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Hospitality doesn’t have a VAT problem. It has a profitability problem
Every few years, the hospitality industry returns to the same debate: reduce VAT, cut tax and save restaurants. A lower rate of VAT would undoubtedly help many businesses, but after operating…
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Campaigners welcome improved recycling rates in EU countries
The year 2022 was “unprecedented” for PET, which stands for polyethylene terephthalate, a common kind of plastic used in the…
European Stocks Experience Varied Performance in Cautious Trading
22 March (Brussels Morning) - European markets show mixed performance with a cautious investor mindset over economic data and corporate…
New EU-Chile trade ties welcomed
This agreement focuses on trade and investment liberalization. It aims to update the current EU-Chile association agreement and will strengthen…
EU Strengthens Regulation to Safeguard Wholesale Energy Markets
There is a regulation that includes key provisions for the designation of representatives: market participants in the EU who are…
Retail giant faces fresh criticism
The retail giant has come under fresh attack from an alliance of 30 trade unions and civil society organizations.
Farmers take to the streets of Brussels to demonstrate again
More than 1000 tractors gathered around the Schuman roundabout in Brussels as ministers met in the AGRIFISH council meeting just…
Ambassadors “block” last-ditch attempt on Platform Workers Directive
Reacting to the outcome, Left MEP Leïla Chaibi (France Insoumise) said: “Until the end, Macron did everything to prevent the adoption of…
New survey pains worrying picture of business climate
It says, for example, that around 60% of responding companies have to wait over a year and up to 6…