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Since the first fire warnings during the early hours of Monday to Tuesday, the Andalusian fire plan (Infoca) has been forced to multiply its resources this afternoon and has evacuated 350 people from three villages in the Huelva mountain municipality of Almonaster la Real. The emergency level has been raised to 1 due to the dimensions and resources necessary to address the extinction. The Emergency Agency has called for maximum caution and has closed rail traffic in the area.Continue reading

Hypovereinsbank is changing its management personnel responsibilities. Georgiana Lazar-O’Callaghan is leaving the Unicredit Group after around 20 years. According to company information, she would like to pursue new professional challenges outside the bank. Your successor has already been chosen: Lars Jungemann will take over as head of the People & Culture department at Hypovereinsbank (HVB) on September 1st. Lars Jungemann is the new head of human resources at Hypovereinsbank. (Photo Hypovereinsbank) Who is Lars Jungemann? – the new People & Culture boss of Hypovereinsbank? Jungemann is a native of the bank. He has been working for HVB since 2004 and…

Employees should be able to potentially get to know new employers while their existing employment relationship continues. At least that is what the federal government would like to promote with the so-called job-to-job testing, officially called “measures to test employment prospects”. The measure was roughly outlined in the federal government’s draft law on the “modernization and digitalization of employment promotion”. “If companies have to cut jobs, it is important that skilled workers move quickly and easily to industries in which they are needed,” explained Bärbel Bas (SPD), Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs. The aim is for employees and…

The businessman Julio Martínez Martínez has ratified this Tuesday before Judge José Luis Calama, instructor of the Plus Ultra case in the National Court, the letter that he sent to the magistrate on Monday to point out José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero as the person who “marked the steps to follow” in the efforts that led to the rescue of 53 million euros that the airline received from the Government of Pedro Sánchez after the coronavirus pandemic. Several sources present at the interrogation point out that the accused, who has testified for nearly three hours after giving a twist to his…

The businessman Julio Martínez Martínez, friend of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and one of the main investigators in the Plus Ultra case, testified this Tuesday before the judge after implicating the former president in the aid that the Government granted to the airline in 2021, and confirming the collection of 1% of it. Considered by investigators as the “main lieutenant and visible figure” of the plot, Martínez appears at the National Court with the commitment to “collaborate and contribute to the clarification of the facts,” according to the document he presented less than 24 hours before in court.Continue reading

Comment: Highest priority for further training Shortly before his departure from office as President of the Federal Institute for Vocational Training (BIBB), I was able to interview Professor Friedrich Hubert Esser in detail about his ideas regarding vocational training (see page 50). I found his suggestion to move away from the strict separation of training and further education particularly remarkable. Instead, there should be an “integrated career concept” with the opportunity to gain further qualifications – analogous to the academic model – up to the equivalent of a doctorate. The idea is important in two respects: On the one hand,…

The joint World Cup is barely over when Donald Trump attacks his Canadian neighbor: the US President wants to impose a 50 percent tariff on a wide range of goods. The background is also the huge forest fires in North America.

The fire declared this Monday in the municipality of Brieva (Segovia) has forced the evacuation of eight population centers in the area and maintains level 2 of the Potential Severity Index activated due to the threat it poses to nearby towns. Around midnight, sources from the firefighting operation reported that the fire “is completely out of control and is heading towards Turégano with force.” The same sources estimate an impact of around 3,000 hectares.Continue reading

For many business owners, tax is something dealt with when a deadline appears on the calendar. The accounts are prepared. The figures are checked. The return is submitted. Then attention moves back to customers, staff and the daily demands of running a business. That approach is understandable, particularly for small businesses. But it can also create a problem. Tax affairs can become increasingly complicated without the business owner realising it. A company may grow. A director may start taking money from the business in different ways. A sole trader may add a second income stream. A landlord may begin running…

A business relationship can take months to build and only minutes to approve. A supplier presents a strong proposal. A potential partner offers attractive commercial terms. A service provider appears to understand the company’s needs. After a few meetings, the decision may seem obvious. Yet businesses that move too quickly can overlook a basic question: what is known about the company behind the proposal? This question is becoming increasingly important as businesses work with more suppliers, agencies and partners across borders. A company may be based in the United Kingdom, while its customers, investors or commercial partners are located elsewhere…