Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe said on Saturday that he has entered into an agreement with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. This agreement is intended to boost the economic and political ties with the three former Soviet republics. Japan sees the most trade potential with information technology, transportation and medicine. Abe has been on a six-nation…
Category Archives: Switzerland
Blacklist of 17 Countries Serving as Tax Havens
The EU has recently released a blacklist of 17 countries that they say are tax havens. This comes after a ten month investigation where they identified places that are not doing enough, the EU says, to crack down on offshore avoidance plans. The 17 places include: American Samoa, Bahrain, Barbados, Grenada, Guam, South Korea, Macau,…
Elgin Energy Plans Solar Farm
Elgin Energy is making plans for a 100-acre solar photvoltaic (PV) farm in Kilkenny. This is the latest in a list of proposals by solar farm developers which follows the fall in the cost of solar PV technology. They have applied to build this on a 39.6 hectare site that is close to the village…
European Real Estate Investment Alongside Brexit
A video hosted by Guides Global John Howell presents a panel discussion from the Property Investor Show. Participants: Golden Algarve Properties Hugo Moreira, Benoit Properties’ Matthew Lavin, Elite Investor Club’s Graham Rowan..
Google, Facebook, Others Soon Going to be Taxes Higher by EU?
The EU Finance Ministers have put forward an interesting proposal that could definitely have Google and Facebook seeing red…and green. At the finance minister summit on Saturday the Estonian capital of Tallinn, France and Germany urged the bloc partners to consider an emergency tax bill. This tax bill will force internet companies to pay taxes…
Should Ireland Make an Exit Soon Too?
This article is worth reading, as it argues that Ireland should exit, as England has done. As the author states, “Behind the charade of a “unified stance” on Brexit is a deeply divided EU with competing national agendas which have been whipped into a facile unanimity. The pressure not to break ranks is huge. In…
Dublin Tops the List for Brexit Moves
Certainly, when Brexit goes through, many will need to figure out where to move thousands of jobs. Many finance institutions have only until Friday to tell the Bank of England how they plan to deal with the changes that a hard Brexit will cause. And at the moment, many eyes appear to be on Dublin….
All Eyes on Google
Google is in for an awakening, according to The New York Times. The European antitrust officials are preparing to slap Google with a record fine by the end of August. Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s competition chief, is in the final stages of ruling on the case. In addition to a fine of at least $1.2…
Cash Influx for MHL Civil
The Glasgow civil engineering firm MHL Civil has recently been awarded a £300k working capital facility to improve its cash flow. The funding was delivered by IGF, the SME commercial finance provider. They will now be able to complete large scale installations and commit to important projects. MHL Civil constructs utility projects including electricity and…
Could Luxembourg Be the Next European Financial Center?
With the UK making plans to leave the EU trade bloc, many European countries are vying for the chance to be the financial center of choice for the EU. Here, Luxembourg’s finance minister Pierre Gramegna discussed why his country is ready to take on this role.
