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Since spring, the Kremlin has been successfully circumventing sanctions over the war with Ukraine by importing Western electronic components on a massive scale. Components used e.g. in missiles are sent to Russia by companies registered in Turkey and Hong Kong, according to a journalistic investigation by Reuters and the British think tank Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).more

Price growth in the UK has slowed, which gives hope that the peak of inflation is over. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said today that the annual inflation rate was 10.7% in November, down from 11.1% in October.more

After reaching a record level of 21.2 million foreign tourists in Poland in 2019, their number fell to 8.4 million a year later, according to the OECD report. In 2021, the number of visitors from other countries increased to 9.7 million, but it was still as much as 54 percent. lower than before the pandemic.more

Growth figure shrank 0.3% in a quarter, reflecting concerns over lengthy recession.more

With companies downsizing their offices — or doing away with them altogether — in favour of remote working, enterprising Londoners are starting to bridge that gap by renting out their homes as work or meeting spaces.more

Talks have broken down between the union and Royal Mail, a spokesman said, adding that Royal Mail managers are "refusing to budge with their 'best and final' offer". more

Every third Polish family business has experienced a deterioration in its situation in the last year. The most painful are the high costs of fuel, energy and labour, reports "Puls Biznesu".more

One of the largest infrastructural projects in Europe is being built between Łódź and Warsaw - this is how Centralny Port Komunikacyjny is described by the daily "Financieele Dagblad". The newspaper indicates that the Baltic states as well as the Czech Republic and Slovakia may benefit from the project.more

There is evidence that "rocket and feather" fuel pricing happened in 2022, a competition watchdog has said. more

Beauty salons and tattoo parlours have prospered on High Streets while the number of banks and department stores has fallen, BBC analysis shows. Places to eat and drink have also increased - despite social distancing.more

Industry experts say the economic shocks of COVID, Brexit and the war in Ukraine have put sustained pressure on businesses, especially those in the entertainment sector - and now the energy crisis may prove the tipping point.more

More than 100 employees of three companies in Brabant in the south of the Netherlands have received an unusual Christmas present: for the whole of December they will be able to do their grocery shopping at their employer's expense, reports the daily newspaper De Telegraaf.more

Christmas dinner will be nearly 22% more expensive this year than in 2021, according to new research for the BBC.more

45 per cent of employers plan to give employees Christmas bonuses. No Christmas activities are envisaged by 14 per cent of companies, according to a survey by the Randstad Research Institute in cooperation with Gfk. Compared to 2021, the value of Christmas benefits per employee will increase.more

Ministers urged to act as study shows average block of cheese or loaf of bread makes farmers less than a penny.more

Aldi has today announced plans to open 11 new stores in Dublin over the next five years in a €73m investment. more

Food prices rose at a record rate in the year to November, with meat, eggs, dairy and coffee climbing particularly sharply, new data shows. more

Until recently, many companies did not want to hear about electronic invoices, digital archives and e-forms. Now they are open to novelties, and entrepreneurs are reaching for electronic signatures, 'Rzeczpospolita' reports today.more

Study by British Chambers of Commerce reveals flagship bill to purge EU laws is low priority for firms.more

The Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) fined Facebook €265 million. The penalty is the result of an investigation launched in April 2021 after the personal information of 533 million users of the site was published.more

Poland is the largest printing market in the Central and Eastern European region and the fifth largest in the European Union in terms of revenue and number of people employed, according to the eighth edition of the report 'Printing and printed packaging market in Poland'.more

American hamburger chain Wendy's has announced plans to enter the Irish market to further expand its presence across Europe. more

A billionaire former Conservative donor has said he would back the party again if the government renegotiates with the EU for a “soft” Brexit trade deal. Guy Hands urged Rishi Sunak to consider a radical move to restart trade talks with Brussels, saying it could help the party win the next general election.more

France and Ireland signed an agreement yesterday in Paris on the construction of the "Celtic Interconnector", which will allow the exchange of electricity supplies between these countries from 2026, the French Ministry of Energy Transition said in a press release.more

David Davis has has admitted that Brexit has not delivered any ‘major’ economic benefits six years on from the vote to leave the EU.more