Economy & Business

The Finnish government and the forest industry claimed a victory today, after a vote in the European Parliament on the method of calculating carbon sinks in forests. Strasbourg lawmakers had wanted to limit the amount of trees that can be…

Finland’s small and medium sized companies (SMEs) say they have improved expectations about the country’s economy. According to a new "economic barometer" survey, an average 47% of SMEs think the economic situation will improve over the next year. That’s up…

Finnish exports are rising sharply, according to new data from Customs. The value of Finnish export goods grew by 20% overall in 2017 compared to the same period last year, and was worth nearly €4.7 billion. Exports to EU countries grew…

Nordea Financial Group has decided to move its corporate headquarters to Finland. The company’s Board of Directors made the decision today, to switch from Stockholm to Helsinki. Nordea has been considering a move for some time, and the choices were to…

One of Finland’s best known gaming companies plans to be listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Rovio is known for its wildly popular Angry Birds series of games – and associated merchandise – will hold a press conference this morning to…

Finnish companies have been busy preparing themselves for possible cyber attacks but with mixed results. Silverskin, a Helsinki-based cyber attack company, says that in its simulations, one third of companies got a bad rating. Over the last year, 30 Finnish companies…

Vaasan Sähkö electricity group faced a tough start to 2017, as the company celebrated it’s 125th birthday. Electricity sales from January to June were down 5.5% over the previous year. This was partly due to warmer weather, and the prolonged…

The number of so-called zero hours contracts for summer workers in Finland has increased noticeably this summer. That’s according to the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions SAK; AKAVA, the federation representing unions for people with higher education; and STTK…

Uber is calling a halt to most of its operations in Helsinki from today. The company says that after two and a half years, its UberPOP service will take a break until 2018. In a series of blog posts, the company…

Could Finland’s Rovio Entertainment company be flying towards the stock exchange? A €1.7 billion IPO could be in the works for next month, according to Bloomberg, although a final decision has not yet been made. Rovio are the Espoo-based makers of…