Conflict between Brussels Audi management and unions escalates

The conflict between management at Brussels’ Audi factory and unions has escalated after workers confiscated 200 car keys as a means of applying pressure, with management then closing the plant indefinitely in response.

Delhaize close to finishing switch to franchise ownership

Supermarket group Ahold Delhaize has already franchised 108 of its 128 supermarkets, and plans to complete the entire switch to a franchise model before the end of the year.

Van Hool heads towards bankruptcy, possible takeover looms

Bus manufacturer Van Hool is heading for bankruptcy, followed by a potential takeover and restart of the business, management suggested at a press conference this week.

‘Enough is enough’: Farmers step up protest actions

Farmers in Belgium – young ones, in particular – are planning a number of actions to protest against what they describe as an increasingly untenable situation.