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Business First opening hours on September 5th-6th

​Business First offices will be opening with reduced hours on the coming 5th and 6th of September, 2017. The offices will be temporarily closed on:

  • Tuesday, 5th September from 8:30hrs to 12:30hrs; and
  • Wednesday, 6th September from 13:00hrs to 16:00hrs.

Normal opening hours will resume as from Thursday, 7th September, i.e. from 08:00hrs to 16:00hrs on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and from 08:00hrs to 19:00hrs on Wednesdays.

First RELOS3 thematic event

Experts from various European countries gathered in Malta to discuss Smart Specialisation Strategies (RIS3) and how these can be put to good use at a local level to promote innovation, particularly through the active involvement of local authorities, innovators and companies.

Malta's share of ICT graduates highest in the EU

Data released by Eurostat, the statistical arm of the European Commission, shows that Malta has the highest share of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) graduates in the European Union (EU). In 2015, 8.5% of the students who graduated in Malta attained an ICT-related degree which is more than double the EU average of 3.5%. Furthermore, Malta also ranks 5th in the EU for graduates in the natural sciences, mathematics and statistics degrees.

Malta hosts EuroNanoForum 2017 conference

The strengthening of European manufacturing industries' competitiveness through nanotechnology, advanced materials technologies and open innovation was at the core of the debate during the EuroNanoForum 2017 conference, which was held over a span of three days between the 21st and 23rd of June in Valletta, Malta.

Around 700 delegates, 100 speakers and 50 exhibitors from all over Europe, as well as other countries such as Canada, Japan, Cuba and South Korea took part in the conference and shared their knowledge and experience.

RELOS3: Successful deployment of the Smart Specialization Strategies

Malta Enterprise hosted policy players from six countries - namely Estonia, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Malta - for meetings in relation to the RELOS3 project, an EU-funded initiative focusing on implementing regional Smart Specialisation Strategies (RIS3) in a local context by actively involving local authorities, innovation actors and companies.

Partners had the opportunity to exchange findings and analyse similar or complementary smart specialisations with the ultimate aim of further stimulating innovation in EU regions.

Informal Council Working Group on Export Credits held in Malta

Malta Enterprise and Trade Malta, with the support of the Ministry for the Economy, Investment and Small Business, have organized the Informal Council Working Group on Exports Credits. Senior officials from the Finance Ministries of the EU Member States and Export Credit Agencies attended the working session, the discussion of which focused on the challenges and risks facing Africa today.

MOU between SR Technics, Malta Enterprise and Malta Industrial Parks

Malta Enterprise and Malta Industrial Parks today signed a memorandum of understanding with world leading MRO service provider SR Technics.  

Following the signing of a maintenance contract with EasyJet in June 2016, the company is again expanding its local activities, furthering its commitment to its Maltese operation.

Through this investment of nearly €30 million in state of the art infrastructure, SR Technics will be in a better position to bid for work with other airlines and will be creating an additional 400 quality jobs.

ME organises international conference on FDI

The EU & FDI: Love Lost? international conference, organised by Malta Enterprise, was held at the Mediterranean Conference Centre on April 7, 2017.

The Minister for the Economy, Investment and Small Business, the Hon. Dr Christian Cardona delivered the opening address, in which he emphasised the critical role played by FDI in the development of the Maltese economy since the late 1950s, and the Maltese government’s willingness to work towards making both Malta and the EU more attractive to FDI.

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