Management

Backed by the facts

A number of the EU’s areas lay claim to being the best base in Europe. Not Bavaria: Bavaria is Europe’s best-performing base. It doesn’t have to assert any claims

Discover something new in Scotland

Anyone looking for a conference destination that has it all needs look no further than Scotland which offers an immense and diverse range of venues and accommodation

Play the pirate at your peril

Software licensing must rise up the business agenda says Julian Swan, Director, Compliance Marketing EMEA, Business Software Alliance

Meetings mean business

No one can pretend that it has been an easy time for the meetings industry in Europe over recent years. Didier Scaillet, Chief Development Officer at Meeting Professionals International (MPI) reveals why meetings matter

How fast can you move?

Restoring customer confidence in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry is possible through improved traceability

Coaching in corporations

A recent study by the International Coach Federation has highlighted the extraordinary impact professional coaching can have on a company’s revenue

BMW lays off UK pension liabilities with Deutsche Bank

German car maker BMW has offloaded £3bn ($4.6bn) of longevity risk from its UK pension scheme to Deutsche Bank, in the largest longevity insurance transaction conducted to date

SAP CEO eased out

SAP AG shouldered aside its CEO of just seven months, surprising a market he failed to win over during his tenure and leaving investors wondering where the world’s top business software firm heads next

Welcome to the office

M&S new CEO Bolland gets £15m “golden hello”

In this issue…

Live from Davos, WEF

Follow closely the events of the next few days, as the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, gets under way.

O’Leary: Ryanair to stop cutting fares

Irish airline Ryanair will not repeat last year’s 20 percent fare cuts but still expects passenger numbers to grow by seven million this year, its chief executive has announced.

Flights ahead

Pristina International Airport officially opened in 1965 for domestic flights only – to and from Belgrade. Now with over one million passengers per year the airport has progressed to the highest international standard. Agron Mustafa, CEO talks to European CEO

Battle royale

In order to conquer obstacles, businesses must employ new strategies to ensure they thrive out of recession and improve upon the practices that saw them survive. What is clear is that businesses must take valuable lessons from the experiences of the last two years and use these to build better, stronger models for the future. […]

Greedy traders unblameable

Traders did not fuel the downturn as some try to establish. This would mean that risk management lies in individuals and not in institutions, by Enrique Núñez-Escudero, Shirebrook Commodities