{"id":315027,"date":"2025-09-18T15:24:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/2025\/09\/prince-albert-ii-meets-monegasque-companies-at-monaco-business-fair\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T18:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T16:21:07","slug":"prince-albert-ii-meets-monegasque-companies-at-monaco-business-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/en\/2025\/09\/prince-albert-ii-meets-monegasque-companies-at-monaco-business-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Albert II meets Monegasque companies at Monaco Business fair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Accompanied by Prince Albert II, the new Minister of State inaugurated the 13th edition of the show, stressing record figures and Monaco’s growing attractiveness.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The 13th Monaco Business Show opened this Thursday at the M\u00e9ridien Beach Plaza’s Sea Club, under the high patronage of Prince Albert II. Flanked by Christophe Mirmand, Thomas Brezzo and Maurice Cohen, the event’s organiser, the Sovereign did the rounds of the exhibitors before moving into the conference room for the Minister of State’s speech. <\/p>\n\n

Christophe Mirmand gave a positive assessment of the local economy in his first official speech to the Monegasque business community.\u00a0\u00a0“The Monegasque economy has demonstrated […] its resilience, its robustness, its creativity, its imagination and its ability to adapt to all the economic challenges of the day,” <\/em>he told a packed audience.<\/p>\n\n

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Green dashboard<\/h2>\n\n

The figures presented bear witness to this\u00a0economic buoyancy.\u00a0“Turnover in the Principality totalled \u20ac10 billion […], up 2.3% on the same period last year,”\u00a0<\/strong>said Christophe Mirmand, citing IMSEE figures. Private-sector employment represents over 66,000 jobs, an increase of 1.5% compared with 2024.<\/p>\n\n

The business start-up sector was also particularly dynamic, with\u00a0“565 [new businesses], compared with 371 last year,”\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>illustrating the Principality’s continuing appeal to entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n\n

Monaco banks on attractiveness to boost economy<\/a><\/blockquote>