took over presidency of the European Union, Commerce International met with Panayiotis Loizides, Secretary General of the country’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry since 1975....
