Calls are growing for a National Investment Bank. With it, 100 billion euros could be invested in the Dutch economy. But the Netherlands already abounds in solid banks; what is missing are dúrfinvesteringen....
business climate
Companies everywhere are whining about regulatory burden. Whether it's the City of Amsterdam, the Dutch government or the European Parliament, everywhere bureaucrats are said to get in the way of entrepreneurs. But is the regulatory burden really that high?....
The Netherlands has the most important chip industry in Europe, but its exact size is unknown. Hollands Welvaren therefore listed the main players. ASML is by far the largest, but it relies heavily on the much smaller players in the Netherlands....
The last election was about migration on television and social media. But in the financial inserts, they were about something very different: how do we make corporations pay an even larger share of our welfare state? Are there any politicians this time who dare to stand up for corporations?....
In the port of Rotterdam, several factories have closed down over the past year. There is great panic about this, but is it justified? Hollands Welvaren dived into the annual figures of the companies....
After years of neglect, politicians are finally paying attention to the crumbling business climate. So will everything be all right now? That's going to be tricky. Because these same politicians have in recent years become addicted to appeasing...