While the Covid-19 pandemic brings forth a digital revolution, our dependence on the Internet also has tricky implications for companies regarding their fraud risk management and compliance programmes. Join us for an insightful webinar brought by the German Chamber of Commerce and co-hosted by the BLCC: Anti-Fraud Challenges amid the Covid-19 Pandemic. Ms. Annie Chan,…
On 23 January 2021, The Brussels Times posted that Belgium is one Trappist brewery poorer. Trappist brewers are a special subset of the Benedictine Order. To be classified as a Trappist beer, the brewery must comply with the strict set of rules of the International Trappist Association (ITA). One of the requirements the ITA has…
What an insightful webinar it was, great to share this with nearly 50 guests, thank you all for attending! In our “Vaccine update with Mr. Frank van Gelder” webinar of yesterday (WED 3 FEB), Frank presented the most up to date information on the Belgian vaccine production & shipments, Belgium’s role in logistics, challenges faced…
In the current global economic setting, what does the next financial year have in store for us? To have a better overview of the economic prospect of 2021, your BLCC is delighted to present you with a webinar organized by EuroCham! Come join us to hear from Dr. Taimur Baig, Managing Director and Chief Economist…
Interesting architectural news from our Belgian connection at LEAD! YEZO is a small retreat, nestled in the northern mountain range of Hokkaido, Japan, that takes advantage of the dramatic landscape and an experimental design approach to create a private sanctuary surrounded by nature. Its lean tectonic system combined with only a most essential spatial programme…
On December 30th 2020, the EU and China reached the long-awaited EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) with the aim to open up more investment opportunities between the two economies. Wanting to know more about the CAI’s implications on international trade & macroeconomic outlook? The BLCC is delighted to present you with an upcoming EuroCham…
Some news from Belgium about the non-essential travel ban you may have read or heard about; our BLCC colleague Baukje Huisman has created an overview of several articles posted by The Brussels Times on this topic. We hope you find it useful! In order to beat the coronavirus pandemic, Geert Molenberghs, a biostatistician at the…
Thanks to our Corporate Member & Silver Sponsor KBC Bank, we can share the following very interesting report with you all: The KBC Economic Perspective – Asian Edition. Here some highlights: There will be a relatively swift recovery in economic activity later on in the year supported by the start of vaccine campaigns in different…
On January 13, 2021, Payload Asia released an article about the transportation of the COVID-19 vaccines. Although Hong Kong is still waiting to get a go-signal to roll-out its vaccine program, Cathay Pacific is already coming up with solutions to get the COVID-19 vaccine distributed as safe and fast as possible across the world. The terminal used…
Hong Kong plays an indispensable role in the dual-circulation development of the Chinese economy, in facilitating the growth of the Greater Bay Area, and as the offshore financial center of the internationalization of the Chinese Yuan (RMB), said Guo Shuqing, chairman of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC), during the Asian Financial Forum…
