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#WatchNow 🎥 Marisa Xuereb, Former President of The Malta Chamber, on 'Andrew Azzopardi on RTK103'. She emphasises the below points: 1️⃣ It is wrong to presume that everyone who is in business is wealthy. Business is hard work and if you try to do things right in a market where laws are not enforced, it is actually very difficult to compete. 2️⃣ Malta does not have a proper economic model because if we did we would be able to anticipate the bottlenecks and infrastructural needs, and plan accordingly, rather than have everything hit us by surprise. 3️⃣ The transition to electric vehicles puts significant strain on the grid, a challenge that was anticipated. The Low Carbon Development Strategy of 2021 set ambitious EV targets, but follow-through has been lacking. These plans have become more symbolic than actionable, failing to drive necessary infrastructure investments. 4️⃣ The civil service should operate independently to maintain checks and balances, with ministers offering political direction without interfering in daily operations. Permanent secretaries and CEOs must be competent decision-makers, not merely agreeable to ministers. Ministers need objective advisors, not "yes-men." Frequent CEO changes hinder effective leadership and progress. 5️⃣ We now risk a complete paralysis of the civil service as people in the civil service are now realising that there are significant risks in saying "yes" to Ministers as well. Watch here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dhVUtHyU

"𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐖𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭. 𝐀𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬." - Elaine Micallef, AWE 2023 1st Prize Winner Register for AWE 2024 👉 https://lnkd.in/dpdHpGcS 🤝 In collaboration with U.S. Embassy Valletta, Malta

🤔 How can employers and employees work better together despite cultural differences? How has the legalisation of recreational cannabis impacted the workplace? What factors are creating stress in today’s place of work? Is work-life balance just a buzzword? Are employers and HR professionals also acting as therapists at work? Join Rachel Bondi Attard as she chats with Matthew Bartolo, Chair of the Health & Wellness Committee - The Malta Chamber in the latest episode of The Malta Chamber Podcast 🎙️ as they discuss the challenges that employers and employees face at the workplace. Listen here 👉 https://lnkd.in/d5GwEZAw -------------------- The Malta Chamber Health and Wellness Committee is conducting a collaborative research project with the Willingness Team to explore the key factors that employees in Malta's private sector identify as crucial to a strong employer-employee relationship. For more info and to register 👉 https://lnkd.in/dxBzH4FC

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 📈 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 During this year’s Tech.mt AGM, CEO Dr Marthese Portelli highlighted that Malta is well-positioned to be an incubator for innovative tech ideas. “The small size of the market can be an advantage in this sense. Another advantage is the high degree of diversification of our relatively small economy. This provides endless possibilities for product and service development. Whether it’s tourism, financial services, manufacturing, transportation, media, telecoms, energy, health – the Maltese economy provides ample opportunities for highly diverse economic activities, all of which can be enhanced through creative digital solutions.” She added that “This does not mean that we do not have our challenges. One of the obstacles to our progress with digitization is a shortage of properly skilled staff in the subject area. Modernising current employment and skills regulations is also critical to meeting the demands of a digitally transformed world. Regardless of the industry or nature of the job, competency with digital tools and services is required. The Malta Chamber argues that one critical prerequisite is for the school system to provide all pupils with a basic awareness of technology, which is unfortunately still lacking today.” 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 176 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦, 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 – 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴.

The #MaltaChamber welcomes new member Jaen-Ray Strydom. Jaen-Ray Strydom is the Regional Sales Manager Malta at suresecure GmbH, a leading cybersecurity company renowned for its expertise in incident response and management, SOC services, and cyber insurance. With a strong focus on safeguarding critical infrastructures, Medium & Large Enterprises, they hold pivotal SOC contracts and have solidified their position as a market leader in Germany. Their commitment to excellence drives their expansion beyond national borders. #TheChamberWelcomes is part of the onboarding process of new members of The Malta Chamber.

⚠️📞 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭- 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟏 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒? Join our #webinar on 30/7/24, in collaboration with Malta Communications Authority, to discover why and how your business can avoid being affected by the upcoming blocking measures. Register here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dxpzWRaK

"𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝, 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝." - MEP Thomas Bajada The Malta Chamber will once again remain committed to follow closely what the 6 elected MEPs will be focusing on. Eurochambres | #Chambers4EU | Malta Business Bureau

“𝐖𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭.” - MEP Agius Peter The Malta Chamber will once again remain committed to follow closely what the 6 elected MEPs will be focusing on. Eurochambres | #Chambers4EU #EUSingleMarket | Malta Business Bureau

The Malta Chamber CEO, Dr Marthese Portelli, addresses the recent ⚡ power cuts and their significant impact on our economy during the 📺 TV Programme Perspittiva. Key Points: 🔹 Due to the adverse effects on the quality of service, the private sector may have to curtail its own investment going forward until the government catches up. 🔹 Power cuts in residential areas are largely due to the rapid construction of housing units, hotels, and restaurants without adequate infrastructure. 🔹 A committed 5-10 year investment plan in infrastructure is essential. This plan should be developed with serious consultation with the private sector, including clear milestones and deliverables. 🔹 The business community is deeply concerned about employee welfare. Long hours without electricity, especially in the heat, pose safety risks and negatively impact business performance and productivity. Watch here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dje2KDBk

H.E. Kenneth Vella, Malta’s Ambassador to #Estonia recently called at The Malta Chamber for a meeting with President Christopher Vassallo Cesareo. Discussions addressed the ever-increasing potential between the two countries, particularly in the sectors of digital #innovation, #education and #tourism. Ambassador Vella conveyed his willingness to work closely with The Malta Chamber to consolidate existing prospects for the Maltese business community. On his part, President Vassallo Cesareo referred to the Memorandum of Understanding facilitating contacts with the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and thanked the Ambassador for his positive and results-driven approach.