The World Bank's Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunities for All report shows Eastern Europe leading reform among OECD high-income countries, with the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland among the most proactive reformers over the past year.
The city is also ranked among the world's top-five business destinations in five of the report's ten key criteria, as well as retaining its position as a top-three tax centre.
Up one place in the latest World Bank Doing Business rankings of the world's most attractive jurisdictions, Spain has shown a marked improvement in several key areas - including tax compliance, contract enforcement and resolving insolvency.
Ranked joint-first with the UAE in the 2017 World Bank Doing Business report, the country also shows a radical improvement in the ease of starting a business, up 21 places on its ranking last year.
Tony Carey, a founding partner of business advisors Cooney Carey, Dublin, begins a three-year term on the Board of Directors of Russell Bedford International, the top-20 global professional services network.
As well as recording a consistently good performance on tax, the country is also ranked in 10th place among all Middle East and North African (MENA) countries for ease of doing business
Russell Bedford member firms have again helped compile tax data for the latest World Bank Doing Business report. 'Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunities for All' marks a major departure from previous years by examining economic gender discrimination - and its impacts - for the first time.
The latest World Bank Doing Business report sees the UK ranked the world's 10th most attractive tax destination, up one place on last year. The country is also ranked in seventh place for overall ease of doing business, ahead of other major economies including the United States and Germany
Appointment of Saint-Honoré Partenaires as Russell Bedford's new Paris member is a big step forward in the development of a French national accounting firm network.
The Russell Bedford accounting network has published the September 2016 edition of its twice-yearly Business World magazine, a publication aimed primarily at owners and managers of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Britain's vote to leave the EU has left politicians and markets reeling. But while the new political order undoubtedly presents challenges, those businesses most likely to weather the storm will be those with the flexibility to adapt to it. And for these, the new economic order could promise opportunities in the longer term.
The latest World Bank Doing Business survey shows Belgium down in rankings for ease of doing business and the overall tax environment. But is this the full picture, and does the report's 'top-level' approach hide some positive initiatives for entrepreneurs?
The latest World Bank Doing Business survey shows Egypt down five places in rankings for both ease of doing business, and for the country's tax environment. But is this the result of an excessive compliance burden, arising from an absence of online filing facilities?
New World Bank Doing Business report shows Cyprus ranked in 47th place for overall ease of doing business, and up seven places to become one of the top-50 tax environments worldwide.
The new World Bank Doing Business Report shows Indonesia up 11 places in terms of overall ease of doing business, and up 12 places in terms of the country's tax environment.
The 2016 World Bank Doing Business report shows Mexico up four places to 38th place in terms of the best countries in which to do business, and up 11 places to join the top 100 tax environments worldwide.
International professional services group Russell Bedford has announced strengthening of its representation in Ukraine as Riqueza Capital Group is appointed as the member firm in the capital city Kiev (Kyiv).
AGEM Consultores y Auditores, S.L. is named as a member of global accounting network Russell Bedford International and the Spanish national network Grupo Español Russell Bedford
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