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The importance of Europe in the captable of today’s and tomorrow’s companies

January 21, 2022

Founding partner of venture capital firm Lakestar Klaus Hommels and former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi discuss the outlook for Europe and how politics can help it achieve sovereignty in financing and technology.

For Europe to remain powerful amid the changing geopolitical landscape, maintaining hegemony in financing technological advances is required. Creating a vision is not enough. To power growth, we need both passion from politicians alongside practical means to plug a funding gap for the new generation of companies.

Merkel win could be good for German family businesses

September 19, 2013

The return of German chancellor Angela Merkel and the current coalition government at next week's general elections would be the best outcome for the nation's family firms, according to an organisation representing some of Germany's largest family-run companies.

Benetton unveils new advertising campaign

November 16, 2011

Benetton, the Italian family-controlled clothing empire, looks set to raise a few eyebrows, as it unveiled a new worldwide communication campaign that features political and faith leaders like Pope Benedict XVI, German chancellor Angela Merkel, French president Nicolas Sarkozy and Barack Obama kissing.

The campaign, created by the newly formed UNHATE Foundation supported by the Benetton group, shows political and religious leaders sharing a kiss to promote the understanding between peoples, faiths and cultures.

Reforms needed to secure future of German family businesses

May 10, 2011

The future of Germany’s family businesses could be affected by the government’s lack of reforms, according to a spokesman for Germany’s main family business pressure group.

The group, Die Stimme Der Familienunternehmer, told CampdenFB that they had expected a more business-oriented policy to be put in place by Chancellor Angela Merkel and the German government in the last 18 months. But with no reforms to the social security system, the lobby group said that this could affect the future of family businesses in Germany.