Sébastien Castagna explains why he operates three franchises of American brand in Luxembourg. Sébastien Castagna is a serial franchisee. After having launched eight businesses under Courtepaille and Memphis Coffee licences, over the last four years in Luxembourg and in France, the French entrepreneur is about to go for more. For 2018, he is planning to operate three Five Guys restaurants and two further Osteria Pizza E Pasta businesses in Luxembourg.
First project in Luxembourg to have car park and offices above public transport hub. A transport hub with 10 bus-station platforms, a tram stop, a five-storey car park, offices and shops aims to encourage and facilitate the use of public transport into the city. The 16,500 sqm building off the roundabout at the top end of Kirchberg will include the 'Luxexpo' tram stop, as well as 580 car parking spaces – 80 of which will be allocated to office tenants.
OCBC's private banking arm has been granted a licence to operate a wealth management subsidiary in Luxembourg. A new unit set up by Bank of Singapore will be able to offer services to its wealthy clients in the European Economic Area (EEA) and in Britain, the bank said. The EEA comprises the European Union countries as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss bank UBS (UBSG.S) will swap out leadership at its Luxembourg wealth management (WM) unit in October amid changes in the region, including the Swiss bank’s move in January to acquire Nordea’s private banking business there.
Luxembourg's parliament, the Chambre des Députés, is expected to ratify the convention on social security signed last November between Luxembourg and China. The document aims to guarantee the social security rights of both Luxembourgish and Chinese citizens working in the other country. MPs are expected to ratify the agreement in a session of parliament on Wednesday.
Among European Union (EU) countries, Luxembourg boasts the second-highest number of workers – between the ages of 15 and 64 – who work from home (12.7%), according to statistics bureau Eurostat.
The law firm formalizes the opening of its New York office headed by Nicolas Fermaud. The firm Elvinger Hoss announced on Tuesday the opening of its office in New York. "Elvinger New York" aims to follow the needs of its customers in the US market through a permanent presence.
Nano-satellite maker GOMspace has received nearly €1.5 million in the form of a ''development contract'' offered by the Luxembourg National Space Programme LuxImpulse. The funds, allocated by the European Space Agency, will be used by the Denmark-headquartered company to develop a new product, dubbed the Mega-Constellations Operation Platform (MCOP).
Selected by Luxinnovation together with the LHoFT, Paul Wurth Incub, Lux Future Lab, Technoport and Nyuko, five Luxembourg start-ups will have the opportunity to embark on a trip to the US. An intense schedule full of training, business meetings and networking events is awaiting Algoreg, Travelsify, Yokato, Tetrao and Nomoko.