Antibes (10)
30.05.2011
Business: As announced, several tax advantages have been cut
The changes affect income tax for 2011: - 10% cut in tax reductions for expenses relating to some investments or services, but not those for employing a home worker or cost of child care.Read more … Tax reduction cuts for 2011
17.05.2011
Business: Habitat opens another fabulous branch in the well-known artistic city of Antibes
As the French Riviera celebrates the start of the summer season and stars flock to the Cannes Film Festival, Habitat opened its spacious new two-storey store packed with all the luminous colours of the Cote d’Azur in Terriers Nord shopping centre behind Decathlon.Read more … All the style of the French Riviera at the new Antibes Habitat store
01.04.2010
advertorial: Ask the Expert
Like March, April will be animated by the Greek sovereign debt issue and uncertainty about the UK election. The current level of the pound is a result of foreign investors speculating as to the next likely phase of the crisis, and it appears that they are all finding new reasons to sell the euro.Read more … Foreign Exchange
02.03.2010
advertorial: Ask the Expert
The UK economy has officially emerged from deep recession, but can we really expect smooth sailing from now on? Mervyn King has indicated that he expects inflation to move above the 3% level, but that it will cool later on in the year.Read more … Foreign Exchange
01.02.2010
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The pound quick out of the blocks in 2010.
What a start for the pound in 2010 and on the back of such a dismal 2009! Read more … Foreign Exchange
04.01.2010
advertorial: Ask the Expert
2009 has been a tumultuous year in the financial markets and a year to forget for the pound. Sterling started the year at all time lows against the euro and although we had a few sterling rallies, there was never the appetite to resurrect the pound. So where do we stand now against the euro and what will 2010 bring to the table?Read more … Foreign Exchange
10.11.2009
Senator Pierre Laffitte opens exhibition on the IT Park he created four decades ago
Touted as France’s equivalent of Silicon Valley, the Riviera’s Sophia Antipolis IT and Scientific Park last night celebrated the 40 years since its creation in 1969. A comprehensive exhibition on the Park opened amidst a flurry of congratulations to its founder, Senator Pierre Laffitte. This remarkable man, at the time former Director of the Ecole des Mines, and now well into his golden years is still very much active in the Park’s development and reinvention in his capacity as President of the Sophia Antipolis Foundation. Read more … Sophia Antipolis celebrates forty years with show
01.10.2009
Business: Number of under 25s without work up 38.4 per cent in the last year
Unemployment remains an ever-increasing problem for young people in the Alpes-Maritimes, with the latest figures confirming that the under 25s are fast becoming the greatest victims of the financial crisis. Local job offices and youth centers claim they have never seen so many young people walking through their doors.Read more … Young hit hardest by crisis
28.02.2008
Business: Award for high standards goes to Riviera town
The Riviera is a well-known hub of summer fun, but to add official merit to the well-traveled coast, Antibes-Juan les Pins has recently won the coveted ‘Qualité de Tourisme’ award, in recognition of its standard of welcome for visitors to the area.Read more … Antibes honoured as top tourist destination
