Top Stories

Centrally located within Europe, Canton Aargau is one of Switzerland’s most attractive economic areas.The offers excellent national and international connections, an attractive tax environment and a concentration of high-tech expertise. It is renowned for its research and educational institutions and the high-quality of its residential and living facilities. Its outstanding location, just a short distance from the inter- national airports in Zurich and Basel, means that companies profit from proximity to customers and partners as well as internationally experienced logistics providers.

Welcome to Aargau – the Swiss high-tech canton with a Triple A rating. In Aargau, where the number of people working in R&D is twice the Swiss average, you will find the best environment for your company to succeed: new technologies and a highly qualified and motivated workforce.

The range and exceptional quality of higher education establishments in Germany means that those looking to study there are often spoilt for choice. Germany has private as well as state-run universities, and this is also the case with the universities of applied sciences as well as the specialist art and music schools. Some 95 per cent of the country’s higher education institutions are government funded and owned, while just five per cent are in the private sector.

With travellers’ expectations increasing and the standards expected from global hotel brands getting even higher, the European hospitality sector is in great shape and rising to the challenge. Last year Europe attracted 22 million more international tourists than it did in 2013, and this growth is set to continue.

The Titanic Hotel Group, a family-owned company, was founded in the early 1970’s when the Aygün family opened their first restaurant in Berlin. The group experienced fast growth and thanks to additional international interest they have since opened hotels in Istanbul, Antalya and Berlin, with another elite hotel opening soon in Bodrum.

The Scottish city’s life science sector is flourishing – offering the perfect environment for investment and location.

Glasgow is one of Europe’s great cities. It offers residents, visitors and businesses an extraordinary quality of urban life. It is a city where business, trade and investment flourish.

How companies can benefit from digitally enhanced event experiences and group processes.

G+B Interactive is the software and technology spin-off brand of GAHRENS + BATTERMANN – one of Germany’s biggest and best known AV companies. With over 30 years of event expertise, GAHRENS + BATTERMANN was one of the first event specialists to concentrate their focus on the digitisation of the conference, meeting and events industry.

Investors have taken a more cautious approach to investing in foreign countries since the recession but forecasts indicate a return to pre-crisis figures by 2016.

Location has become increasingly important to compete in today’s global market, since access to customers, a skilled workforce, modern infrastructure and liberal tax incentives can make or break a business. Switzerland, situated between some of the largest economies in Europe,

In a bid to re-electrify its own internal innovative culture, Japanese consumer electronics company Sony has launched a crowdfunding and e-commerce platform called First Flight.

The idea is to use the platform to identify and develop great ideas from Sony’s employees (but, it seems, ideas that aren’t quite great enough to be automatically channelled down Sony’s usual development route). Whether it’s a genius move, a cynical ploy or old rope repackaged depends on who you ask.