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With less than one-and-a-half years until the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) creates its own European Union (EU)-style single market, the bloc is about to sign off on a ‘mutual recognition arrangement’ (MRA) on accountancy services. This is designed to help the mobility of accounting professionals wanting to work across the 10 member states, and all their governments bar the Philippines (expected to sign in October) have now signed up.…

Tougher security regulations are restricting the ability of airport managers to provide adequate car and bus parking, a headache given these services are a frequent target of consumer advocacy groups. Complaints range typically from price through availability to ease and airports of all sizes need to balance customer satisfaction against the need for revenue and the demands made by security regulations.…

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A JUDICIAL hearing is scheduled for September 9 in London after the United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) charged the UK subsidiary of French engineering group Alstom with fraud and conspiracy to corrupt.…

IN the search for ways to extract energy from a reliable and efficient source to power heat pumps, the water lapping the shores of our continents is increasingly being viewed as a key resource. “Sea water, like any water, has the ability to retain heat for a long period of time.…

Caribbean jurisdictions may be increasingly signing up to the requirements of America’s Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) but there is no great enthusiasm about it. Indeed, some bankers fear it could lead to a sharp fall in the region’s charms for investors.…

Nothing concentrates the minds of bankers like being hit with the largest fines in corporate history. In July it was the turn of BNP Paribas to be targeted with a record fine of USD9 billion by the American government for sanctions breaches.…

For nurses coming to work in Britain from overseas, a key requirement is always going to be proficiency in English. A Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) spokesperson noted that under European legislation the NMC “is not allowed to ask EU [European Union]-trained EU nationals to demonstrate language competency as a requirement for registration in the UK.”…

Among all the sectors that make up the UK healthcare industry, plastic and cosmetic surgery pose among the biggest challenges for nurses, with the most significant issues being professional indemnity, plus securing relevant training and qualifications.

The wide range of nurse responsibilities in the sector intensifies these challenges.…

PRODUCTION at Venezuela state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) has slumped under mounting financial pressures, building during the past 15 years when revenues have been tapped by its socialist government to fund social programmes, diplomatic initiatives and other non-commercial policies.…

Rapidly increasing continental air traffic has fuelled intense competition among east African countries in constructing and upgrading airport infrastructure. Indeed, investments could exceed USD1.7 billion in the next three years, according to Andrew Luzze, the executive director of the East African Business Council.…