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FinnNiche1/2009 My home is my castle My hotel is my home MAZINE.COM Marina Villa Have a break Sea Cruise Remo Marina House Midsummer nightht Ship Ahoi By the Seashore The catch of the day... Strömsö Giddy-up Ship Ahoi View from the top The Club House Resting by the beach Wish you wereMore summer here photos: www.stromso.fi Strömsö island – let your dream of a holiday home come true. The island, 320 hectares (791 acres) in all, has everything for active leisure. Strömsö Club’s member services include a marina, restaurants, tennis, golf range and outdoor swimming pool. Plots of one hectare (2.5 acres) right on the seashore, building rights up to 200 m2 (2,153 sq.ft) and a long shoreline allow you to realise the holiday home of your dreams; a villa, sauna on the beach. Plot prices start at €270,000. Turnkey luxury villas also available! Contact: tel. +358 40 743 9382 or www.stromso.fi Strömsö_B1_Yleis_1.indd 1 16.2.2009 15.19 MAZINE.COM 4 Stora Enso appoints Lauri Peltola Head of Corporate Communications 8 Finn-Niche -magazine promotes Finnish-Brit ish trade and culture, 4 KONE appoints Henrik Ehrnrooth as CFO and and features other exciting and Member of the Executive Board compelling topics. PUBLISHED BY 4 Nordea to acquire the remaining outstanding Finn-Niche Ltd shares in JSB Orgresbank EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Marina Villa Markku Vartiainen 5 Bridge to Growth Have a break CONTRIBUTING EDITORS 5 New Finpro Trade Centre Päivi Ylänen, Mervi Varonen, Riikka Vartiainen, Thomas Barbieri 7 Compre’s ONE TEAM CONSEPT Sea Cruise EDITORIAL OFFICE & ADVERTISING SALES 8 GOOGLE invests in Finland buing Remo Marina House Finn-Niche Ltd an old Paper Mill World Trade Center Aleksanterinkatu 17 FIN-00100 Helsinki 9 Blue1 Joins Star Alliance Company Tel: +358 50 300 0579 12 [email protected] 10 Welcome to Hotel Haven REGISTERED OFFICE: Jordan’s Courtyard 12 Mannerheim’s Way 8 Upper High Street, Thame, Oxon OX9 3ER 15 Passionate about shoes PRINTED AT 16 CITY of DREAMS: VIENNA 1900-1935 Painoyhtymä Oy Midsummer nightht Porvoo, Finland, 2009 17 Tax Changes for Non-Domiciled Individuals in Ship Ahoi ISSN 0955-6087 the UK Cover photos: courtesy of Hotel Havens 17 How to present internationally www.finn-niche.com – avoid pitfalls and be a success By the Seashore The catch of the day... Strömsö 18 FBCC Giddy-up Ship Ahoi View from the top The Club House Resting by the beach ESCAPE FOR A WEEKEND BREAK TO HELSINKI! Wish you wereMore summer here photos: www.stromso.fi URBAN GETAWAY PACKAGE Starting from 250 €/double room Incl. Champagne, Exclusive Dinner, Best of Finland breakfast®, Shopping kit, and more Please Contact: Tel: +358 (0)20 770 4700 [email protected]. Bulevardi 2/4 Helsinki 00120 Finland www.klauskhotel.com Strömsö island – let your dream of a holiday home come true. The island, 320 hectares (791 acres) in all, has everything for active leisure. Strömsö Club’s member services include a marina, restaurants, tennis, golf range and outdoor swimming pool. Plots of one hectare (2.5 acres) right on the seashore, building rights up to 200 m2 (2,153 sq.ft) and a long shoreline allow you to realise the holiday home of your dreams; a villa, sauna on the beach. Plot prices start at €270,000. Turnkey luxury villas also available! Contact: tel. +358 40 743 9382 or www.stromso.fi Strömsö_B1_Yleis_1.indd 1 16.2.2009 15.19 Stora Enso appoints Lauri Peltola Head of Corporate Communications tora Enso has appointed Lauri established organisations. He will start Member at Kykypankki, Senior Pool Ltd, Peltola (45) as the new Head of May 1st as a Partner&Senior Adviser an international Finnish agency that offers Corporate Communications. He at the communications agency Aleksin expertise of former senior executives in succeeds Kari Vainio, who retired Kaiku, based at the World Trade Centre private and public sectors. Sat the end of 2008. in Helsinki. Vainio will be, as well, a www.storaenso.com Lauri Peltola is currently Head of Group Identity and Communications of Nordea, the largest financial institution in the Nordic countries. He has previously worked as Communications Director for Metsäliitto Group and Global Media Relations Director for Nokia. Lauri Peltola will join Stora Enso dur- ing the second quarter of 2009. He will be based in Helsinki and report to CEO Jouko Karvinen. Kari Vainio will be active in two newly Lauri Peltola Kari Vainio KONE appoints Henrik Ehrnrooth as CFO and Member of the Executive Board enrik Ehrnrooth (40) has Director in Investment Banking. He has been appointed Chief Financial a M.Sc. (Econ) degree from the Swedish Officer (CFO) as of May 1, School of Economics in Helsinki. 2009. Henrik Ehrnrooth will “Henrik will bring us great international Hbe a Member of the Executive Board and experience and know-how from the finan- report to Matti Alahuhta, President & cial world,” says Alahuhta. “His proven CEO, KONE Corporation. track-record, his capability to quickly as- Ehrnrooth will succeed Aimo similate new information and his energiz- Rajahalme, who has served as CFO since ing leadership style will be great assets 1991, as well as in other financial man- for KONE.” agement roles since the beginning of his In 2008, KONE had annual net sales of employment with the company in 1973. EUR 4.6 billion and over 34,800 employ- Ehrnrooth will join KONE from ees. KONE class B shares are listed on the Goldman Sachs, where he has worked NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd in Finland. since 1998, most currently as Managing www.kone.com Henrik Ehrnrooth Nordea to acquire the remaining outstanding shares in JSB Orgresbank ordea has signed an agreement right to acquire the remaining shares. a new issue of approximately EUR 100 to acquire the remaining 17.70 The transaction with the European Bank million. per cent of JSB Orgresbank for Reconstruction and Development is Following the transaction Nordea owns from the two management subject to regulatory approvals and is ex- 100 per cent of JSB Orgresbank, of which Nshareholders and the European Bank for pected to be completed in the first quarter Nordea has been a majority owner since Reconstruction and Development. of 2009. 29 March 2007. Nordea has agreed with the minor- Nordea will subsequently increase the ity shareholders to exercise its existing equity capital of JSB Orgresbank through www.nordea.com 4 Finn-Niche Bridge to Growth K Trade & Investment is the involved there and see themselves what Government organisation that West Midland has to offer. helps UK based companies suc- There is also a Business breakfast ceed in international markets event “ UK-Your Springboard for Global Uand also assist overseas companies to Growth” in Technopolis, Otaniemi on the bring high quality investment to the UK’s 7th of May. vibrant economy. www.bridgetogrowth.co.uk Bridge to Growth seminar in Helsinki 12.3.2009 was the sixth time when 1 Advantage of West Midlands (The re- gional Development Agency) had organ- ised this type of event. The programme is an affordable and professional route to the UK markets brought together by unique co-operation of the public and private sectors. Through this programme the supporting partners bring together a wide range of benefi ts such as: • set up of a UK Limited company ( free of charge) • set up of UK bank accounts • rent free offi ce accommodation (e.g. in West Midlands) • free professional services, e.g. market analysis, legal and fi nancial advice This offers the companies an effi cient, low risk and low cost route to the UK mar- ket place. The Advantage of West Midlands semi- nars have been a great success and follow- ing this March 2009 road show the inter- ested companies are invited to visit West Bridge to Growth seminar speakers; Kari Luukkonen, UK Trade & Investment Finland, Midlands in May to meet all the partners Martin Williams, EBS, Ulf Ström, Advantage West Midlands Stockholm New Trade Centre inpro’s newest trade centre opened on February 25th in Tunisia’s capital, Tunis. The centre is responsible for surveying the business opportunities of Finnish companies and for supporting their entry into the markets in North Africa. F- In the uncertain economic situation, new openings and inroads need to be made outside the traditional markets. The business opportunities offered by Africa continue to grow. For example, in North Africa the ICT and Cleantech sectors are expanding. Moreover the Sub-Saharan African economy is growing and economic growth of the continent’s oil-producing countries reaches even 10 percent in some places. Finnish companies have shown an increased interest towards Africa, says Anneli Virtanen, Head of Finpro Tunisia. A signifi cant factor in deciding the trade centre’s location was that the In the picture above, left : Jukka Salo and Anneli Virtanen African Development Bank (AfDB) head offi ce is also located in Tunis. from Finpro, Nacer Lahbari, Ministery of Trade and Finpro’s fi rst offi ce in Africa is located in South Africa. 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