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posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by Christina Knutsson Comments Off

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 Comments Off

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 Comments Off

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 Comments Off

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 Comments Off

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 Comments Off

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 Sunday, 23 May 2010 by Ruben Anton Comments Off

May 23, 2010. An English medical company founded by the inventor of Clear Blue pregnancy kits was indicatively offered £250,000 of public money to relocate to Scotland, but the deal faces collapse because of the lack of private backers.

Fertility Focus, which is based in Surrey and was set up by …

posted on Sunday, 23 May 2010 by Ruben Anton Comments Off

May 23, 2010. So says the UAE Minister of Economy, His Excellency Sultan Al Mansouri. He met several senior Algerian officials, during the eighth Joint Committee Meetings of Algeria and the UAE and addressed several opportunities in enhancing bilateral cooperation in tourism, finance and investment sectors.

Al Mansouri met Mr. …

posted on Sunday, 23 May 2010 by Ruben Anton Comments Off

May 24, 2010. The Construction Industry Federation says 70,000 jobs could be created if the Government gives the green light to more public building projects.

It says that less than €60 million worth of new public construction projects have been awarded …

posted on Friday, 21 May 2010 by Ruben Anton Comments Off

May 21, 2010. According to Financial Times., the Greek prime minister met senior executives of Cosco, China’s state-controlled shipping and ports group, on Friday 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 …