Parker Randall Turner has been given the ‘Best Audit Firm of the Year 2015’ award. The award was presented to the firm during the Annual General Meeting of the international network Parker Randall International in London. The firm was nominated and selected among other members, which represent the network in 53 other countries around the globe.
This award recognises the solid frameworks and standards which the audit firm has built over the past 18 years of operations, serving both local and foreign clients. Parker Randall Turner joined the international network of auditors, accountants and tax consultants in 2013, after it was shortlisted among audit and accountancy firms in Malta.
HSBC invests in environment
HSBC Malta has inaugurated the installation of 483 photovoltaic panels and the commissioning of seven electric vehicles as part of its sustainability drive to positively impact its business and the wider community. The project was implemented following an application by HSBC Malta to the HSBC Group’s ‘eCO2 Efficiency Fund’, which attracted €515,000.
Entitled ‘Simply Electric’, the initiative included the purchase of seven electric vehicles and the installation of six charging points at the bank’s operations centre in Qormi. A PV car port which, apart from generating green energy, provides shading for vehicles, was also installed.
The PV panels, generating an estimated 190,000 kWh of green energy from the sun per year, were installed over 10 of the bank’s offices.
MSE in London
The Malta Stock Exchange recently organised an event in London with the aim of introducing the jurisdiction and in particular the services available from the Exchange to the UK advisory community. Over 40 corporate advisors, financial intermediaries and company representatives attended the meeting to learn more about the Maltese capital market.
The event was addressed by Finance Minister Edward Scicluna, Finance Malta chairman Kenneth Farrugia, Corinthia plc company secretary Alfred Fabri, Nicholas Curmi from Ganado and Associates, Malta Stock Excchange CEO Eileen Muscat, Cliff Pace, product and business development manager of the MSE, and MSE chairman Joseph Portelli.
Mr Portelli said this was the first of various initiatives being undertaken by the Exchange to increase international business and mentioned Italy, Spain, the Middle East, Turkey and the Far East as markets offering new opportunities.