Business Briefs

Mellieħa properties open week by Frank Salt Real Estate

Frank Salt Real Estate are holding an open week in Mellieħa until July 24, where they will be offering a fantastic range of properties located in this village at great prices.

Mellieħa is well known for its superb views, wonderful beaches, spectacular church and a fully fledged centre offering all comforts and amenities, complemented by a quiet and peaceful lifestyle. This makes the village appealing to many: young couples starting out, retiring couples, families who have lived there all their lives or others who want to settle in the quiet surroundings. Mellieħa is also popular with foreign nationals who want to spend their holidays close to the beach and others who decide to make Malta their permanent home. Keeping this in mind Frank Salt Real Estate have put together the largest selection of properties in Mellieħa, including apartments, bungalows, maisonettes, penthouses, villas and much more.

And if one purchases now, apart from the great price on the property, Frank Salt Real Estate will also pay the notary fees. In addition one will benefit from up to 20 per cent discount from Malta's leading furniture and home furnishing companies.

The deal goes on to cover home insurance, where together with GasanMamo Insurance, Frank Salt Real Estate are offering three free months with the first year of insurance (you pay for 12 months and get 15 months).

The company has also teamed up with Bank of Valletta who are offering an attractive package which includes preferential rates on home loans at rates starting from 5.1 per cent. They will also be offering a special rate on their home and furniture loans and will waive their processing fees.

"It has never been a better time to buy and at Frank Salt Real Estate we strive even harder to get you a better deal," says Mark Mercieca, Mellieħa branch manager.

For more information on the open week offers one is to call at the Mellieħa branch, which is open from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Terms and conditions apply.

Visible trade gap widens

Provisional data for international trade show that the visible trade gap in May this year stood at €106.9 million, up by €32 million compared to the figure in the same month last year, the National Statistics Office said.

There was a decrease in imports of €21.7 million and a decrease in exports of €53.7 million. During the first five months of this year, the visible trade gap widened by €146.1 million, to stand at €559.9 million.

The NSO said this came about because of an increase of €77.2 million in imports and a decrease of €68.8 million in exports.

HP awards for Systec

Hewlett Packard has presented the largest enterprise distributor award for 2007, for the six-country cluster CDG, to Raphael Micallef Trigona, managing director of Systec Limited. Patrick Diaz, in Malta to develop HP's server and storage business locally, said they were impressed by the performance achieved by Systec Limited in Malta.

"The fact that Systec has earned this award for the third consecutive year is a reflection of the training investment by the company and certification achievement by our qualified personnel, as well as the solid relationships developed with our channel partners," said Mr Micallef Trigona, when accepting the award.

In a reinforcement of recognition to Systec Limited, Hewlett Packard has again awarded the prestigious HP Blade Ambassador Award 2007, for the CDG country cluster, to Systec technical consultant Nuno Fernandes. As with the distributor award, this is the third consecutive year in which HP has presented this award to Mr Fernandes.