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THE INFLUX of foreign tourists and investment to once-isolated Myanmar has resulted in an increasing demand for meat, while a limited manufacturing base is presenting new opportunities for international suppliers.

Almost 90% of Myanmar’s population are Buddhist and almost a third live below the poverty line; factors which have historically kept meat consumption levels low.…

THE UK’s vote last Thursday (June 23) to quit the European Union (EU) creates deep uncertainty over the shape of future nuclear industry regulations in Britain. The same applies to EU market access for British nuclear fuel and component companies or exporters from the rest of the EU wanting to target British nuclear operators.…

INDIAN nuclear plants have been awarded their first ever nuclear operator’s liability insurance policy, a move that is expected to attract international manufacturers of nuclear components to help in building new power generation capacity. Confirming the policy issued on May 26, Alice G Vaidyan, chairman-cum-managing director of General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC), told Fuel Cycle Week that, USD224 million insurance cover has been provided to all 21 nuclear power plants run by Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL).…

The boom in tourism in Myanmar has inflated local demand for international food brands, as the local branded food manufacturing base remains very limited in scope. Tourism is expected to continue to grow due to the country’s first democratically elected government coming into power last month (April).…

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) and product lifecycle management (PLM) software have become fundamental tools in the quest for excellence in apparel supply chain visibility. Competition is fierce among software providers to maintain relevance with interrelated technologies, such as omni-channel retailing, cloud computing and even social media mining.…

Pakistan remains a source of concern to global anti-money laundering (ML) authorities even though the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the world’s leading AML organisation, removed the country from its monitoring process last February (2015). Then, FATF cited Pakistan as having made “significant progress” in improving its AML and CFT (combating the financing of terrorism) regime.…

THE INTERNATIONAL Energy Agency (IEA) has warned that Belgium’s planned phase-out of its nuclear power capacity threatens the security of its energy supplies. In a paper on the country’s energy outlook, the IEA concluded: “Phase-out by 2025 is close. Security of supply needs to be ensured, but new investment in generation capacity is lacking.”…

It gets exceedingly hot in Riyadh in the summer, with the mercury rarely below 40 degrees Celsius, but that does not deter Moazam Shah from going for his evening run around the residential compound he lives in with his family.

After six years in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Pakistani national Shah has acclimatised to exercising in extreme heat: “It’s a time for myself, to catch up on my thoughts,” he told Accounting & Business at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Manama, Bahrain.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced that it will propose a ‘services passport’ system by December 31, designed to simplify administrative procedures for service providers, such as accountants, auditors and bookkeepers, who want to expand to foreign member states. EU internal market, industry, entrepreneurship and SMEs Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska said: “The cross-border provision of services in the EU is underdeveloped, in particular in the area of business services – such as accounting…” The passport system would give accountants more information, boosting legal certainty and clarity about relevant professional rules in another member state.…

The recent start of commercial operations at concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in Africa illustrates the potential for utility-scale CSP to capture an increasing share in the world’s power generation mix.

These plants include the 160 megawatt (MW) Noor 1 in southern Morocco, the foundation of what may become the world’s largest CSP generation site, and the 50MW Khi Solar One in South Africa.…