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15 02, 2023

Diverse + inclusive + innovative = resistant
Diverse + inclusive + innovative = resistant

Diverse + inclusive + innovative = resistant

February 15th, 2023|To The Point|

Diverse + inclusive + innovative = resistant Werner Lapage, Partner BDO Belgium and Chairman of the Editorial Board Are we plunging into a recession? Not yet if we stick to the narrow definition of such an economic downturn - negative GDP growth for two or more consecutive quarters. But on the other hand, when we look at all those economic indicators lighting up red: inflation fever, the extra cost for resources over and above wage indexation, the [...]

Hope Springs Eternal for Entrepreneurship

February 13th, 2023|To The Point|

Hope Springs Eternal for Entrepreneurship “Smart companies are prepared for lean years” Despite all the human and social suffering, the economic malaise - strictly speaking no recession for the time being - has the merit of daring us to question a number of “too big to fail” certainties. It has convinced us that companies, and by extension our country, must defend themselves more than ever against increasingly unpredictable shocks from outside. Where do you start? We [...]

Would you leave your home’s back door open?

April 13th, 2022|To The Point|

Would you leave your home’s back door open? Security boost to the websites of businesses and governments fails to materialise Koen Claessens, Partner BDO Risk Advisory Whereas cyber criminals are working on professionalising their ‘business’, and cyber-attacks have increased almost exponentially, the cyber security efforts of the majority of Belgian companies and governments seem to have stalled. That is the remarkable conclusion of our large-scale analysis of over 15,000 Belgian websites. One in 3 websites still [...]