UK development finance institution British International Investment (BII), which has so far focused on trade finance in its new mandate to help Ukraine, will shift to rebuilding private business as soon as the war ends, its managing director said.
"During the war, we are helping businesses simply to survive," Colin Buckley, managing director and general counsel of BII, told Ukraine Rebuild Newswire (URN). "After the war, BII plans to invest in business rebuilding and expansion."
Ukraine's Ministry of Economy and the Ukrainian-Korean Business Council (UKBC) have signed a memorandum of cooperation to deepen institutional collaboration and boosting private sector engagement between the two countries.
South Korea's diversified investment corporation Itoxi Corp has signed a memorandum of long-term cooperation with Ukrainian company City One Development to take part in the construction of two glass plants in the war-torn country.
Enterprise Ireland is "assessing potential future opportunities" for Irish firms in Ukraine's $500 billion reconstruction and recovery efforts, the Irish state economic development agency told the Irish Independent.
Polish financial holding company Getin Holding said on Tuesday it has received approval from the National Bank of Ukraine to indirectly sell Idea Bank Ukraine to local businessman Sergiy Tigipko, owner of TAS Group, one of the largest financial and industrial groups in the country.
The following news article was produced in a partnership between Ukraine Rebuild Newswire and top 10 global law firm CMS. Much of the article is based on CMS' "Prosthetics Market in Ukraine" report, available here. Some 60,000 Ukrainians have lost limbs in three years of war,
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Ukraine's Economy Ministry is preparing an official request to the European Commission to start formal talks on postponing the introduction of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) for the war-torn country, The Odessa Journal reported on Wednesday, citing Ukraine's Deputy Minister of Economy and Trade Representative
