The Malta Business Bureau (MBB) hosted the Investing in Energy closing conference at the Malta Life Sciences Park, San Gwann earlier this month.

The Malta Chamber recently participated in ‘Yes for everybody’, a national conference organised by the Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability.

As part of its outreach with its members, the Chamber organised an information session on the recent introduction of online submission of VAT returns and FSS end of year online submissions for employers employing 10 or more employees.

The Malta Chamber hosted its annual Christmas reception at its iconic premises, the Exchange Buildings in Republic Street, on 5th December.

Chamber members had the opportunity to provide feedback directly to the Hon Roderick Galdes on the subject, proposing innovative ideas which were well-received.

Malta Chamber, US Embassy in Malta and AmCham Malta organise seminar on business and investment opportunities in the US.

The Malta Chamber proposed that support measures to help businesses carry out investment in energy efficiency, ought to be given in grant form rather than as tax credits, as is the current practice.

Numerous young entrepreneurs attended an event on the availability of funds for start-ups titled ‘Start-Up Strong: Access to Finance’ at the Malta Chamber on 13th November. The event which was organised in collaboration with BOV, formed part of SME Week.

EU and UK negotiators reached a deal on a way forward for Brexit this week. The document provides for a customs union between Ireland and Northern Ireland, and access for financial services companies to the single market.

The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Thursday, aimed to further recognise and establish friendly and cooperative relations, as well as support trade and investment promotion between Malta and China.

Malta Chamber publishes its complete and in depth reaction to the Budget for 2019.

Chamber President Frank V. Farrugia urged Minister Cardona to promote the competitiveness of Malta’s manufacturing industry in any political discussions on measures that would impact competitiveness.

As the country debates whether it is time to consider compulsory union membership for workers, maltachamber.org.mt asks leaders from the sector for their take on the issue, and weather in their opinion this will actually give more rights to workers or otherwise.

In a statement issued on Thursday morning, the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry, the Malta Employers’ Association, and the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association, said that union membership should be a free choice.

“There is ample room for improving trade balances between Malta and Indonesia, an aspect which makes it worth pursuing not only for the business communities but also for our people”

“Keeping up with rapid transformations has become a challenge” said Frank V. Farrugia President of the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry on Wednesday. “Challenges that Malta can safely and proudly say it welcomes with open arms”

The German-Maltese Business Council within the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry organised an event titled ‘How to Instigate a Cultural Change in Occupational Health and Safety: a German Perspective’.

Malta Chamber President Mr Frank V. Farrugia was appointed Director of Eurochambres during a the 124th Eurochambres Plenary Assembly which he attended in Brussels. Eurochambres represents over 20 million businesses in Europe through 46 members organisations, and a European network of 1700 regional and local chambers.

Addressing the European Parliament for Enterprises (EPE), Malta Chamber Deputy President Mr David Xuereb said that societies and markets were being transformed through demographic phenomena and technological advancements.

A Malta Chamber and Malta Business Bureau (MBB) delegation led by the Malta Chamber’s Deputy President, Mr David Xuereb held a number of institutional visits during a visit to Brussels as part of their participation during the European Parliament of Enterprises organised by Eurochambres.

75% of Malta Chamber businesses who responded to a survey on whether they preferred summertime to wintertime, said that they preferred summertime.

The President of the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise, and Industry, Frank V. Farrugia, announced the establishment of a new Chamber committee, dedicated specifically to family businesses.

“Our CEO is the consumer,” said Briano Olivares, Head of R&D at Ferrero. “If what we are offering them doesn’t work, then we are over.”

When it comes to succession within a family business, it’s better to recruit an outsider if there is no natural leader within the family that’s approved by all the successors, said Joe Zammit Tabona, Director of the Xara Palace Hotel Co and Infinitely Xara.

The decision of whether to be part of the family business at all is not an automatic one, and is indeed, one of the most important decisions of all, said Denise Xuereb, AX Group’s Construction and Development Director.

In a statement to all media issued on Thursday, the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry welcomed the recent publication of the white paper to establish a building and construction regulator.

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Welcoming guests to the Malta-India Business Forum, the President of the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry Mr Frank V. Farrugia said that cooperation between Malta and India was translating into a better exploitation of Malta's geographical position, facilitating the trans-shipment of goods from India to Southern Europe and North Africa.

26 businesses participate in third edition of Leaders for a Day