Новости за 15.05.2016

The first week of the third international PhD summer school on Integrated Product Development was held in Malta. The summer school is aimed at researchers interested in understanding and researching inter-relationships between design, manufacturing and business issues, as well as complex aspects involved in the lifecycle of products and services. Seen here are participants from Austria, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Tunisia and Ukraine, including PhD candidates from Daimler AG and Volvo Trucks. Читать дальше...

Malta’s financial services industry has grown very rapidly in the past years and it reached a 12 per cent total contribution to the GDP in 2015. Asset management firms, trust and fiduciary business and corporate services have been the top drivers in the sector, with the audit and advisory industry increasing their international client portfolio at an unprecedented rate. The financial services industry now employs over 10,000 full-time staff and if you read the press or speak with any business locally... Читать дальше...

It has been an exciting three weeks for Log Hob Games. Its latest game Politicks has been well received, with the campaign being funded in less than 48 hours from its launch and with almost 1,000 Facebook likes. This means that the game will be going to production and backers will get their copy before Christmas. As a thank you for their support, backers will be getting an extra 20 cards, which will not be available outside crowdfunding platform Indiegogo and at a cheaper price than when the game will hit stores. Читать дальше...

Small States and the European Union – Economic Perspective is a new book published by Routledge and edited by Lino Briguglio, who directs the Islands and Small States Institute at the University of Malta. The book deals with the EU’s small and candidate states, with a focus on their economic structure and performance and the impact of EU membership (past, actual and potential) on the economy. The small states covered are those with a population of three million or less, including Cyprus, Estonia... Читать дальше...

The Malta Community Chest Fund is holding the first edition of Fantasija fil-Palazz today. As the name implies, Fantasy at the Palace promises to be a fun-filled event for children of all ages, as the gates of Verdala Palace will be welcoming fairytale characters to spend a day with all those attending. Stagecoach Malta will be organising a special theatrical production for children to watch and participate in – held every hour. There will also be tours of the palace, as well as food and drink stalls... Читать дальше...

When it comes to the management of employee rewarding, there is little, if any, dynamism in the way local organisations offer employee benefits and, as such, there is scope for further development and flexibility in the benefits offered to employees. This is one of the main conclusions of a reward management report, published by Misco following a two-month survey on employee benefits in Malta. Differently from previous reports, this survey takes a different approach on the subject and provides employers... Читать дальше...

Famalco Group’s workforce met up at the Ta’ Qali grounds for a competitive game of paintball despite the bad weather. The event forms part of the group’s monthly activities with the aim of meeting up to keep in touch. Sixteen members were split into two teams: Desert and Land. The first group won. The next event will take the group to another sport-related activity – zorbing, an alternative experience to playing football. The event will take place on Saturday in Pembroke.

Ronald Cuschieri has graduated with a Doctor in Philosophy in Operations and Information Management at Aston University, Birmingham, UK. Through his research, Ing. Cuschieri developed a holistic supply chain integration theore­tical framework for Maltese manu­facturing SMEs and their supply chain actors to exploit the inte­grated approach benefits to achieve a competitive edge. The derived theoretical framework is based on a multi-disciplinary research approach and has several dimensions with a level... Читать дальше...

The St Michael School Scout Group recently held its annual Easter camp at the YTC campsite in Buskett, themed ‘Impossible’, a play on the word impossible, seldom used by Lord Baden Powell, founder of the Scouting Movement, to convey the idea that individuals can achieve their full potential. Seen here are the 90 Cubs and Scouts recreating the theme with the use of their sleeping bags.

The Malta French Chamber of Commerce hosted a social networking event at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa where Chamber members had the opportunity to network and explore potential new business collaborations. Thanking members and guests for their continued support, Malta French Chamber of Commerce president Joseph Bugeja explained how the chamber was established 26 years ago to promote and develop commercial, industrial, financial and tourist exchanges between Malta and France. He also referred... Читать дальше...

The management board tasked with safeguarding the Dwejra area has been dismantled, with the last meeting having been held over three years ago, it has emerged. The board, set up in 2007 by the then-Mepa with the aim of managing the area, consisted of representatives of the government, the local council and environmental bodies. Replying to questions in Parliament by Nationalist MP Chris Said, Environment Minister José Herrera confirmed that the board held its last meeting in 2012. When asked who the members of the board were... Читать дальше...