• If companies that receive wage subsidies spread collective redundancies regionally, they can avoid a fine of 5 percent. This can be read in the NOW2 scheme of the government, so reports the FDThe NOW2 scheme will run until September.
  • The economic contraction in the first quarter of 2020 is according to CBS after a second recalculation came to 1.5 percent. In a first calculation, the contraction came to 1.7 percent. Furthermore, it appears that self-employed people made less progress in the first quarter than people who work in permanent employment.
  • At a global level, the economic damage is actually greater than expected. The IMF comes out on a global contraction of 4.9 percent. Earlier, the International Monetary Fund mentioned a contraction of 3 percent. The recovery will also be slower in the eyes of the IMF.
  • Corporate sales are picking up again. The number of sales mandates is even 40 percent higher than in the same period last year, reports BNRCompanies active in digitalization, e-business and the new economy are particularly popular.
  • MKB-Nederland and VNO-NCW say that the 22 million euros extra for the National Science Agenda (NWA) is being spent too fragmented by Minister Van Engelshoven (OCW). Both business organisations want more focus on themes such as artificial intelligence and the energy transition.

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