Saving and preserving the Sibiu – Agnita Railway for future generations – an example of how the British model of volunteer-led social enterprise is helping to keep the “Mocăniţa” alive
Investories BRCC Bucharest – 1 July 2022. Over a winter weekend in the late 1990s an expat friend and I went to explore Transylvania by train from Bucharest, in which I made my first visit to Sibiu. Unlike the many visitors who now come to that lovely city by air, motorway and other main roads […]
HRCC Spring Gala 2022 : the event that brought the Hellenic community back together after 2 years of restrictions
Investories HRCC May 26th, 2022 represented a milestone in the history of the Hellenic Romanian Bilateral Chamber of Commerce, celebrating the physical coming back of the Greek community after more than 2 years with pandemic and restrictions. The Spring Gala, that took place in the garden of Loft Diplomat, a premium location in Bucharest, brought […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Small figures fight hard with big figures
Foto: Gajus-Images / depositphotos.com It is rare for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to revise its economic growth forecasts just one quarter into the year. Analysing the economic growth trends of its 190 member countries, the IMF revised its forecast for 86% of them and lowered its global economic growth projection for this year by […]
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 […]