Successful business – but not for profit? Bringing the British model to Romania
Investories BRCC Neil McGregor Vice-Chair for Corporate Governance & relations with the British Chambers of Commerce, immediate Past Chair, BRCC Bucharest – 23 May 2022. One of my favourite Romanian expressions from the past is “munca patriotica in zadar” or, as I understand it, “patriotic (i.e. “volunteer”) work which generates no productive result”. Nowadays volunteering […]
How to prepare my retirement?
Foto: Surgay / depositphotos.com This question seems to be a bit far-fetched for most of you, but it is important to start thinking about it in time. Why is a transition between active life and the “afterlife” so challenging? When we work over 30 or 40 years, we often get stuck in a hamster wheel […]
Economy, in dreadful need of good governance
Foto: YAYImages/ depositphotos.com We hear more and more the wording “good governance”. The international financial institutions increasingly base their financial support on the condition that their money finances reforms that ensure “good governance”. The concept is not new. It simply defines qualitatively the decision-making process and the process by which decisions are made. Good governance […]
Johann Strauss Festival 19th edition 2022
The 19th edition of the Johann Strauss Festival carries on the tradition of 19th century music from Imperial Vienna, with an Extraordinary Concert given by the Bucharest National Opera Orchestra, under the baton of the great conductor Iosif Ion Prunner, on Tuesday, 7th of June, starting at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are available online on the EVENTIM website: The Johann Strauss Festival […]
The Decrease In The Electricity Price On The OPCOM Stock Market And The Impact On Consumers
The spot market of the OPCOM stock exchange registered a decrease of 36.5% in April compared to March, according to the monthly reports published by them, but the total value of transactions in April 2022 was 1.781 billion lei, increasing by 132% compared to the same month last year. Consequently, the average price for electricity […]
In bed with the rivals
Foto: vladem / depositphotos.com There are and will be many victims of Russia’s war against Ukraine, but the biggest may be the Comprehensive Agreement on Investments between the European Union and China. The ratification of this document was not a simple operation even before the war: it took seven years to negotiate it, but after […]
How to deal with choleric people?
Foto: ra2studio / depositphotos.com In our business life we don’t just meet nice people with whom we want to hang out. Not everyone has a constructive attitude towards you. Let’s have a look at one particular group of people we can call the cholerics. Choleric people show up everywhere, they can be quite demotivating and […]
The total trading value with the shares listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange doubles in the first quarter to over EUR 1 billion
The first quarter was characterized by the intensification of trading activity on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) amid increased volatility that encompassed international capital markets. As a consequence, the total value of transactions made in the first 3 months of this year with the shares of the companies listed on the Regulated Market of BVB […]
More transparency, combined with risks where there is not enough transparency…
Author: Neil McGregor, Vice-Chair for Corporate Governance & relations with the British Chambers of Commerce, immediate Past Chair, BRCC Bucharest – 3 May 2022. Having written in my previous article about the UK’s new National Security & Investment Act 2021 – and how it has the potential to impact trade and investment between the UK […]
International Women’s Day at Recent Art Museum in Bucharest
On 29 March 2022, the 4th edition of „International Women’s Day” event took place at Muzeul de Artă Recentă (Recent Art Museum) in Bucharest, for the benefit of MARe Foundation. For the second year, the Hellenic-Romanian Bilateral Chamber of Commerce supported this special event. The event brought together personalities from the diplomatic and business environment […]