Below please find a quick overview of all measures announced yesterday:- Wage supplement: the €800 grant has been extended until September for the the following sectors:Touristic accomodation, travel agencies, language schools, events organisers and air transport. Other sectors currently with a €800 supplement will be brought down to €600. Other sectors where the …
Be Constant not Radical
As I have said in various blog posts the issues created by the COVID-19 pandemic need to sorted by innovative solutions and not something from an old playbook. However, this does not mean that in order for business leaders to respond to big problems created by this crisis this necessarily means that a radical strategy …
Common challenges in this transitional phase
You must by now know that I am an admirer of Winston Churchill and most of all of his famous quotes which are so ingenious at depicting reality with a good dose of wisdom. Churchill is quoted as saying “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But …
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Some Shifts in Perceptions in Malta
I once again bring to you the results of a research exercise done by the EMCS (www.emcs.com.mt) between Monday 25th May and Friday 29th May 2020. In total 494 individuals aged 18 and over were interviewed, with data being representative of the local population in terms of gender, age (18 and over) and location of …
A well planned return to the office
Following the re-opening of restaurants and other non-essential shops which meant that several employees returned to their place of work, discussions with many business leaders invariably always turns onto how they should proceed with having their employees return to the office. My advice is to use CAUTION. They are many variables at play and you …
Cash is King!
During this COVID-19 induced crisis, you must have heard over and over again that a core priority for many companies is preserving cash. It is true that preserving cash in the short term is extremely important but you also need to balance it with decisions that will enable the company to emerge from this crisis …
Leadership in Times of Crisis
I am sure many of you have read many articles about Leadership. However it still strikes me that on a daily basis I still see lack of Leadership skills which in a time of Crisis like this are so much needed. Some have asked me about what type of Leadership should one adopt in times …
A Structured Approach to re-opening the Economy
Every conversation I have been having recently invariably includes a debate on whether we should be relaxing the restrictive measures we had so far or not. Like everything in Malta the diametrically opposed poles have formed up. Those that I would call the "zero risk takers" and would have us live in a quasi lockdown …
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28% of Private Sector Employees in Malta fearing for their job
I once again present you with the very interesting findings of the research done by EMCS - http://www.emcs.com.mt ; which was carried out between Tuesday 12th May and Friday 15th May 2020. In total 498 individuals aged 18 and over were interviewed, with data being representative of the local population in terms of gender, age …
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Strategic Recovery Priorities
I know that speaking of Recovery may sound a bit of out of tune as many businesses are still struggling to survive and not perish, let alone to recover in the future. However all the research in the world is showing that the businesses that will very likely thrive and grow in the future are …
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