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IRELAND STILL STRUGGLE WITH PARAMILITARY-LINKED MONEY LAUNDERING
As the Northern Ireland government lurched from crisis to political crisis in recent years there has been less focus on the rivers of dirty money flowing through and out of the province, the results of criminal enterprises run by Ulster’s paramilitaries.…
MAJOR TELCOS UNHAPPY WITH NEW NET NEUTRALITY GUIDELINES, WHILE WEB CAMPAIGNERS HAIL BEREC GUIDANCE AS EFFECTIVE PROTECTION
JUDGING by the initial responses to the final guidance on net neutrality released on August 30 by European regulators group BEREC, these new rules are too restrictive for the taste of telecoms companies, and will hinder commercial progress. Free internet campaigners, however, are happy – regarding the new system as an effective protection against the privatisation and Balkanisation of the web.…
COMMISSION’S AID PACKAGE WILL NOT COMBAT DAIRY WOES, CHARGES INDUSTRY
THE EUROPEAN Commission’s latest EUR500 million support package for European farmers, finalised at an August 26 European Union (EU) committee in Brussels, will not ease the dairy crisis, European dairy groups have warned.
“Production cuts is the label used to describe the current package of measures,” said the EU farm lobby group European Milk Board (EMB)’s president Romuald Schaber following the initial announcement of the plans in July.…
IRELAND ACCOUNTANTS SHOULD PLAN FOR SUCCESSION AS MUCH AS TAX FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
With the Irish government focused on attracting multinationals to the Republic of Ireland, it is often overlooked that Irish family businesses remain resilient.
Indeed some of the best known names in Irish business started out small and private. Ryanair was launched by the Ryan family of county Tipperary.…
CAMEROON ACCOUNTANTS NEED TO GET CLOSELY INVOLVED WITH CLIENTS’ BUSINESSES TO SUCCEED
LAWRENCE Agbor Abunaw had set his sights on the banking sector as an economics undergraduate student at the UK’s University of Leicester more than two decades ago. But a career orientation fair and meeting a headhunter changed the Cameroonian’s goals and led to joining the accountancy profession in May 1993 with PwC France, before returning to his country of birth Cameroon for eight years.…
OEM SUPPLIERS INNOVATE TO REDUCE AUTO INTERIOR NOISE
SUPPLIERS to auto manufacturers are releasing increasingly innovative technology to help brands reduce interior noise in their vehicles.
Luxembourg-based automotive interiors supplier International Automotive Components (IAC) Group, for instance, is expanding its operations to produce lightweight injection molded inner dash insulation that enhances interior acoustical performance.…
USA LAUNCHES WTO PROCEEDINGS AGAINST CHINA OVER METAL EXPORT DUTIES
The United States has launched World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes proceedings against China, alleging that it breaches global trading rules by imposing export duties on certain non-ferrous metals sold to America. The US claims these range between 5% and 20%, and are levied on exports of antimony, cobalt, copper, lead, magnesia, tantalum and tin.…
UK FOOD COMPANIES EXPORTING TO EU FACE RISKS OF PAYING DUTIES IF BREXIT FOLLOWED THROUGH
Branded food manufacturers based in Britain face a risk that their exports to the European Union (EU) will attract duties now the UK government has confirmed it will push ahead with leaving the EU following the June 23 Brexit referendum result.…
COSMETICS MARKET IN MYANMAR STARTING TO TAKE OFF
Liberalising Myanmar’s cosmetics market is expected to grow significantly in coming years as it has one of south-east Asia’s largest populations (53 million people) and a growing middle class. However, however consumer sophistication and spending power remains low compared with many countries in the region – its 2014 gross national income per head was USD1,280, according to the World Bank.…
CONFECTIONERY SECTOR PUSHES TO BOOST SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS
HAVING a strong reputation for sustainable practice is increasingly a strong marketing card, for the confectionery sector as much as any other consumer industry. But with its extended international supply chains, demonstrating a high regard for environmental good practice is not always easy for the confectionery sector.…