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The city of Berlin is considered as one of the most interesting places in the world and many tourist and travelers can vouch for that. For the place is filled with history, electronic music, contemporary art, known as the center of the alternative scene and the home to one of the finest hostel in Europe which is the Amstel House hostel Berlin.

FotoBOOK.Platform is a web-to-print solution that provides enterprises with an opportunity to promptly run an online photobook editor, to integrate it with existing printing enterprise infrastructure and to provide online photobooks ordering and processing.

Digital therapies represent a huge growth area in German healthcare and have the potential to give many more patients access to a much broader selection of choice. Germany is one of the world's largest unified healthcare markets and now Pfizer and Alex Therapeutics have formed a collaboration in order to improve access. The collaboration will make clinically validated, evidenced-based therapies available to patients across Germany and provide a more personalised approach. Pfizer is renowned as being a cutting-edge pharmaceutical company and Alex Therapeutics is a digital therapeutics business based in Stockholm. Together, the two bring a range of skills and experience to the table, including in AI and software development as well as medicine and clinical validation. The collaboration will lean on Alex Therapeutics' AI powered digital therapeutics platform, which combines two key therapies (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) so that patients can receive treatments that are specifically tailored to their individual, unmet needs.

There's been plenty of talk about the expansion underway at Intel, as the chip maker looks to regain its previous prominence in the market. Now, it has been revealed that Magdeburg is going to be the location of the company's new chip factory. The East German city is the capital of Saxony-Anhalt state and the Eulenberg Industrial area in the east of the city will be the ideal location for the new centre of manufacturing for Intel. The multi-billion Euro factory is likely to be one of two that Intel is going to establish in Europe, as its plans for expansion continue to gain ground. This could provide a significant boost to the local economy, especially when it comes to the roles available with Intel. The question now is whether the city of Magdeburg will see a boom in technology recruitment as a result of the new factory being constructed here.

Germany is the biggest and fastest growing fund market in Europe, currently with assets of more than EUR 3 billion and an annual growth rate of 8.6%. So, it's no surprise that there are many investment businesses keen to establish a base and focus on growth in this part of Europe. Manulife Investment Management is one of those key players. In a move that will further strengthen its expansion the firm has appointed a new managing director of sales and relationship management in Germany in Nicole Kudlek. Kudlek will be based at the firm's new office, which is located in Frankfurt Am Main. Her role will be to identify new business opportunities in the German institutional market, signaling the organisation's intention to expand further here. Kudlek will be looking for ways to support Manulife Investment Management's strategic growth initiative, providing more fuel for DACH and EMEA expansion of the firm's asset management business.

Germany continues to be a hot location for technology companies, attracting many of those that are looking to invest in expansion within the Eurozone. One of the latest to do so is the software development company Oves Enterprises, which has now opened an office in Munich. The Romanian firm is also aiming to open another office in Berlin in the near future, according to the Romanian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, AHK Romania. Oves Enterprises has said of its expansion moves that they are intended to facilitate collaboration between the business and small to medium sized enterprises that don't have access to sufficient personnel. Oves is also targeting customers that don't currently have the leverage to contract with large companies in the German market. Oves Enterprises was founded in 2015 and has expanded significantly since then - the office in Munich, and the planned location in Berlin could be just the start of the company's story in Germany.

More than 400 AV industry representatives came to Lindlar to witness and experience the latest developments in technologies and solutions at the Lang AG hybrid show AV Innovation Days 2022. The eyefactive GmbH together with partner exact solutions exhibited and showcased the latest developments of digital signage on large-scale touchscreens for interactive corporate communication.

In the three months to October 2021, Europe was the fastest growing region for machine learning recruitment. This is just one of the areas in which this part of the world is currently experiencing a significant spike in technology recruitment. The figures for 2021 show that Germany is one of the key locations in Europe for machine learning roles in particular - 2.5% of all the machine learning job ads for Europe for the period ending in October last year were related to roles in Germany, up from 1.5% the year before.

The banking sector in London is thriving if the most recent hiring figures are to be believed. After a period of significant challenge, thanks to the pandemic and Brexit, in June 2021, 5,000 new banking jobs were created, the first time that has ever happened according to industry insiders. This record hiring activity continued throughout the second half of the year and much of the focus of it was on compliance.

The start of this year saw good news for Impax Asset Management Group, which announced in January that managed assets had surpassed £40 billion for the first time. This figure represents an 11% increase from September 2021 and was growth that was mainly fostered by listed equities. Impax is based in London and is an investor with a very on-trend focus on environmental sustainability.

Areas where there are skills shortages are often where you'll find the most significant spikes in pay and benefits as businesses will go to extra lengths to find the right people. According to new analysis, for software development engineers, 2022 could be a great year to seek out a new role for this exact reason. Skills shortages in sectors such as technology continue to bite for businesses all over the world, meaning that those with in-demand experience can command much higher financial rewards.

In spite of all the issues and delays that Brexit has caused the financial services sector it looks like the UK is set to become a leader in the world of crypto. More and more people are now choosing cryptocurrencies thanks to the increasingly mainstream nature of the sector. Investment in financial technology has been a big factor in the rise of the UK in cryptocurrencies.

Assuring quality has become an increasingly vital sector within the Life Sciences sector and European Commission have recognised this by establishing the European quality assurance scheme for breast cancer services to define a common set of both quality and safety requirements for breast cancer services in order to improve the quality of care offered to women.

Negotiations are currently underway at Intel to expand the chip maker's European presence, including in Germany and Italy. The current Chief Executive Officer is laser-focused on trying to ensure that Intel gets back to its top spot in the chip-making world and these moves are a key part of that plan. An increase in research and development, as well as manufacturing is planned and it plans to open a research and design centre in France as part of this expansion and the main wafer fabrication plant will be built in Germany.

In keeping with many other nations around the world, the German government has now passed a new piece of legislation that is designed to increase transparency up and down the supply chain. The Supply Chain Act (also known as the German Act on Corporate Due Diligence in Supply Chains) will come into force in January next year. Its purpose is to introduce new due diligence obligations on businesses relating to both their direct and indirect suppliers. Those obligations are designed to improve the application of environmental standards and also to help protect human rights.

December 2021 concluded another year in which those with pharma job skills were in high demand. Data from the jobs site of a leading provider of educational webinars showed that there is currently huge competition when it comes to attracting the best talent in the pharma industry. Thousands of job postings demonstrated that this is an industry where there is a lot of activity. Medical device, biotechnology and pharmaceutical spaces traditionally tend to have the biggest problems when it comes to attracting the best applicants, especially without the right support, such as that provided by specialist pharma recruiters.

As autonomous vehicles begin to gain ground, the demand for robot cars increases. In China, the world's first Robo Taxi production line has been built and European tech is at the heart of the process. The production facility is owned by AutoX and is able to produce Level 4 fully driverless Robo Taxis, which will be on the roads within a matter of months. The dedicated production facility is a world first and is using ABB robots and transmission systems that have been created by big names in European technology, including Siemens and Schneider Electric. Every car goes through a rigorous testing process after production and is ready for autonomous driving as soon as it leaves the company's premises.

As of December 2021, corporate criminal law, with an emphasis on compliance and rules for internal investigations, has been pushed back to the top of the agenda in Germany. The coalition agreement created by Germany's prospective new government sets out ways in which the new administration is intending to reform the current system of corporate criminal law. It's likely that this will be a revision of already existing regulations on corporate sanctions in the Administrative Offences Act, the Code of Criminal Procedure, as well as other provisions.

There has been no shortage of coverage of the supply chain problems that have affected global markets over the past year. However, despite these challenging conditions, German experts actually surpassed pre-pandemic levels towards the end of the year. In October last year, exports were 8.1% up on the same period in 2020 with Germany exporting €121.3 billion-worth of goods in the month. The data showed positive spikes with respect to exports to other EU countries, as well as exports to other locations outside the region, such as China.

Back in December last year, Novavax secured another major step forward in terms of expanding the reach of its COVID-19 vaccine. The Novavax shot Nuxavoid was given a recommendation for conditional marketing authorisation in the European Union by the European Medicines Agency, which came just a few days after it had received emergency use listing from the WHO.

2022 marks 10 years of Bentley Financial Services in Germany, the specialised tailor-made financing and vehicle insurance team of experts supporting Bentley partners across the country. Compared to 2012, Bentley has now been able to triple the volume of Bentley leasing and finance agreements in Germany, significantly expanding the business' influence in this part of Europe. Leasing and financing contracts have become popular as they represent the opportunity for planning security and also open the door to a degree of financial flexibility.

Pharma is a competitive industry and organisations within it are constantly looking to find new ways to get ahead and to reach every part of the market. However, there are lines that even competitors can't cross and this is something that can be seen in action in the recent successful injunctions won by Boehringer Ingelheim against Dr. Reddy's Labs and MSN Labs. The two Indian labs recently released low-priced versions of the German pharma company's anti-diabetes drug empagliflozin, despite the fact that the German brand has a valid product patent in the country until 2025. The injunctions are interim injunctions and will mean that the Indian manufacturers will be restricted when it comes to the sale, use, import etc of generic versions of empagliflozin. The validity of Boehringer Ingelheim's patent in India provided a firm foundation for the injunctions, which were based on the infringement triggered by the actions of Dr. Reddy's Labs and MSN Labs.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is experiencing a global boom with Europe driving a lot of the industry growth. Therefore, it's no surprise that Europe was the fastest growing region for AI hiring among tech industry companies in the three months leading up to September this year. The number of AI roles being recruited in Europe made up 10% of total global AI recruitment. In a sign that Europe is proving to be one of the most attractive areas for innovative IT professionals, AI hiring actually dropped in some other key markets, including the US. Overall hiring activity in the European tech sector grew by 0.12% in October when compared to September, creating positive conditions not just for those in AI roles but also other areas such as development engineering jobs. Junior level postings dominate the number of available roles at the moment, followed by mid-level professional jobs.

The past year has been a difficult time for those in the financial services industry. Even burgeoning areas such as fintech have faced challenges. Germany's N26 digital bank is one of those that has had to remain flexible in the face of change as the year has continued. Almost two and a half years ago N26 launched its operations in America but as of November this year the digital bank announced that it was scaling back and shutting down its base in the US. There are currently 500,000 N26 customers in America and, as of January 2022, those customers will no longer be able to access the digital bank's app. At its most recent funding round, N26 - which is based in Berlin - was valued at $9 billion. Nevertheless, the bank's exit from the US follows on from it leaving the UK market earlier this year, something that N26 blamed on Brexit.

Over the past decade the German economy has experienced an impressive boom thanks to the impact of globalisation. However, the pandemic has caused many issues, especially because German businesses now rely on a complex international network of supply chains. That network was once the momentum for growth but, over the past year or so, has proved to be a serious vulnerability. As a result, more than half of German companies doing business abroad are now struggling with supply chains or logistics problems.

September was not a good month for German production, which unexpectedly fell despite forecasts of growth. According to the Federal Statistics Office industrial output dropped by 1.1% in September after experiencing a 3.5% rise during August. This is notable because experts such as Reuters had predicted that output levels would rise by 1% in the autumn. Production in the manufacturing sector in Germany experienced an overall drop of 2.4% in the third quarter of the year and was down 9.5% as compared to February 2020 before the pandemic began.

2020 was the year in which the treatment that topped every list was the vaccine that would beat COVID-19. This year, as vaccines have been approved and rolled out, we have seen the focus switch to the part of the virus that we know much less about: Long Covid. For patients who suffer from Long Covid life can become a daily struggle with exhaustion and a whole myriad of challenging conditions, aches and pains.