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EUROPE AUTOMOTIVE
Eastern Europe's Auto Powerhouse
Nestled snug between the Little Carpathians mountain range and the Trnávka river is Trnava, a city known as Little Rome because of its smattering of churches and Roman Catholic allegiance. No one would call it a staple of the European ...   Read on...
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Csaba Kilian, CEO, Association of Hungarian Automotive Industry, details the reasons Eastern European countries are successful in attracting foreign investment and the complex issues regarding selecting a manufacturing site ...     Watch Seminar ...
Russia puts the brake on global car giants
The Russian car market could take up to five years to recover from the country's economic and political volatility, leaders in the global auto industry told CNBC at the Geneva Motor Show. Ralph Speth, chief executive of Jaguar Land ...     Read on...
European Auto Suppliers Outlook: Continued market growth supports solid credit quality
Scope expects 2015 industry growth to be fuelled by growth in China and North America despite sluggish expectations in the European domestic market.Introducing its new methodology, Scope assessed the credit quality of eight ...    Read on...
Additional Europe automotive articles

- Europe: Auto industry cautiously optimistic for 2015
- Auto Suppliers Face a Growing Financial Squeeze As Automakers Demand Both Deep Cost Cuts and Local Production
- Trucks: European Market Showing Signs of Improvement
- GENEVA: CLEPA to bang TTIP drum in Washington
- Poland: Automotive industry, Edition Q1/2015 

 

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TAX, FINANCE, INVESTMENT and M&A
The euro: Good bet or fool's paradise? 
Today the pound hit a seven-year high against the euro. Or perhaps another, more accurate, way of thinking about that is that the euro hit a seven-year low against the pound. Against the US dollar, the euro is trading an eleven-year low ...   Read on...
EU ministers agree on investment plan details
EU finance ministers have approved the details of the bloc's huge investment plan, which is meant to revive the 28 member states' economies. But only few nations have so far pledged contributions. EU finance ministers on ...     Read on...
Potential Cost Savers in German M&A Transactions - Practical Experience with Notary's Fees
International investors with corporate transactions in Germany are often surprised to learn that significant costs can be incurred by a German notary as part of a normal corporate transaction.  The involvement of a German notary is in many ...    Read on...
Additional tax and finance articles
- Europe: Industrial and manufacturing groups with Swiss financing arrangements
- European Private Equity Outlook 2015
- France: Option to apply VAT reverse charge on imports introduced
- Central European investment volumes boom in Q4    
   

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SUPPLY CHAIN RISK
GBP and SLU's John Cook School of Business release new Certificate Course

St. Louis University's Center for Supply Chain Management has selected Global Business Professor to produce and host their new online Certificate Course: Supply Chain Risk Management: Creating, Capturing & Delivering Value presented by Dana Hullinger, Director of Supply Chain Strategy with The Boeing Company ...    Read on... 

RUSSIA
Botched Law Could Close Hundreds of Foreign Firms' Rep Offices in Russia

Representative and branch offices of foreign companies working in Russia are in a race against time to re-register with the authorities or lose their license to operate in the country. The re-registration was intended to streamline ...     Read on... 

New Trends in Bankruptcy Proceedings in Russia

The ongoing crisis in the Russian economy has had a significant impact on the practice of applying bankruptcy law and on its development. This is amply demonstrated by the increase of around a 30% growth in bankruptcy cases ...     Read on... 

HUMAN RESOURCES
German parliament approves female boardroom quota

The German Bundestag has passed a bill to introduce a 30-percent quota for women on supervisory boards. The hotly debated law would affect over 100 top German companies. The law, which Germany's lower house of ...    Read on...

Switzerland: Higher Taxes on Expatriate Benefits

The Swiss government has recently announced changes to the federal ordinance that provides the legal basis for deducting moving, housing, and schooling expenses for expatriate employees. These changes will enter into force ...    Read on...

Italy: The Jobs Act 2015 Introduces Labor Law Reforms

EMPLOYER ACTION CODE: ACT - The government has passed fairly controversial changes to an important source of employment regulations in Italy, the Workers' Statute of 1970, under the new Jobs Act. The act is one of a ...    Read on...

Additional European human resources articles

- Employees' rights on redundancy in France
- Portugal's 'golden visa' trade for rich immigrants
- UK Wages to Rise above Inflation for 2015, Study Shows
- German unemployment rate stays at record low  

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EUROPEAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY: EXPANDING SALES
Business Development Help in European and Russia for Automotive Suppliers

If you are seeking assistance in industry structure studies, cooperation and clustering and defining new strategies, FIER can assist. By working with specialist partners worldwide, FIER Automotive is able to offer support for your internationalisation plans in Western and Eastern Europe ...     Read on ... 

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EUROPE UPDATE: GLOBAL HEADLINES

  

Russian Auto Sales Plunge 38%
Source: The Wall Street Journal

Three reasons to cheer Europe's economy
Source: CNN Money

Central Europe stays on solid growth path
Source: Reuters UK

As election nears, automakers fear UK exit from EU
Source: Automotive News Europe

Seven Charts Showing That Europe Is Turning The Corner
Source: Forbes

Russia's Ambition in Central Europe Exceeds Its Capability
Source: Stratfor

Toyota Expects 2.5% Sales Growth in Western and Central Europe in 2015
Source: Jakarta Globe

Central Europe's potential for innovation
Source: Visegrad Insight

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ADDITIONAL ARTICLES

 

- The Future of European Competitiveness: The Findings of the Bad Ragaz Group 2014
- How Poland can become a European growth engine
- Europe's factories are still creeping towards growth
- Manufacturing, unemployment and deflation concerns in focus today in Europe
- Why has investment in the Eurozone been so weak?
- Time to Develop an Energy Master Plan for Southeast Europe  

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