Features
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Showing Malta to best effect
With the spotlight turned on next Sunday’s Oscars ceremony, Amour is being hotly tipped for Best Foreign Language award. But the Malta-shot Kon-Tiki remains a strong contender, production manager Pierre Ellul tells Paula Fleri-Soler. The 85th annual...
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Almost a tribute to Gladys Peto
Infuriating, charming, insensitive, delightful. The litany of symmetrical opposites that spring to mind revisiting a 1920s travel book about Malta could be next to infinite. It is not a work to read with your passions locked up in an ice-box. It is...
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Eminent scientist, close to Cana Movement, towards beatification
When in 1979 Prof. Jérôme Lejeune (1926-1994) visited Malta as a guest of the Cana Movement Family Feast, he made a deep impression on all who met him. He was one of Europe’s famous scientists and had been a candidate for the Nobel Prize. Perhaps...
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Kind acts key to love
Couples are working hard at their relationships to avoid them falling apart, according to the results of a study published yesterday, Valentine’s Day. Simple acts of kindness, ranging from taking out the bins to bringing cups of tea in bed, are...
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Building a better workplace
The workplace is where we spend most of our waking hours. Because we spend so much of our time at the workplace, it can have a major effect on us. Vitra, a Swiss furniture company that has specialised in office furniture for almost four decades,...
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An exciting business address
SmartCity Malta, the address for Malta’s vibrant new economy, boasts the highest standard office buildings in the country. Beautifully landscaped for a quality life for knowledge workers, SmartCity Malta offers international business opportunities...
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Making international news
Ekornes, the Norwegian manufacturer of Stressless recliners, has featured its long-standing Maltese distributor Boris Arcidiacono in the December issue of its international newsletter, Inside. The magazine reports how Arcidiacono’s relationship with...
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Making a statement
When was the Fino Office Division set up and with what aim? The Fino Office Division began operating as part of the Fino Group of companies in the 1980s. In those days, office furniture was produced locally in our factory but eventually we...
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Office design that works
Konrad Buhagiar Founding partner, Architecture Projectwww.ap.com.mt What are the main considerations when designing an office space? I think there is no better way to understand the spirit of the contemporary office than to watch Jacques Tati’s 1967...
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Innovative design for new ideas
Forget your typical head office. Walking into Vodafone’s new head office is like stepping into an ultra-modern environment, dotted with breakout areas that bring a dash of colour throughout. Antoinette Camilleri, property manager at Vodafone Malta,...
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Working safely
What work activities are covered by health and safety regulations? Act XXVII of 2000, the Occupational Health and Safety Authority Act, is the principal legislation which regulates occupational health and safety in Malta. It applies to all sectors...
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For your office solutions
FXB Limited of Mdina Road, Qormi, offers solutions to your office requirements. The full range of office furniture includes operator, managerial and executive desks. Each range is designed to suit and enhance any type of office environment. Above...
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60,000 files in a single room
Over 60,000 client files are to be stored in an allocated room of limited space availability at Go Mobile’s head office in Marsa. “Twenty-two 2.3-metre- high special design cabinet carousels, incorporating six suspended tiers, will be installed in a...
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An office at the top
What led you to invest in a business centre? In recent years, it became quite clear that Malta was achieving notable success in attracting blue chip companies to set up financial operations in Malta. As expected, this meant that the quality of the...
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Work your way
How long have you been involved with Regus and what are your responsibilities? I have been working for Regus for over 10 years and I’m responsible for managing and growing our presence in Italy and Malta, since we entered the Maltese market in...
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Maximise your business
Whether your office is large or small, corporate or departmental, document creation, reproduction, distribution and sharing is based on solutions. Divisions like logistics, marketing, personnel and finance have two main requirements with their...
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How to eliminate sensitive information
Unfortunately, identity theft is on the increase – this highlights the importance of having a paper shredder at the office, to effectively and efficiently eliminate sensitive information like insurance records, financial statements, client details,...
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Great offers
Fino will be extending its opening hours on Saturday, February 16, to offer its customers more convenience. The showplace will be open from 9am till 7pm. All customers visiting Fino during this day can benefit from great offers on worldrenowned...
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Lights and action
What considerations do you make when planning lighting design for an office? I divide lighting design for an office in three stages. First and foremost is the consideration of the natural light that a space offers and how to orient the desk and...
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Facelift for Preti vault painting at St John’s
To mark the fourth centenary of Mattia Preti’s birth, the St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation has restored his painting The Allegory of the Triumph of the Order of St John above the main doorway of the cathedral. The inauguration ceremony will be held...
