Supermarkets say they want to make it easier to choose healthy food, but no supermarket is really doing it. This is the conclusion of four health funds that commissioned research into the supply of healthy food in supermarkets. About 70 percent of our daily food comes from a supermarket. Supermarkets thus have a major influence…
The supermarkets are removing hundreds of products containing sesame seeds from the shelves because the banned substance may contain ethylene oxide. This is what supermarket branch organization CBL says. Products containing contaminated sesame seeds are also removed from stores in other EU countries. According to the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA), the…
It was never a big deal, the salary that Bloeme Burer (45) earned in the kitchen of a company canteen. But that 115 euros a month was just the money that made her life more beautiful. “I could go to the theater, the cinema or eat somewhere.” Burer has been largely unfit for work due…
After 71 years, the curtain finally falls for the famous Indian restaurant Garoeda in The Hague. The restaurant was declared bankrupt at the end of September, now it appears that a restart is no longer possible, the curator says. Corona was the final blow to the large restaurant, which had three floors. Normally many groups…
House prices rose sharply in the third quarter. According to the NVM brokerage association, the average sales price in the Netherlands in the third quarter was 354,000 euros. That is 11.6 percent more than in the same period last year. The supply of homes increased sharply, but those homes were bought again just as quickly….
“We are deeply disappointed and frustrated with the outcome of this survey,” said Lawson Mountstevens, director of Star Pubs & Bars. “From the outset, we have been transparent and repeatedly sought advice from the regulator about the terms and conditions we offered to the licensees, but the PCA consistently refused to respond to those requests….
Hundreds of jobs are disappearing at the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM). Of the more than 1,300 permanent employees, 200 to 300 will leave under a voluntary severance scheme in the coming months. The work for 300 hired workers will also disappear. The reorganization must be completed within six months. The NAM confirms this to the…
All homes in the Netherlands are given a label indicating the condition of the foundation. The new label must be included in valuation reports of houses from July 2021, just like the energy label. The Knowledge Center Approach Foundation Problems (KCAF) has announced this. The KCAF, responsible for the National Funderingsloket, where owners of subsided…
Due to forced restrictions and increased uncertainty, many sectors need extra support. So say VNO-NCW and MKB Nederland in response to the press conference in which additional corona measures were announced. This package of measures is “inevitable”, says chairman Ingrid Thijssen of VNO-NCW. “The cabinet must take measures to contain the virus, but it is…
The introduction of the CoronaMelder app, now downloaded at least 2.65 million times, poses problems for employers, employees and the self-employed. Anyone who receives a notification via the app is advised to go into quarantine for ten days – even if this turns out not to be necessary afterwards. You may not get yourself tested…