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Business uncertainty is the unknown in the organization and in the field of business relevant to company operation. While uncertainty cannot be measured, a business can take steps to protect the future of its employees and customers. The Business Environment and Evolution With the on-going – or should I say, never-ending? – Brexit debate (…end […]

From our experience in advising several small and medium-sized enterprises, a common challenge frequently comes up in our discussions. Business owners might have perfectly good ideas and lucrative initiatives that have sound business potential. Yet they lack the necessary funding required to finance such initiatives particularly in the initial years where extensive capital investment is […]

It is safe to say that to date, the success of most blockchain applications in the international market has proven elusive. Over the last years, thousands of coin offerings have plunged to their death sucking in millions of dollars in investment, in what can easily be referred to as bogus concepts. One might, therefore, be […]

Whenever I engage in a discussion about digital transformation with a business owner or top-level manager, nine times out of ten their response will veer exclusively towards technology, investment, and computer systems. Fair enough, I say, digital is all about technology… but surely any successful transformation needs to be understood, accepted, implemented and indeed utilised […]

Sometimes coming up with the great idea is the easiest part. Then once you get the courage to strike out on your own, the real challenges begin. One of the most difficult aspects of starting a new business is when (and how) to raise money: every company needs capital to pursue exciting opportunities such as […]

In the wake of uncertainty created by Brexit and the possibility of a no-deal Brexit, UK-based companies must safeguard their preferred access to the European Union market by shaping their Brexit plan. Despite its small size, Malta is a highly attractive jurisdiction to set up an EU presence as it fosters an environment ripe for […]

As the first EU-approved Citizenship by Investment Programme, the Individual Investor Programme (IIP) of the Republic of Malta grants citizenship to applicants who invested and contributed to the economic and social development of Malta. Here are the reasons why we believe Malta’s IIP is the best citizenship by investment program in the world: Gateway to […]

Throughout the millions of years of its existence, Nature has demonstrated that evolution is a mandatory element for survival. It, therefore, comes to no surprise that man, and the activities he manages, need to relate to this phenomenon too! …extending across to ‘business organizations’. Immaterial of the size or type of operations, any organization must […]

Change remains one of the most topical – and in many ways, still controversial – aspects of organisational management. The tortuous process involved in recognising and acknowledging the need for change certainly remains a central issue in this regard. As does the fact that every business entity has its own, unique ‘persona’ – reflecting the […]

Software that senses what we need, supply chains that “think” in real time, and robots that respond to changes in their environment. The essence of the AI paradigm shift is the transformation of all business processes within an organisation. It is changing all the rules of how companies operate There’s no doubt that the manufacturing […]

BEAT Limited has been awarded the prestigious ISO9001:2015 certification for its Quality Management System. Commenting on this milestone for the Group, BEAT Chief Operating Officer Ing. Joseph Micallef explained that the third party certification audit of the firm’s Quality Management Systems by SGS Italia S.p.A., “follows months of intensive work, during which all mandated and […]

Despite the uptake of Business Process Management across the business spectrum around the world, there is still some confusion on how BPM works and what is expected of it. Over the past years, the term Business Process Management has become somewhat of a buzzword, and we do hear a lot of different definitions of what […]