An element of fun and humility in Telenet ’s working culture was partly responsible for enticing John Porter to move across the world to Belgium and take up the role of CEO. So it’s perhaps fitting that he marks his sixth anniversary at the company on April Fool’s Day. After a career spanning three...

Kinepolis has purchased the American group MJR Digital Cinemas, thus opening up the US market to the Flemish cinema giant. The acquisition includes MJR’s 10 multiplexes, all located in the state of Michigan. All MJR’s venues have between 10 and 20 cinemas. In 2018, there were a total of 6.2 million...

Scottish airline Loganair launched a new route from Brussels Airport to East Midlands Airport in the UK on Monday. It’s the second route out of Brussels for the airline – the UK’s oldest – which already operates 10 flights a week from Brussels to Newcastle. There are two flights from Monday to...

The Atomium recorded its best visitor figures in more than a decade last month, with total attendance in 2019 so far up 15% on the previous year. The monument attracted 84,742 people in August, the best performance since August 2008, when special events were organised to celebrate its 50th...

Having a job can be like having a home. You know exactly where to find even the stuff you never use, you can find your way around it in the dark and, ideally, a sense of quiet comfort comes over you when you walk through the door. What would make someone choose to give up all that stability, all...

The UK’s newly appointed ambassador to Belgium visited the port of Antwerp last week in the midst of government chaos and protest two months ahead of the deadline for the country’s exit from the European Union. Ambassador Martin Shearman (pictured left) met with port authorities to discuss the...

The Brussels-Capital Region paid out €371,000 last year in damages to residents who filed claims based on poor road or pavement infrastructure. That’s nearly five times as much as in 2017, according to figures obtained by Het Laatste Nieuws . The damages were paid to 155 pedestrians and cyclists...

Fast-food chain KFC has lost its appeal against a ban on opening a new restaurant at Porte de Namur. The American chain had wanted to convert the premises currently occupied by ING bank at 1 Chaussée d'Ixelles into a KFC outlet. Ixelles town council had refused KFC's request for planning permission...

Public transport operator Stib has simplified its bus route to Brussels Airport, as part of an overhaul of several bus lines that took effect this weekend. Until now, passengers heading to the airport faced confusion between line 12 - which only ran during weekday daytimes - and line 21, which only...

Football is a business that requires strategy behind the scenes as well as on the pitch. This is why the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) has set up a centre of expertise on the game, in collaboration with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). “...