Speaking after the Eurogroup meeting in Brussels, Wednesday, Vice-President, Olli Rehn, was more than upbeat, congratulating: “Ireland and Spain, the Irish and the Spanish people, for the decisions of today. Ireland’s decision to exit the programme without a precautionary credit facility is very important. I know the Irish Government reflected very carefully on this matter. […]
Pip Howeson, London Entrepreneur Tailored To Perfection
London tailor, Pip Howeson, has announced funding from ex Dragon’s Den star Doug Richard, and media entrepreneur Chris Ingram, to build on her fast-growing reputation for bespoke high-end tailoring, using ethically sourced British fabrics. Setting out a vision to make made-to-measure fashion more accessible to women everywhere, Howeson, a graduate of the first class of ‘School […]
Hotel TV Revolutionised By Cloud-Based Solutions
Hotel entertainment and IT specialist Locatel has teamed up with Anevia, the creators of the VLC media player, to create a new cloud-based TV system for hotels. Locatel’s new Eclipse Cloud TV means that hotels can offer their guests an unlimited number of TV channels from around the world, and change them at will. It […]
EU Budget 2014 – “Deal”. Parliament and Council Get It Together…
After negotiating through the night, Parliament and Council struck a deal on the EU budget for 2014, which also provides for remedying payments shortfalls in in the current fiscal year. MEPs ensured that victims of catastrophic flooding and drought in 2013 will be compensated, and that its priorities for 2014 in areas such as employment, […]
Generation 2018 – Rise of the iWorkers
The number of ‘intelligent workers’ (iWorkers) in European businesses is expected to rise sharply over the next five years, according to new research commissioned by Ricoh Europe. Research from McKinsey highlights that companies with higher concentrations of knowledge workers (above 35 per cent of the workforce) create, on average, returns per employee three times higher […]
Save 20% of European Revenue By Digitising Data, Says Ricoh
70 per cent of European business leaders believe that digitising hard copy documents would save between five and 20 per cent of their annual turnover. New research commissioned by Ricoh Europe illustrates the benefits to European businesses of tackling the ‘bigger data’ opportunity – the digitisation of business critical, hard copy documents for business decision-making. Leaders […]
Agent 0.00, Draghi Neither Shaken Nor Stirred
Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank, yesterday explained the ECB’s rationale for lowering interest rates. Speaking in Frankfurt, Draghi said: “… the economic analysis indicates that we may experience a prolonged period of low inflation, to be followed by a gradual upward movement towards inflation rates below, but close to, 2% later on. […]
Brutal Reality of Colombian Peace Negotiations Unveiled To Deputies
Women are the first to suffer the brutality of war and are largely ignored during peace negotiations. “This state of affairs must change,” said Nahla Valji, New York office of UN Women. Valji was speaking at the European Parliament at a debate on the inclusion of women within the current Colombian peace talks. Valji said: […]
Turkey Opens New EU Accession Chapter
A new chapter in Turkey’s accession negotiations with the EU will be opened in Brussels tomorrow after a three-year break. Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Linas Linkevičius is to lead a European Union delegation at the Intergovernmental Accession Conference. The EU General Affairs Council recently adopted a decision to open Chapter 22 (Regional policy and Regional […]
Jose Montesquieu Barroso Wants Business Friendly Public Sector – “Useless laws weaken the necessary ones”
Attending, what the Commission termed a ‘business-friendly’ conference on Public Administration, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said: “Given the size of the total [EU] procurement market… each 5% saved could return around €100 billion to the public purse.” Barroso added: “…just four days ago, the European Council highlighted once again the importance of the […]