- Business executives’ personality traits are similar across Europe
- Polish executives are more keen on innovation than their European colleagues

A diverse workforce and the decisive allocation of business resources hold the key to reviving Europe’s spirit of enterprise, according to a major new survey by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), Forbes Insights and Ipsos Observer.

Mechanism receives backing from ACCA, UK Government and bodies representing over 1.2 million UK practitioners

The Social Mobility Toolkit for the Professions, the first common framework to measure the progress of social mobility within the professions, has been launched today on behalf of Professions for Good.

A new 104 billion Euro plan for a pan-European electricity network would cost less than 1% of the consumers' total electricity bill. The plan - drawn up by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) - would bring Europe a step closer to a pan-European grid.

Eurometaux is pleased to announce the appointment of three new staff members:

Ms. Sarah Romy Edwards will take up the new position of Communication Manager as of 1st March 2012 (E-mail: edwards@eurometaux.be).

Yesterday, the European Parliament’s Industry and Energy Committee adopted its first reading position on the Energy Efficiency Directive. The Parliament not only made the 20 % energy savings target by 2020 binding, it also requires Member States to develop building renovation roadmaps with a view to reducing the energy demand of Europe’s buildings by 80 % by 2050.