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Irish Minister announces launch of 10 fintech startups
December 15th, 2016
Irish Minister of State for Financial Services Eoghan Murphy has unveiled that 10 new fintech startups are ready to be launched after receiving Enterprise Ireland’s Competitive Start Fund on completion of three-month development and mentoring program. The Enterprise Ireland’s ...
EU shoppers still face ‘unjustified’ discrimination
December 15th, 2016
A new EU report out today finds that shoppers still face unjustified discrimination due to nationality and place of residence. The report looked at the implementation of EU consumer law and finds that business practices such as geo-blocking are ...
McDonald’s Is Moving Its International Tax Base to the U.K. Amid EU Scrutiny
December 9th, 2016
It has come under growing scrutiny from EU regulators over its tax arrangements in Luxembourg. McDonald‘s said on Thursday it would move its international tax base to the United Kingdom from Luxembourg after coming under increased scrutiny from European ...
Brexit supreme court appeal begins
December 5th, 2016
Senior judges prepare to hear Brexit supreme court appeal Four-day hearing on whether parliament or government has right to trigger article 50 will be broadcast live All 11 of the UK’s most senior judges will take their seats on ...
Where in Europe can lawyers make the most money?
December 1st, 2016
A new study reveals in which countries lawyers are making the most money and working the least hours. Get ready to pack your bags. Feeling overworked and underpaid? The grass might not be greener on the other side. New ...
Hungary plans to offer the lowest tax rate in Europe; Corporate Tax rate of 9%
November 21st, 2016
The Orbán government surprised the business world on Thursday, including the National Alliance of Employees and Employers, when it declared without any prior consultation that the country’s capital gains tax would be slashed from 19% to just 9% in ...
The serfs have rebelled – Europe next?
November 19th, 2016
Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom described how personal freedoms are progressively eroded by the state in the name of the common good. His warning is more associated with totalitarianism and dictatorships, than modern democracies, but the statist attitudes he ...
Bank of Cyprus to apply for a listing on the London Stock Exchange
November 16th, 2016
Bank of Cyprus to apply for a listing on the London Stock Exchange and the Cyprus Stock Exchange using a Holding Company structure Commenting on the London listing, Dr. Josef Ackermann, Chairman of the Bank of Cyprus Public Company Limited (the “Bank” ...
Euro zone house prices keep rising but no bubble yet – ECB
November 3rd, 2016
The euro zone housing market is on its best run since the global financial crisis but prices on average are still only in line with fundamentals with no sign of a bubble last seen in 2007, the European Central ...
IEA report suggests UK to abolish twenty current taxes
November 2nd, 2016
The Institute of Economic Affairs has today published a ground-breaking report which calls for the abolition of a raft of taxes, to be replaced with a simpler, less burdensome tax system. Leading economists, including Patrick Minford, David B. Smith and Professor ...
