Italy’s Awful English Costs Italian Businesses Billions in Sales
Italy, alas, doesn’t seem to realise that its awful English, especially in this internet day and age, is losing the nation many potentially valuable sales and deters investment too. The translations used by Italian websites tend to range from good to not so good. Not so good is bad for business, but alas, it’s a […]
Sex in Italy – A €5 Billion a Year Business
Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano recently ran an article on prostitution in Italy and elsewhere in Europe. The article contained facts and figures gleaned from Italy’s parliamentary social affairs commission and a Transcrime study. Here’s a closer look the business of prostitution in Italy based on the facts reported by Il Fatto Quotidiano and Transcrime. […]
Italy’s Article 18 Woes
Italy is in turmoil at the moment. At the root of much consternation are reforms to Italy’s labor legislation and in particular something known as Article 18. Article 18 is part of Italy’s “workers’ statute”, the body of Italian law which governs employee rights. This article states that Italian employers must reinstate unfairly dismissed workers. Italy’s […]
A Naked Italian Businessman Protests
Back on the 30th October, while I was flicking through the pages of Italian newspaper Il Corriere Della Sera, I came across a nude businessman, or rather a full page advert showing a businessman wearing no clothes. Upon being confronted by such a sight in the early morning, I nearly spilt my espresso, I can […]
Foreign Direct Investment – Italy Not in Top 15
It’s easy to be negative about Italy, and the country is receiving quite a lot of bad press at the moment, what with potentially repressive laws designed to restrict press freedom, and the odd scandal or three. All the furore leads to this question, possibly: Could Italy’s tarnished image be damaging the countries foreign direct investment prospects?