Tag: incentives

Italy to present hiring incentives, cash giveaway before EU vote

By Giuseppe Fonte ROME, April 30 (Reuters) – The Italian government will on Tuesday unveil an economic package focused on temporary tax breaks to firms that hire staff on open-ended contracts and a cash bonus of up to 100 euros ($107) for low earners, officials said. The measures, which could pile further pressure of Italy’s […]

Too many cubicles, too few homes spur incentives to convert offices to housing

Malek Hajar, senior project manager at the Vanbarton Group, shows a bathroom inside a model apartment while touring a high rise undergoing conversion from commercial to residential apartments, Tuesday, April 11, 2023, in New York. A growing number of developers are considering converting empty office towers into housing as part of an effort to revive […]

Too many cubicles, too few homes spur incentives to convert offices to housing

Malek Hajar, senior project manager at the Vanbarton Group, shows a bathroom inside a model apartment while touring a New York City high-rise undergoing conversion from commercial to residential apartments in April 2023. States are stepping in with tax breaks and zoning changes to help cities and suburbs replace vacant office space with much-needed housing. […]

Too many cubicles, too few homes spur incentives to convert offices to housing

Malek Hajar, senior project manager at the Vanbarton Group, shows a bathroom inside a model apartment while touring a New York City high-rise undergoing conversion from commercial to residential apartments in April 2023. States are stepping in with tax breaks and zoning changes to help cities and suburbs replace vacant office space with much-needed housing. […]

Alibaba Overhauls Incentives to Entice Staff as Stock Languishes

(Bloomberg) — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. will roll out a new employee incentive plan starting April that combines equity with cash, a significant adjustment designed to help the e-commerce giant attract and retain talent despite fierce competition. Most Read from Bloomberg The Hangzhou-based company told employees in a company-wide memo the changes are aimed at […]

Housing construction incentives authorized for Mercer County

Feb. 13—By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — A program bringing incentives for builders creating new housing and renovating older housing to an area 20-square-miles around the city of Princeton is coming to Mercer County. The city of Princeton announced Monday that the Mercer County area has been designated a BUILD West Virginia District, […]

Rockland hopes upgraded fire training facilities, incentives improve recruitment

The lifeblood of Rockland’s fire and other emergency services are volunteers. The county’s 26 fire companies, ambulance corps, multiple governments, and schools go to great lengths to recruit and retain first responders. The volunteers save lives and property and taxpayers millions of dollars in the costs of a paid fire department. Rockland Emergency Medical Services […]