Archive for March 2009

PwC advisory services grows by 40%

Mar 23rd, 2009 | By maltainc | Category: Financial Services, Services to facilitate business

PricewaterhouseCoopers’ advisory services in Malta grew by 40 per cent in 2008, John Bonello, chairman and territory senior partner of PwC told The Times Business.
Mr Bonello was speaking to this newspaper after Kennedy Consulting Research & Advisory, the leading research and advisory firm, ranked PricewaterhouseCoopers number one in business advisory services and management consulting in [...]



Credinvest appointed adviser on €200m Latvia energy park

Mar 23rd, 2009 | By maltainc | Category: Financial Services

Malta-based emerging markets finance specialist Credinvest International Corporate Finance has been appointed to advise on capital raising for a €200 million wind energy project in Latvia, managing director Alain Mangion has told The Times Business.
The project involves the development and construction of a 90 megawatt wind power park constructed by Latvians.
The wind turbines will be [...]



Helga Ellul: President of the merged Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry

Mar 23rd, 2009 | By maltainc | Category: Economics, Malta's competitive advantage

Helga Ellul, President of the merged Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry, speaks about the challenges facing local business.
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HSBC confirmed partner in future trade missions

Mar 23rd, 2009 | By maltainc | Category: Financial Services, Trade and trade fairs

HSBC Bank Malta will have an active role in future trade missions to new and emerging markets which are being coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Malta Enterprise in a bid to attract new investment and connect local entrepreneurs to businesses in other countries.
The initiative is part of HSBC’s strategy to lead international [...]



Insurance sector thriving since EU accession

Mar 23rd, 2009 | By maltainc | Category: Insurance sector

The insurance sector has since 2004 grown from eight domestic insurance companies to 41 insurance and reinsurance companies, operating in 27 EU States and other international markets while gross premiums written for last year are expected to go well beyond the EUR800m mark, from just EUR250m at the end of 2004. These figures were provided [...]



Teaching resource now in Malta

Mar 23rd, 2009 | By maltainc | Category: Academic Programs, Malta's competitive advantage

Teachers across Malta and Gozo have been invited to join the largest global online community of teachers – over 280,000 – gaining access to some 10,000 teaching resources for free.
This was announced last week at a presentation organised by Forestals during which a range of interactive whiteboards, backed by software and content to enable lessons [...]