It’s become a real cliché these days to say that “Change is the only constant”. But this is not a new revelation. As long ago as 500 years BC Heraclitus noted that, like the water in a river, everything is in …
Infrastructure Development Opportunities Emerge from the Downturn in the Gulf
Amidst the celebratory fireworks at the launch of Dubai’s 1,500 room Hotel Atlantis in November, there were less than celebratory murmurings about the state of the countries economy, …
… If PFI Projects are to Proceed in the UK.
As reported in an earlier paper (see August and November 2008 blogs), many building projects under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) in the UK, in which the private sector and their bankers develop and fund major infrastructure projects and …
It’s doom and gloom everywhere – no need to say more. But is there a silver lining for some IPAs, I wonder?
We’re used to seeing assembly jobs relentlessly moving to the latest and cheapest labour entrant to the EU. Once the years of euphoria that take farmers out of the …
An article in the Scottish press back in January asking “How do you measure whether location A or location B is a better place to do business?” This week Ernst & Young’s European Investment Monitor (EIM) announces the latest …
in December the economic downturn was predicted to bottom out towards the end of 2009If all is doom and gloom wher you are then catch up with McKinsey’s Economic Conditions Snapshot. Their global survey of 1,820 executives from around the world and represented a full range of industries and functional specialties,brings a little cheer – depending on where you are coming from….
I cannot remember the last time the Foreign and Commonwealth Office spoke out about a British business dispute. However, it has now cleared its refined vocal chords and turned the row between BP and AAR, the consortium of shareholders who are …
Capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India, or Sebi, has revamped its organizational structure by separating its investigation and adjudication wings, and assigning each to different members of its board.
Earlier, both investigation into wrongdoing and adjudication, the legal process …
IDA IRELAND is working to avert any threat to the employment of some 2,000 workers in the Limerick manufacturing plant of computer giant Dell in light of a front-page report in the Wall Street Journal , which said the company plans …