December 2009
News
Europe-Asia trade route strengthened with the addition of two new weekly cargo flights, amsterdam inbusiness gets CEOs of foreign companies to rub shoulders with local movers and shakers during Eurobest, Dutch tax office announces new procedures to make taxes easier for expats.
New Moroccan bank starts business
Banque Chaabi du Maroc, a subsidiary of the Moroccan banking group Banque Populaire du Maroc Group (GPB), has officially opened office in Amsterdam Metropolitan Area. Read more... »Amsterdam: Fifth smartest city in the world
Forbes says today’s ‘smart cities’ tend to be smaller, compact and more efficient and are for those reasons more attractive to do business. Read more... »Indian Expat Society
The Indian Expat Society (IES), a new organisation to represent to the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area’s fast growing community of Indian expats, was inaugurated on 10 December, 2009. Read more... »Streamlined procedures facilitate start-up time
New businesses can set up in the Netherlands in just 10 days, ranking 8th out of the 20 countries studied. Read more... »Amsterdam: Europe's leading Internet hub
The Netherlands are leaders in internet within Europe, having the most connections and daily users of the web. The Amsterdam Metropolitan Area proves ideal for ICT-businesses. Read more... »New financial summit looking ahead
The Amsterdam Financial Forum, a new annual platform for discussing the future of finance and business, was held in the last week of November, 2009. Read more... »Amsterdam: number one with German investors
Research by the Dutch-German Chamber of Commerce revealed Amsterdam was once again the most popular city with German investors in 2009. Read more... »Amsterdam Creative Capital
CEOs of foreign companies in the creative industry got in touch with local movers and shakers during Eurobest. Read more... »Amsterdam Creative Capital (part II)
Melvin runs campaigns for names like Adidas, Motorola and BMW. When it comes to the Amsterdam Area, he claims to be strategically located to source business. Read more... »Easier income tax for expats
Starting end 2009, the Dutch Tax Office will commence arrangements with international companies to simplify income tax procedures for expats. Read more... »
