The second edition of the MTA Quality Assured Restaurant Awards this year featured 36 restaurants being awarded the seal for the first time and 70 confirmed from the first intake, bringing the total number up to 106. MTA chairman Gavin Gulia awarding...
Eight Bank of Valletta branches will be extending their opening hours during summer between tomorrow and September 30. The Siġġiewi and Żejtun branches will be open on Tuesdays; Victoria, Gozo and Żebbuġ branches will be opening on Wednesdays; San...
This month’s team-building event for Famalco Group gave employees the opportunity of a lifetime: physically tackling their colleagues in a game of football zorbing. The event involved playing football while being in a double-balled plastic and...
Rachel Mifsud Bonnici, MGA chief officer, Compliance; Roger Strickland Jr, CSB Group director and iGaming consultant; MGA chairman Joseph Cuschieri at a networking event organised by the group in Swatar. Paul Mifsud, managing director, Sparkasse Bank...
Express Trailers has been voted Lufthansa’s top agent in Malta for 2015. By reaching both targets in terms of revenue and weight, Express Trailers’ air cargo section has been awarded the prestigious Lufthansa Cargo Gold Award. Received by Gilbert...
Recruitment agency Castille took part in Finance Malta’s annual conference, themed ‘Malta’s financial services industry – sustaining growth through innovation’. Specialists met with attendees and contributed to the conference on IT, financial and...
Technoline Ltd, agents for Shimadzu analytical equipment, have donated a new gas chromatograph to the Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics of the University of Malta. This equipment is an indispensable tool in the department’s ongoing...
The Reunited Pet Cabin at Mater Dei Hospital, a space where patients will be able to interact with their pets, will be sponsored by Nestlé Purina. The cabin is the brainchild of Sarah Cachia, co-founder of the support group Survivors Malta who sought...
To strengthen its outpatients services, Livelife Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Sliema has chosen to install Samsung GC80 – a direct digital single detector – the latest in radiology technology. The model is fully automated with auto-repositioning...
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DAAA Italia, a branch of interior design company DAAA Haus, has organised a seminar on the Sicilian tourism product offering for operators in the hospitality industry. The event was put together with the collaboration of the regional tourist board...
Despite its numerous advantages to both consumers and traders, e-commerce in the EU is not functioning as smoothly as it could. Only 15 per cent of European consumers buy online from another EU country and only eight per cent of companies sell...
Remer – designed, developed and produced in Italy – offers a range of products, with each item designed with respect for the user, ensuring easy installation, easy use, comfort and respect for the environment. By adopting conscious water consumption...
Q: A year-and-a-half ago, I bought a sofa from a local showroom. I specifically chose it for its comfort. In fact, at first, I was very happy with it. Problems started after two months – when the sofa started losing firmness. I would like to point out...
Halmann Vella Ltd has launched a financing scheme to help customers purchase surfacing materials for their homes by simply paying a small deposit and the remaining amount in instalments – spread over a number of months, up to five years. Halmann Vella...
The European Commission has launched a public consultation to see how to strengthen the single market passport for cross-border investment funds. Cross-border investment funds have an important role to play in building the Capital Markets Union: they...
The Malta Stock Exchange (MSE) Index registered its fourth consecutive weekly decline having closed the week at 4,433.079 points and thus registering a 0.89 per cent drop. Turnover amounted to €1.5m spread across 17 equities of which 10 fell in value,...
US and European shares, the dollar, oil and bond yields dived yesterday after data showed the slowest pace of US job growth in more than five years, dashing most investors’ expectations for a Federal Reserve interest rate hike later this month. US...
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An unusual number of suicides by top executives in Switzerland has prompted introspection in its business community over how senior managers are dealing with stress as its companies struggle to retain their status in the global economy. The death last...
The MSE Share Index posted its third consecutive daily negative performance today as it eased by a further 0.22 per cent to 4,433.079 points – the lowest level since mid-January 2016. Trading activity was spread across eight shares, with two closing in...
On Wednesday, the OECD said that the world’s economy is trapped in a weak growth environment and vulnerable to falling into another deep downturn unless governments take urgent action. Soft demand has discouraged investment and lead to a downgrade in...
Last week the Minister of Finance, Edward Scicluna, was reported saying that economic booms “contained the seeds of their own destruction”. Within the same context he said that none of Malta’s economic sectors should be allowed to overheat and reach...
Uber has raised $3.5 billion from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the US ride-hailing service said, gaining a crucial partner in its expansion into the Middle East. The investment from the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund was part of Uber’s...
Spain has posted its biggest fall in unemployment ever recorded in May as resorts hired staff ahead of a record influx of tourists, a potential boost for acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in an election re-run in three weeks. Unemployment has been...
The European Central Bank yesterday nudged up its expectations for growth and inflation in the eurozone this year, but kept its main interest rate unchanged in negative territory and said it would press on with its unprecedented stimulus...
The euro yesterday declined on the European Central Bank’s cautious economic outlook, while oil prices took a hard knock after Opec failed to reach a deal to freeze output. Stock prices across major markets fell near one-week lows, bogged down by a two...
Global airlines should make more money than previously expected this year, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said, helped by low oil prices and work by airlines to fill planes and drive ancillary revenues. IATA said it forecast net...
Gulf Opec members including Saudi Arabia are looking to revive the idea of coordinated oil-output action by major producers when the group meets today, a senior Opec source said, but Iran signalled the country was not ready for any such pact. “The Gulf...
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