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Switzerland cultivates an entrepreneurial spirit

This content was published on Feb 29, 2000 A 24 year-old computer expert is demonstrating that Switzerland, too, can be a land of opportunity for young entrepreneurs. Three years after founding his BNS company with a start capital of just SFr2,000, Stefan Buess is creating 140 new jobs in the town of Biel. Specialising in technical maintenance and communication, BNS will open its…

Swiss nuclear experts probe British safety controls

This content was published on Feb 28, 2000 Swiss nuclear experts have travelled to Britain as concerns grow that the Sellafield reprocessing plant (picture) may have sent fuel rods to Switzerland with falsified safety documents. It follows a scandal which cost the head of British Nuclear Fuels his job. Last October, a shipment of reprocessed nuclear fuel from British Nuclear Fuels reached Japan…

Lynx tension rises as three animals found poisoned

This content was published on Feb 28, 2000 The bodies of three lynxes have been found as new measures to ensure the survival of the big cats in Switzerland have been unveiled. It is believed the animals, a female and two young, had been poisoned. The dead lynxes were discovered near Rougemont, in canton Vaud. Autopsies are being carried out on the corpses…

New study predicts strong growth

This content was published on Feb 28, 2000 Exports and consumer spending will be the driving force behind a steady rise in economic growth in Switzerland, according to the Munich-based Ifo economic institute. Ifo says exports are set to increase by nearly five per cent this year. Also supporting the upturn will be a strong improvement in private consumption, which the institute sees…

Alpine Transport Protocol under fire

This content was published on Feb 27, 2000 The Transport Protocol to the 1995 Alpine Convention has attracted substantial criticism, following a wide-ranging consultation launched by the government last year. The Swiss People’s Party and the road transport industry reject the protocol outright, while environmental lobbies say it does not go far enough. The aim of the Transport Protocol, an addition to the…

Business outlook for the week ahead

This content was published on Feb 27, 2000 The opening of the Geneva motor show (pictured) and financial results from the engineering group, Von Roll, are at the top of the business agenda this week. Von Roll releases its annual figures on Tuesday, and is also expected to unveil details of its plans to restructure the company in a bid to boost profitability.…

Switzerland flies flag at Hannover IT fair

This content was published on Feb 27, 2000 The Swiss flag is flying high today in the German city of Hannover as Switzerland hosts its official reception at the world’s largest information technology show, CeBIT. With 126 companies attending, Switzerland ranks number five in the countries exhibiting at the annual World Business Fair for Office Automation, Information Technology and Telecommunications. “The reception we…

Nestlé reveals leap in profits

This content was published on Feb 25, 2000 The world’s biggest food group, Switzerland’s Nestlé, has surpassed analysts’ expectations and revealed a 12 per cent, or SFr4.7 billion increase in net profits for 1999. Market forecasters had predicted an increase of just six per cent. Numbers at the canton Vaud based multinational were up across the board, with turnover increasing four per cent…

Winter cheer for Swiss hotel industry

This content was published on Feb 25, 2000 Deep snow and low prices have brought good news for the Swiss hotel industry. It has seen an increase in trade for January of four per cent over the same time last year. The federal statistics office said it was the third year in a row that there had been a rise in the January…

Swiss firms focus on CeBIT

This content was published on Feb 24, 2000 Switzerland’s high-tech firms have their eyes focused on the German city of Hannover over the next week to present their latest products at the world’s largest information technology show, CeBIT. With 126 companies flying the Swiss flag, Switzerland ranks number five in the countries exhibiting at the annual World Business Fair for Office Automation, Information…

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