George M.
Mangion

George Mangion is a partner in PKF, an audit and business advisory firm

HSBC – plenty of cheesy tax shelters
Business Comment
Reports reveal that clients’ accounts held more than $100 billion,...
Dreams of innovation and knowledge transfer
Business Comment
To capitalise on this significant opportunity, the solution for a local...
WasteServ – changing the goal posts
Business Comment
It goes without saying that prejudice against newcomers on the market is...
Air Malta – culinary pleasures of a 'bezzun' meal
Business Comment
Aviation experts were shocked to read how Cyprus recently closed down its flag...
Green public procurement – a rich harvest
Business Comment
The opening up of public procurement within the Single market has increased...
Land reclamation – an epitaph for Posidonia meadows
Business Comment
In the past 25 years, the PN governments have relied on the construction...
Shrinkage in lending – can shadow banking help?
Business Comment
The government in its budget proposals wishes to promote economic growth and...
Calypso dreams how to unite the islands
Business Comment
According to the study, commissioned by the government from the China...
Plucking the goose
Business Comment
Another peccadillo is the non-establishment of the promised Fiscal Council...
Quest for oil – running up the greased pole
Business Comment
What went so wrong that the well was plugged only after six weeks? This and...
Captives – lowering the barriers to growth
Business Comment
So far with its respectable number of 68 insurance companies, Malta is pushing...
Brent index slides, so should pump prices follow?
Business Comment
US shale oil production has boomed, and coupled with the drop in demand from...
Tesco profit scandal conjures the ghost of PriceClub
Business Comment
With one fell swoop more than £2bn was wiped off the value of this...
Air Malta – glorious tale of a ‘cuc’ Malti
Business Comment
It is a mystery how the success in increased traffic does not directly help the...
Wake-up call on agritourism
Business Comment
On a sustainable platform countries such as Italy, Switzerland and others have...
Passing banks through the ECB wringer
Business Comment
It is pertinent to question why the Midas touch displayed by banks persisted...
Air Malta, beer and sauerkraut
Blogs
Today Air Malta is on its knees scraping though the intravenous intervention of...
Can Malta become an exchange hub for natural gas?
Business Comment
It is nostalgic (if not tragic) to recall how the exploration well drilled...
MTA – a driver for agritourism
Blogs
Governments in Europe have willingly allocated funds to farms through schemes...
Small Business Act - whispering its faults
Business Comment
In this era of acute globalization and ardent competition, one needs to provide...