The number of millionaires in the Netherlands has increased for the sixth year in a row. On January 1, 2020, Statistics Netherlands counted 24,000 millionaires more than the year before. In total, our country has 278,000 households with a capital of 1 million euros or more. In the case of capital, it largely concerns the…
London-based energy company Bulb Energy, which is on the brink of collapse due to high energy prices, has been nationalized. To prevent the 1.7 million British households that are customers from running out of power, the state is temporarily taking over the company. A special administrator will be appointed for this, a spokesman for British…
The Netherlands is still attractive for companies and criminals to avoid tax and hide money through so-called letterbox companies, despite the approach to this. This is what the Conduit Companies Committee concludes in a recommendation to the cabinet. The companies damage the reputation of the Netherlands, while they yield little from an economic point of…
WhatsApp users will soon see a banner with a message about a change to the privacy policy. That adjustment is the result of a fine from the Irish privacy watchdog this fall, which found that the chat service is failing to inform users. The company says it will not collect any other data and users…
Unilever sells its tea division to Luxembourg venture capitalist CVC Capital Partners. The food company will receive 4.5 billion euros for it. The tea branch includes well-known brands such as Lipton and Pukka. “We are proud of the place our tea division has in our company history,” said Unilever CEO Alan Jope. Lipton has been…
A few years ago, the government encouraged real estate investors to invest heavily here. Now investors are seen as the bogeymen of the Dutch housing market. The government wants to curtail them with additional regulations. Just this week, 130 municipalities announced that they were considering compulsory self-occupancy. The only question is: how justified is it…
And director Martin Hoekstra of heating installer ST/Warmte feels that pressure immediately. “It’s a challenge. We still sell central heating boilers, but it’s just like the old days at the greengrocer: if strawberries are in season, you can sell them, but otherwise not.” Because Hoekstra is dependent on large manufacturers, such as Vaillant, Remeha and…
The prices of groceries are often different on the receipt than on the price tag on the shelf – and usually the difference is to the detriment of the customer. The Consumers’ Association conducted a sample of seven national supermarket chains; only at Aldi did the association receive one clear ticket. Test shoppers went to…
Edah, Konmar, Super de Boer, C1000, Emté: the list of supermarket chains that have disappeared from the streets since 2000 is getting longer and longer. A new name will be added this weekend: the Deen chain, which was originally from North Holland. And if we are to believe the experts, the ‘reorganization in supermarket land’…
Sex workers and operators can hardly get a mortgage or business account with any Dutch bank. This is apparent from research by the KRO-NRCV programme pointer. Banks fear that they are facilitating exploitation and human trafficking. pointer reviewed the acceptance criteria and conditions at fourteen banks. Of these, only the online bank Knab says that…