EU Business News Announces the Winners of the European Enterprise Awards 2023

Chris Tofts, CEO, 365 Aviation, the award-winning private jet charter specialist, believes that when it comes to private aviation, it won’t just be a matter of the Open Skies Agreement, but rather the business impact on financial services, exchange rates and how attractive the UK can remain to High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) that will affect the industry. He is optimistic that private aviation can continue to thrive, so long as it remains capable of adapting.

Research conducted by Testbiotech has shown that cows and their offspring stemming from cloned bulls are registered in a professional breeders database in the UK. It is likely that a considerable number of animals stemming from clones have already entered the EU. At present, the EU has no labelling or registration requirements for these kinds of imports, which makes it almost impossible to identify breeding material stemming from cloned bulls. The research was commissioned by the Greens/EFA Group in the EU Parliament.

The current world we live in is encouraging us to lessen our impact on the environment. One of the most important topics right now is making sure we buy from companies which are not only sustainable but also ethical. Sadly, even in the 21st century, we hear about companies that exploit workers and use unsustainable ingredients and processes. Boohoo was criticised for exploiting workers by paying them less than the minimum wage, as well as providing no COVID-19 protection in its Leicester factory.

“With many UK businesses trading internationally, certainty surrounding future trading arrangements with the EU and the rest of the world is urgently required. However, if this can’t be delivered in the short-term, then the Chancellor must step up to the plate and provide support in the form of clear fiscal incentives and allowances, to help businesses to improve their cash position and facilitate investment.”

With construction output and orders in decline, concern is growing that the sector is facing a protracted slowdown brought on by Brexit deadlock and the possibility of the UK’s exit from the EU with no deal. For many contractors and their suppliers, the risk of business failure has become an operational reality.

Electronomous, the organisation behind Electronomous – The International Mobility Summit, an event that brings together global industry leaders, disruptors, innovators and public and private entities to collaborate on the next generation of mobility opportunities, has selected the City of Copenhagen as host city for its International summit in 2021 and 2022. Electronomous also announced, the call for speakers and abstracts for the summit is open and now accepting submissions.

The expansive tech field weathered the COVID-19 pandemic better than most. Public health measures changed worldwide workspaces, resulting in more reliance on technology. COVID-19’s impact on tech companies includes a few good and bad effects that may point to what the future holds.

The UK’s housing market has been soaring for the last two years, with house prices skyrocketing because of a lack of supply, tax breaks, and low interest rates. A similar story has also been seen across the EU, with house prices going up by 9.4 per cent from Q4 2020 to Q4 2021, while in the UK, a record 10.4 per cent in annual house price growth was seen at the end of last year.

One of the best-known manufacturers of microplate readers in the world has just launched a new model, which increases the data quality of high-throughput screening assays.

Uncertainty continues to linger around the potential impact of Brexit. After the Government’s admission that the long awaited parliamentary reports detailing how Brexit would affect key economic sectors didn’t actually exist, new reports looking at the Brexit impact have since showed various scenarios.