Companies report the highest growth since autumn 2012
The companies in Norges Bank’s regional network report production growth since February. The oil suppliers, service and building and construction companies are the ones with…
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Four out of ten companies exposed to fraud last year
Nearly 40% of Norwegian companies were exposed to information security fraud in 2017 according to a new survey. The business safety council presented its…
The Department of Labor asks that companies check their housekeeping
Only half of the companies that purchase house cleaning services investigate whether the agency operates legally, according to a survey. “Those who purchase cleaning…
Nine companies excluded from the oil fund
Norges Bank has decided to exclude nine companies from the Government Pension Fund Global. In addition, one company has been put under observation. The oil…
7,500 more companies can opt out of auditing
The simplification of the regulations can save the business sector for NOK 90 million. A new regulation, which comes into effect on 10 January, allows…
The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) says companies need to recruit more expertise
The decline has reversed. Norwegian companies need greater and greater expertise, especially among engineers, and people with a vocational background, according to NHO. Three…
Lindorff: Increasingly larger companies go bankrupt
Lindorff: Increasingly larger companies go bankrupt The proportion of bankrupt companies in Norway has flattened out, but bankruptcies affect companies with more and more employees….
Norwegian production companies get their steam up
Production is increasing more than before, but labour supply has been slightly worse over the last three months. The companies that are part of Norges…
Companies cheat to avoid customs on e-commerce
More and more companies cheat to avoid customs on e-commerce The Norwegian Customs Office (Tollvesenet) reported a significant increase of foreign websites that cheat on…
Rogaland rebounds as per usual
Renewed optimism among companies in Rogaland A Report shows that there has been a seismic mood shift among companies in Rogaland. Companies in the oil…
Norwegian companies look on the future with greater optimism
After three heavy years, there are now plenty of business owners in Western Norway who are becoming more optimistic. The whole of Norway will be…
A European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling may allow companies to prohibit employees using religious headgear
The European Court thinks it’s acceptable for companies to prohibit their employees using religious headgear. ‘Internal rules that prohibit the visible use of political, philosophical…
Women in the minority
The proportion of female board representatives of limited companies has not changed in recent years. Two out of ten board representatives in private limited companies…
Two shipping companies secured major Statoil contracts
Statoil gives contact extension for three emergency vessels from Simon Møkster and one from Havilah. The contracts are for the vessels Stril Poseidon, Stril Mercury…
6,000 Norwegian enterprises were made bankrupt in 2016
6,000 companies went bankrupt, or were forcibly closed down last year. It represented an increase of 4.9%, but was fewer than feared. ‘The oil crisis…
From bad to worse for offshore shipping companies
The coming weeks and months will be brutal for offshore shipping companies, predicts an analyst. At the beginning of 2015 there were zero anchor handling…
7 out of 10 companies exposed to directory scams
During the past year, seven out of ten companies have been exposed to directory scams, according to the results of survey by the organisation Virke….
Highest survival rate for limited liability companies
There were 42 069 newly-established enterprises in 2009, of which 11 546, or 27 per cent, were still active in 2014. Limited liability companies, with about 49…
Progress for Norwegian companies despite oil bust
2015 accounts from Norwegian corporations show a positive trend despite the downturn in the oil sector. The newspaper Dagens Næringsliv shows that the section…
Oil-related companies form a partnership
The Norwegian oil company and Subsea 7 have agreed on a cooperation model for oil and gas development in Norway, including the lowering of costs….