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ENGLAND AND WALES RURAL ENTREPRENEURS INVEST AND DIVERSIFY, DESPITE TAX DISINCENTIVES
The UK countryside is not generally regarded as a cradle of innovation. However, business data and the increased visibility of rural business thanks to social media indicate that countryside entrepreneurship is emerging as a major contributor to the domestic start-up sector.…
EU LAWMAKERS GREENLIGHT BRUNA SZEGO FOR AMLA CHAIR
The European Parliament has given Italy’s Bruna Szego the green light to chair the European Union’s (EU) Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) (1) in a vote today (December 18) in Strasbourg, France. The vote, by a huge majority of 569 votes in favour, 20 against, and 61 abstentions, mirrored the endorsement given two days earlier in the EP committees on economic and monetary affairs (ECON) and civil liberties, justice and home affairs (LIBE), a month after they selected Szego for the job (2).…
EUROPEAN UNION TIGHTENS SANCTIONS SCREWS ON RUSSIA AS SYRIAN CRISIS EXPOSES MOSCOW WEAKNESSES
The European Union (EU) has further broadened its sanctions targeting Russia to increase pressure on its government, as the fall of its ally in Syria weakens Moscow’s geopolitical position. EU ministers have now sanctioned Chinese suppliers of the Russian invasion in Ukraine, Russian crude oil suppliers and an airline, as well as companies alleged to be spreading disinformation in Africa and elsewhere.…
NEW COMMISSION MUST KEEP EU FOOD SECTOR COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE, SAY INDUSTRY EXPERTS
The new European Commission (2024-2029) taking office on December 1, 2024, under reappointed Commission president Ursula von der Leyen should use its term of office to enable a strong, competitive agri-food chain. That was the message of European Union (EU) food industry experts speaking to Just Food this week.…
PERUVIAN COMPANIES LOOK TO INCREASE EXPORTS TO THE US MARKET AGAINST TRADING HEADWINDS
The Peruvian alpaca textile and clothing sector is trying to increase formal exports to the United States, despite some trading problems undermining its position.
Peru’s minister of foreign trade and tourism, Úrsula Desilú León Chempén promoted these sales at garment fairs Sourcing at Magic New York and Coterie New York, in September (2024), stressing Peruvian fabric’s “wide range of materials that are of excellent quality, high durability, and sustainable”, promising to “continue strengthening” the industry (https://efecomunica.efe.com/en/peruvian-textile-companies-look-to-increase-exports-to-us-market/…
ETHICS BOARD RELEASES KEY STANDARDS BOOSTING SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING TRUSTETHICS BOARD RELEASES KEY STANDARDS BOOSTING SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING TRUST
The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) has approved two significant sets of standards designed to underpin public trust in sustainability reporting and assurance. IESBA approved the International Ethics Standards for Sustainability Assurance (IESSA) and revisions to the International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (including International Independence Standards).…
TRUMP TARIFFS COULD DISRUPT GLOBAL CAN MAKING INDUSTRY
The international can making and filling industry is assessing the impact of a second Donald Trump presidency in the USA, given he has threatened to impose universal tariffs on all imports.
Trump has floated imposing 10%-20% tariffs on all US imports, including trades with countries having free trade agreements with America.…
ITALY’S BRUNA SZEGO TO CHAIR NEW EUROPEAN AML AUTHORITY
Italian Bruna Szego is set to chair the European Union’s (EU) new Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA) (1) following a vote by two key European Parliament committees. The vote to back the only woman on the three-person shortlist to head the new Frankfurt-based AMLA, followed a three-hour closed-door hearing in Strasbourg, France with the committees on economic and monetary affairs (ECON) and civil liberties, justice and home affairs (LIBE).…
EBL WHITE PAPER CONCLUSIONS AND ANALYSIS
Today, carriers are driving eBL adoption and in many ways have harvested the low-hanging fruit of early adopters. However, the challenge now is to cross the chasm and pave the way to widespread adoption.
What is needed is a clear new value proposition for customers to adopt eBL.…
DUTCH HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING FEARS INTENSIFY AS CALLS TO REVERSE CUTS ARE REJECTED
The Dutch higher education community has condemned massive cuts to the sector’s budget and caps on international student numbers, after the country’s ruling politicians rejected calls to rethink its controversial structural reforms.
On 27 November (2024), in a vote in the Dutch House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer), the Netherlands’ right wing four-party coalition led by Independent Prime Minister Dick Schoof supported a proposal spearheaded by Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Eppo Bruins of the New Social Contract party, to cut education funding by approximately EUR2 billion – half of which is earmarked for higher education – despite growing pressure from opposition parties who are threatening to block the plans in the Dutch Senate (Eerste Kamer) (https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/11/coalition-stands-firm-over-e2bn-education-cuts-despite-warnings/…