Air France-KLM has once again plunged deep into the red. In the first quarter, the airline suffered a loss of 1.5 billion euros. The number of passengers decreased in January, February and March by three-quarters compared to a year earlier to 4.8 million. Turnover has more than halved. The heavy losses come as no surprise….
The European Commission wants to allocate five million euros for KLM staff who have been made redundant as a result of the corona crisis. The money is intended to retrain 1,200 redundant workers or to help start their own business, the committee reports. The Finnish airline Finnair can probably count on a support package of…
The consequences of the global chip shortage have spread like an oil slick recently. In addition to the automotive industry, manufacturers of household appliances and consumer electronics are also affected. An inventory of the NOS among Dutch retailers shows that one party is not aware of it, while the other is severely affected. “The delivery…
“I always thought: I chose the best profession, because cleaning is always necessary.” But that turned out to be slightly different during the corona crisis, notes Rahma el Mouden, who founded the cleaning company Multicultural Amsterdams Cleaning Company (MAS) 23 years ago. 150 cleaners were denied new contracts and six office workers – some of…
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) this week had the bailiff seized the assets of 400 companies that allegedly abused corona support. This concerns the Fixed Cost Allowance (TVL), one of the subsidy schemes for companies that are unable to pay fixed costs due to the corona crisis. The scheme is part of the extensive support…
A restart of the bankrupt D-travels with online travel agency Prijsvrij Vacations is almost certain. This confirms Prijsvrij Holidays to the NOS. “It must go crazy if it doesn’t work out”, says Marc van Deursen, director of Prijsvrij Holidays. He says that the company is currently the only party for a restart of D-trips. This…
The target of having around 10,000 flex homes built throughout the Netherlands by the end of 2022 will not be achieved if municipalities do not make more land available. That is what Aedes, the umbrella organization of housing corporations, says to BNR. The construction of such temporary homes, often a kind of container homes, is…
The tax return can be made up to and including today. Due to a technical malfunction at the start of the declaration season, that period was extended by one week. Between March 1 and May 5, about 9.4 million people sent their data. That is slightly more than last year, when there were 9.3 million…
A majority of the House of Representatives supports the government’s bill to give people access to, for example, sports matches, museums and theaters through tests. However, many parties continue to have questions about the necessity of the proposal, the costs and the temporary nature of the law. The House of Representatives talked all day and…
Not only the House of Representatives doubts the usefulness and necessity of test certificates, museums, theaters, zoos and cinemas that should benefit from it are also critical. In addition, there are ethical objections to a ‘test society’. Many industries were not very positive after last month’s experiments with tests. Also sectors that did not participate…