Economy & Business

Finnish shoe designer Minna Parikka has announced she’s closing down her business, with the last date to buy shoes from the online store just before Christmas on 20th December. The businesswoman says that she has achieved everything she wanted in her…

The National Coalition Party Kokoomus is calling for a more streamlined approach from the government to international recruitment. Their idea is to bring together civil servants from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Finnish Immigration Service Migri, and the Ministry…

It’s the one story which dominates Finnish media every year: tax day. Today the annual tax details of the country’s highest earners were under scrutiny as journalists, and the puplic, poured over the 2019 tax returns of Finland’s rich and…

A move by the government to extend legislation that allows stricter control over the operations of bars and restaurants until the end of February 2021 has been criticised by the industry’s main lobby group. The rules dictate how many customers…

A trio of economic outlooks published Tuesday paint a mostly gloomy picture of Finland’s financial wellbeing. The latest consumer confidence numbers from Statistics Finland show the Consumer Confidence Index CCI – which measures how optimistic or pessimistic consumers are regarding…

As many people settle in for a longer period of working from home in Finland – the government recommends doing this where possible until the beginning of next year – sales of laptops are on the rise. According to telecoms…

The Finnish government is increasing debt to almost €20 billion to help the country recover from the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. A new, seventh, supplementary budget agreed on Friday between coalition party leaders will make another €1.5 billion…

New powers that make it easier to differentiate between restaurants, bars and nightclubs has been cautiously welcomed as "a step in the right direction" by the Finnish Hospitality Association MaRa. On Tuesday the Parliamentary Committee for Social Affairs and Health…

The Mayor of Vantaa has sounded the economic alarm bell for her city, saying the impact of coronavirus, in particular connected to the airport and travel restrictions, will be deeply damaging to the area. "The airport has directly or indirectly…

Business is brisk on a Saturday afternoon in Adil Al-Massi’s Tapiola barber shop. Its prime location between Ainoa shopping centre and Sokos Hotel means there’s a good flow of customers dropping in for a haircut or beard trim. Since Friends Barbershop -…