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European Solar Days events expect more than a half-million participants

Grassroots campaign reflects broad consumer support for clean, cheap energy

European standards organisations make progress towards Smart Grid standards and reference architecture

Preparing the electricity networks of the future – CEN, CENELEC and ETSI have presented two interim reports to the European Commission.

Reforming Regulation: Improving Competitiveness, Creating Jobs

CEEMET representing the interests of the metal, engineering and technology-based industries, strongly supports the EU’s Smart Regulation agenda. In these challenging economic times, Europe needs to send out a clear message that it is open for business. An urgent priority is creating a more competitive business environment. This will help encourage the investment and generate the jobs our economies badly need.

Anna Dé joins acumen public affairs

acumen public affairs acquires former head of EU healthcare public affairs from Hill & Knowlton Brussels and signals the consultancy’s growing healthcare ambitions

BRUSSELS, 12 March 2012: Anna Dé has joined acumen public affairs, an independent communications consultancy that offers hands-on senior support, combining both strategic counsel and high quality execution.  She will work from London and Brussels.

ECTA Statement on the proposed liberalisation of fault repair/maintenance services in Italy

ECTA, the pan-European trade association representing over 100 pro-competitive telecoms operators welcomes the Italian law liberalizing ancillary services over the former monopolist Telecom Italia’s fixed access network.

L’incertitude dans la zone euro au cœur d'un débat organisé par EurActiv

La Fondation EurActiv Politech, en partenariat avec EurActiv Allemagne et Allianz, a réuni hier d'éminents économistes issus des secteurs privé et public. Les débats ont surtout porté sur les grands défis à venir et les incertitudes qui règnent sur l’économie de la zone euro.

Economists warn of major uncertainty in eurozone at a EurActiv panel discussion

Fondation EurActiv Politech, in partnership with EurActiv Germany and Allianz, hosted a panel discussion of senior economists from both the private and public sectors yesterday. The talk underscored major challenges and uncertainties for the eurozone economy in the years ahead.

Christophe Leclercq, Founder and Publisher of EurActiv, said the discussion "highlighted two points which I find especially important: one is about balanced growth and the other one about the early warning system regarding macro-economic imbalances."

Eurometaux reiterates Statement of the European Alliance of Energy Intensive Industries ahead of the 9 March Environment Council meeting

9 March 2012
Statement of the European Alliance of Energy Intensive Industries ahead of the 9 March Environment Council meeting

As a member of the European Alliance of Energy Intensive Industries, Eurometaux underlines the warnings of the industries concerned regarding today’s Council discussions on the Commission’s Roadmap to a competitive low carbon economy by 2050 (see below).

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Taking Stock of Public Private Partnerships and Concessions in Europe: Are they value for money?

- Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) are excellent for the right project, but they remain controversial and need to be used with care, as their value for money is very limited, were the main conclusions of a roundtable organised by ACCA ( The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants)  recently in Brussels -

Accountants read signs of financial stress, stalling growth in latest SME Finance Monitor data

Independent researcher BDRC Continental has released today the latest report of the SME Finance Monitor, the most authoritative record of UK small and medium sized enterprises’ (SMEs) access to finance. ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) finds little comfort in the figures, based on 5,000 interviews with owners and managers of SMEs carried out between October and December 2011.

The Monitor figures paint a picture of falling demand and deleveraging businesses throughout the UK:

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