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1. PwC Malta releases the fourth edition of its Property Barometer

PwC Malta is releasing the fourth edition of its property barometer which analyses the current local sentiment towards local real estate demand preferences and key trends. It was carried out between Q4 2022 and Q1 2023 by means of an online survey and targeted the total population residing on the Maltese Islands, garnering 405 responses. This edition focused on topics relating to purchasing and rental preferences, sources of financing, regulatory developments, sustainability considerations, sentiments towards real estate agents and available information on the market.

Explore the real estate barometer insights

2. Value-creating chief data officers

Since the first chief data officer appointment by Capital One in 2002, the CDO role has been plagued by confusion about its purpose and only a few organisations followed suit in the adoption of the role in the following decade.??

In 2021, a quantitative global study into the role of the chief data officers pursued by PwC’s global strategy consultancy, Strategy&, found that only 21% of the top 2,500 publicly traded companies worldwide currently had a CDO in place and that almost half of all CDOs had been appointed only since 2019. Many of those appointments were concentrated in the insurance, banking, media and entertainment, retail, and IT/technology verticals. Repeated again this year, the study found that the situation had changed with CDO appointments having surged across most industries and regions with 27% of the leading firms now having a CDO in place.?

Learn more about the role and the value of a business

3. Keeping up to date: Malta Enterprise and other support measures?

On 9 March 2023, the European Commission endorsed amendments to the General Block Exemption Regulations (GBER) that incorporate measures to make it easier, simpler and quicker for Member States to grant support to key sectors for green and digital transitions in line with the European Green Deal.?

Learn more about the support measures

4. Entry in Declarant’s Records

Accelerate the process for goods to be released into free circulation

Entry in Declarant’s Records (EIDR) is one of the simplified procedures introduced in the Union Customs Code (UCC) and refers to the process of recording the details of goods that are being imported or exported through the EU customs territory.

Learn more about this simplified procedure

5. A snapshot into EU CEOs’ topmost workforce priorities and concerns

The 26th Annual Global CEO Survey is a flagship PwC survey that gathers the views of thousands of chief executives from across continents. It aims to identify key trends and patterns in the global economy that affect important management decision-making by leaders of the business establishment. The survey investigates what it takes to operate in the current reality through three topics - the race for the future, today’s tensions, and a balanced agenda.???

Find out more about the results from PwC’s 26th Annual Global CEO Survey

6. PwC's Academy: Upskilling as your competitive advantage

PwC’s Academy was founded in the ‘90s as a learning environment for corporate clients. Since then, our network of Academies has spread worldwide and now numbers more than 300 learning experts in many different fields, such as skills gap analysis, learning development of bespoke training and digital learning experts as well as graphic designers, instructional designers, audio and video editors and more.…

Learn more about all the ways the academy helps its clients

7. Cyber Threats 2022: A Year in Retrospect

This sixth annual report recaps 2022 trends based on analysis of hundreds of cyber threats and related issues. It includes a deep dive into cyber threat factors and incidents as well as resources on how to use intelligence to support cyber resilience.?

Read the 2022 cyber threat retrospect