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posted on Monday, 19 Jul 2010 by John Hanna No Comments

Those of you receiving ePT-the Electronic Newsletter of Pharmaceutical Technology, will have read today the article  “Merck Announces Major Restructuring Plan”.  This is another example of the corporate news statement that defines the industry’s current direction.

Merck is always on …

posted on Wednesday, 30 Jun 2010 by Christina Knutsson No Comments

The decision to brand a nation and how to do it  is a challenge to crack for any Government… as a nation, the government must ask itself… are we brand-ready?

The core stakeholders, normally lead by the highest echelon of Government (big budget $$$), need to agree

posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by Christina Knutsson No Comments

The United Kingdom has pulled ahead of both the United States and France as an affordable jurisdiction to conduct business, according to KPMG’s Competitive Alternatives 2010 study, which compares business costs in 10 countries in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

Mexico retained its number one ranking from the last …

posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by Mike Gourlay No Comments

Greater Manchester inward investment agency MIDAS has launched a business club in New York to attract investment into the city region. The New York branch of the Manchester Business Club is the third in the series. The launch event …

posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by John Hanna No Comments

The Greek prime minister George Papandreou met senior executives of Cosco, China’s state-controlled shipping and ports group, last week in an effort to persuade them to participate in a scheme to build a €200m logistics centre near Athens.

The Chinese group took control last October under a 35-year concession agreement of …

posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by Paul Whiteway No Comments

Batt O’Keefe, Ireland’s Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Innovation, is to meet with multinationals operating in Ireland after Pfizer yesterday announced devastating job cuts which saw over 700 jobs being slashed across the country. The pharmaceutical giant is to …

posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by Christina Knutsson No Comments

Invest NI has said it fears it could miss out on opportunities for inward investment because of public spending cuts. The agency is bracing itself for reductions in its budget over the next few years. There are already …

posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by John Hanna No Comments

The UK’s conservative/liberal democrat government, which has now been in place for just over two weeks, will announce today the first measures to sort out the country’s huge public sector deficit.

Finance minister George Osborne has already confirmed what …

posted on Thursday, 20 May 2010 by Christina Knutsson No Comments

Two of the world’s top agencies have recently said goodbye to their names.

Goodbye ISA, hello Invest Sweden

The official Swedish government agency for investment promotion, Invest in Sweden Agency, was founded fifteen years ago. It has until now …

posted on Thursday, 29 Apr 2010 by Ruben Anton No Comments

Identifying, attracting, keeping and developing investment are the key steps for professionals in the IP world… That’s is agreed… but HOW can we ensure we are doing it right?

Learning to measure results efficiently can be a useful tool. Looking at …