Putin’s war inflates the cost of bread
Foto: lightsource/ depositphotos.com Even in the absence of the war in Ukraine, the year 2022 started gloomily, with a galloping inflation that many analysts warned would not be fleeting. But Putin’s war brings a black-letter confirmation: the prices will go up even more, at the same time, for bread, food in general, and energy. The […]
I lost my job, what to do?
Foto: SergeyNivens/ depositphotos.com Indeed, we live in turbulent times. Endless Corona, war and a possible recession are on the agenda. Not surprisingly, businesses are struggling with VUCA – volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. In such a period I hear a lot about restructuring, downsizing and shifting responsibilities to more central decision-making units. Jobs may become […]
Time to be careful in accepting investments…
Neil McGregor Vice-Chair for Corporate Governance & relations with the British Chambers of Commerce, immediate Past Chair, BRCC Bucharest – 3 April 2022. Globalisation and freedom of international trade and investment are surely something good? Whilst this might have been unquestioned some years ago, the events of the last month and a half have accelerated […]
Greece’s National Day, March 25, celebrated with a symphonic concert at the Palace of Parliament
The celebration of March 25 is a double celebration for the Greeks and Greece’s fans everywhere – the day of the Annunciation and the commemoration of the heroes who sacrificed their lives for the freedom and independence of Greece. With the call “FREEDOM OR DEATH”, on March 25, 1821, the flame of the Greek revolution, […]
What can we learn from the war in Ukraine?
Foto: michaeldb / depositphotos.com We have all been appalled by the violence of the war in Ukraine. Nobody believed that such a thing could happen in Europe. At the time of writing, the war is not over and the outcome is uncertain. This terrible game of war as it is now unfolding, also reveals so […]
Business as usual – or not…
Author: Neil McGregor, Vice-Chair for Corporate Governance & relations with the British Chambers of Commerce, immediate Past Chair, BRCC Bucharest – 4 March 2022. TheBizz is a business publication, so I do not intend to expound on matters of politics and warfare here, other than to observe that the events of the last few days […]
Ana Blandiana, Ion Pop, Spyros Kokkinakis, Antonis Fostieris. ”Hellenic-Romanian poetic tetralogy”
The International Greek Language Day was celebrated by a unique experiment – two Romanian poets and two Greek poets participated with a selection of 15 poems each, reproduced both in their mother tongue and translated into Greek or Romanian. If so far 15 anthologies of Greek lyric poetry were published in Romania (starting with the […]
What failure teaches us
Foto: gunnar3000/ depositphotos.com We are most often educated to have no weaknesses, simply to be the best. Many of us had parents who pushed and even threatened us with punishment if we were not performing well in school. No wonder that our CVs for job applications must always look perfect, no weaknesses, no ups and […]
Living in interesting times / Time to update the CV: a look back at three years in the Chair of the BRCC
Author: Neil McGregor, Immediate past Chair, Vice-Chair for Corporate Governance & Relations BRCC Writing in February 2022 it is at first difficult to recall the situation back in November 2018 when I took over the Chair the British Romanian Chamber of Commerce from Colin Lovering. There were female prime ministers in both the UK and […]
“We are Printmasters” and together we can make it happen
Jacques de Boer – Managing Director Printmasters, Board Member Xindao Printmasters is a fast-growing Dutch owned company based in Romania, specialized in decorating, and printing industrial and promotional products. Printmasters is active on the European market since 2008 and provides outstanding quality and unlimited value-added services to customers throughout Europe. They currently employ over 250 […]