In France, only one in three business founders is a woman and there are only eleven women among the managers of the 120 largest French companies. Figures which are growing slowly, and which are even worse, if we look at the sector of new technologies and start-ups. In 2023, women still face many obstacles in … Read more
Sep 12, 2023 at 7:30 AM Update: 4 minutes ago More companies also went bankrupt in August than in the same month a year earlier. An increase was particularly noticeable among transport companies. The bankruptcies in that sector follow a quarter of declining turnover. The number of companies going bankrupt has been increasing for sixteen … Read more
Munich – At the very beginning of Sendlinger Strasse, just a few meters from Marienplatz, a few shops still have the traditional closing time: 8 p.m. The Tretter shoe store, for example, or the “Superdry” fashion store. But no sooner have you walked a few steps into the street than the opening hours suddenly become … Read more
Chasing unpaid invoices is taking a toll on Belgian companies, costing them more than 9.2 billion euros annually, according to the European Payment Report by debt collection agency Intrum. The report surveyed 10,500 companies to gather these findings. On average, Belgian companies spend 69 days each year trying to collect outstanding invoices. This persistent issue … Read more
Pigs are a ‘potential mixing vessel’ for bird flu (HPAI) and influenza viruses. They can cause bird flu to spread to humans. This is stated in a new advice from the Expert Council on Zoonoses. Mixed farms with pigs and poultry, pig farms with a range, farms near poultry farms or in areas rich in … Read more
Businesses keep morale high despite drop in new orders Vietnam’s Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), published by S&P Global, was still below the 50-point threshold, with 46.7 in April, down from 47.7 in March. >> Vietnam’s semiconductor chips start the race >> Efforts to put Vietnam on the global digital technology map >> Business creations continued … Read more
Several Eastern European truck drivers from the Polish transport companies Lukmaz, Agmaz and Imperia – all owned by the same manager – have left work to demand back pay. Their employer sent a thug squad. ‘It is historic that exploited drivers from Eastern Europe stop working for more than a week because they are thoroughly … Read more
The cost explosion due to more expensive energy and wage increases is certainly cutting into the profit margin of Belgian companies. The profit of the median company fell from 16.8 to 14.3 percent. ‘The 1 percent largest companies distort the picture of the profit trend upwards.’ It is a major discussion between social partners. Employers’ … Read more