Thousands of bankruptcies in Brussels due to plans…
the accessibility of Brussels the years will be a big challenge† We must not forget that every day more than 350,000 commuters entering Brussels and 60 percent comes from them from Flanders† These commuters get the most important at work, whether by train, bicycle or… the car is.
according to VOKA (the Flemish network of companies) becomes the disturbed balance, because commuters who come by car are severely disadvantaged. VOKA mainly refers to the project to finish the last part of the A12 to be transformed into a city boulevardas announced by the Minister of Mobility of the Brussels-Capital Region, Elke Van den Brandt (Green).
The organization tells the newspaper La Libre Belgique that they do not understand the approach of the city. In her project, even no alternative parking provided. The situation is being taken very seriously, to the extent that Flemish Minister of Mobility Lydia Peeters (Open VLD) is taking legal action…
no island
the employers’ organization pulls the alarm bell† She indicates that Brussels needs the commuters, because its financial survival is at stake. After all, the Brussels-Capital Region also lives off the businesses† If employees cannot easily reach their workplace, the companies simply risk changing location, leading to number of do business and employers who can find more staff, especially in this period of scarcity for many sectors.
For VOKA, the widening of the Brussels Ring be one to improve access to the capital for workers. VOKA points out that there are currently no worthy alternatives to be offered. It Regional ExpressNet is, for example, a kind of monster of Loch Ness that pops up regularly, but never becomes real.
Moving companies
The fear of VOKA also becomes in the south of the country shared. More and more Walloon companies no longer send employees to visit customers in Brussels, because they can be invoiced on behalf of the hours. That’s the fault of the files, it lack of parking spaces and so forth.
in short, Brussels gets economic gain† Several examples can already be mentioned: Carrefour and Delhaize problems from Brussels to Flanders, mainly (but not only) for mobility reasons.
the capital so miss opportunities and discourages companies that have a lot to do with a war for talent† If it is no longer possible to attract talents, they must moving to other regions† And the numbers don’t lie: according to statbel coins in 2020 1,708 Brussels companies to Flanders, the number of companies in Flanders that came to Brussels amounted to only 1,177. registered to for Wallonia: 7 7 companies to Brussels, 1,116 companies formed in the direction of Wallonia …
Yet it is not all doom and gloom† The number of start-up companies is increasing every year. So there is also a real dynamics, even though the company often moves away from Brussels as soon as it grows for a variety of reasons, including the price of the property and the mobility problems. Something to think about …