FAW Trucks South Africa to upgrade Coega truck plant with R200m investment

FAW Trucks South Africa to upgrade Coega truck plant with R200m investment

The Coega Development Corporation recently announced a substantial R200 million investment by FAW Trucks South Africa, contributing to the province’s automotive sector growth. The Chinese-owned truck company’s investment will further strengthen the Eastern Cape as a strategic hub for automotive manufacturing. FAW Vehicle Manufacturers SA (PTY) Ltd was established in 1994 and is now a … Read more

Querétaro’s commerce and services sector is committed to training to reduce the gap in certifications

Querétaro’s commerce and services sector is committed to training to reduce the gap in certifications

Querétaro, Qro. To promote capacity building and certification, the Querétaro Chamber of Commerce created the Professional Training Development Center. It will focus on certifications, skills y skillsissued by the National Council for Standardization and Certification of Labor Skills (Know). At the moment, only between 1 and 2% of the chamber’s members have some certification of … Read more

strike and demonstration in front of the municipality

strike and demonstration in front of the municipality

The first strike in the history of the Arcobaleno cooperative was successful, which for 30 years has managed, on behalf of the Municipality of Turin and its subsidiary AMIAT, the collection of paper throughout the territory of Turin and some neighboring municipalities. The workers, supported in their struggle by USB, after decades of total absence … Read more

This is how the flower sector experiences power cuts in Ecuador

This is how the flower sector experiences power cuts in Ecuador

Los power outages What Ecuador is experiencing since the end of September 2024 has forced industries to readjust their operations; he floriculture sector has not been exempt to this reality. Eduardo Letort, president of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Flower Producers and Exporters of Ecuador (Expoflores), explains to FIRST FRUITS that, … Read more

Barcelona’s tourist apartment sector threatens a million-dollar lawsuit to maintain its lucrative activity

Barcelona’s tourist apartment sector threatens a million-dollar lawsuit to maintain its lucrative activity

One of the main complaints of the entities for the right to housing is that tourist apartments have multiplied in recent years, to the detriment of the park available to city residents. But not because new apartments have been built, but because of the ease with which an owner could convert his property into a … Read more

US$20.3 billion in international visitors: Sectur

US.3 billion in international visitors: Sectur

From January to July, the country’s foreign exchange income from international visitors amounted to 20,300.5 million dollars, which represented an increase of 7 percent compared to the same period of the previous year and 33.3 percent compared to the same period in 2020, the year of the pandemic, the Ministry of Tourism (Sectur) announced on … Read more

National holidays will result in a spill of more than 30 billion dollars in tourism: Sectur

National holidays will result in a spill of more than 30 billion dollars in tourism: Sectur

Mexico City. The celebration of Fiestas Patrias 2024 will leave an expenditure of more than 30 billion pesos for the consumption of tourist services, said Miguel Torruco Marqués, head of the Ministry of Tourism (Sectur). The official explained that it is estimated that from September 13 to 16 of this year, the expenditure for lodging … Read more

“The main challenge facing the financial sector is the explosive growth of data and artificial intelligence”

“The main challenge facing the financial sector is the explosive growth of data and artificial intelligence”

Next Wednesday, the annual Basque financial event will be the focus. Scotland is a mirror in which Euskadi looks at itself in the launch of its financial cluster. What are the major challenges facing SFE and the Scottish financial hub? -Our sector has faced significant change in recent years, having responded to the lessons and … Read more

Tourism employment at its highest level at the end of the second quarter: Sectur

Tourism employment at its highest level at the end of the second quarter: Sectur

Mexico City., Employment in the tourism sector is at an all-time high. At the close of the second quarter of the year, the employed population in the Mexican sector rose to 4 million 861 thousand people, which represented 9 percent of total national employment, announced the Ministry of Tourism (Sectur). “The recovery in tourism employment … Read more