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Catalonia tightens its grip on companies that abusively offer fast, tailored credits and loans, often over the Internet. The Catalan Consumer Agency, an agency of the Generalitat, has explained that it has opened disciplinary proceedings against 17 of these companies, with sanctions ranging from 10,000 to 100,000 euros. The sanctions are based on abusive clauses and practices that lead to direct harm to consumers.On this occasion, the Generalitat agency has avoided publishing the names of the companies it has sanctioned. But these are 17 companies in the lender sector, which sell quick and customized loans. These sanctions arise from the…
AI pioneers warn of an attack by machines. The most valuable company in the world reports record results. The Office for the Protection of the Constitution is not allowed to classify the AfD as right-wing extremist for the time being. And the Berlinale boss can stay for now. This is the situation on Thursday evening.
A Herne Bay entrepreneur who created a peer-support initiative for women has been presented with a Brand of the Future award. Lynda Perry founded Sister Circle Events to offer a shared space where women can meet, talk openly and encourage one another’s personal development. The honour from Big Business Events acknowledges the concept’s capacity to grow nationally, with plans to establish circles in communities throughout the UK. Lynda said: “I am thrilled to receive this recognition – it’s great to see that others are recognising the potential of my business in the same way that I do.” The project…
“Which trading card would you be?” This is the question that Aldi Nord’s new Tiktok channel (spelled TikTok) is launching. The “Vibe Manager”, a young man who is training to become a business administrator in the Abitur program, the dual student with the nickname Süssmaus and the trainee with the title “Top 3 Yapper” are presented in the form of collectible cards and in a mini video. @aldinord.karriere With us you have the choice: Team high school graduate program or dual study course in sales? 💘 Write it in the comments! #aldikarriere ♬ Original sound – ALDI Nord Career With…
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, this Thursday came out against the hoaxes about his health and denied that he suffers from “any cardiovascular disease”, reproaching the right and the extreme right that their “only way of opposing” is lies. On the other hand, the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has taken advantage of the declassification of the 23-F papers, which support the role of Juan Carlos I in stopping the coup, to demand that the King Emeritus return to Spain. Meanwhile, the Minister of Justice and Presidency, Félix Bolaños, has accused the PP, Vox and Junts…
Human resources management: Professor Dr. Appel, you are a scientist, but you also worked for the company for many years and set up an HR Shared Service Center at BASF. In your opinion, what are the key changes of recent times? Dr. Wolfgang Appel: In the past, it has to be said frankly, HR shared service centers were essentially call centers. It was all about interaction and efficient processing. Telephone communication has steadily declined in recent years, in favor of a shift to written communication. Where people used to talk to each other on the phone, they now use email…
“The step of time is threefold / The future comes hesitantly”: Chancellor Friedrich Merz left Schiller verses in the guest book of the Forbidden City in Beijing. The poem only partially fits with the further course of the trip to China.
– Advertisement -Bottom-up instead of strategy: Artificial intelligence is spreading organically in German medium-sized companies. The result: Efficiency gains seep into individual relief instead of systematically flowing into strategic growth. Based on case studies, Caroline Sophie Peitsmeier and Professor Heike Schinnenburg from Osnabrück University show how HR and managers pave the way for individual experiments to become measurable corporate success. Executive Summary AI transformation in medium-sized companies: The strategic role of HR The challenge: AI has arrived in medium-sized businesses and is spreading predominantly bottom-up. Employees use AI pragmatically in their everyday work, while strategic control, transparency about efficiency gains…
Spain and Gibraltar will be linked by a dense network of political, legal, commercial, economic, institutional and social ties when the treaty between the European Union and the United Kingdom that regulates the relations of the British colony with the EU comes into force after the Brexit. The treaty, of 336 articles and 46 annexes in English, to which EL PAÍS has had access, provides for the demolition of the Fence that has separated the British colony from its Spanish surroundings for more than a century and creates an area of free movement through the so-called Schengen area (25 EU…
The first applications for the German Human Resources Prize (DPP) 2026 are already in the online inbox – before the official starting signal for this year’s application cycle has even been given. But today the time has come: The application period starts and runs until June 21, 2026. The renowned award, which we as the HR magazine Human Resources Management are presenting for the 35th time this year, is apparently already marked red in the calendar of many HR professionals. You will find out whether your project has won in November 2026. The best HR concepts will then be honored…