Amsterdam is the best tech city to work in in Europe, according to a study into Europe's tech scene by Hubspot, a leading CRM and customer experience platform. Compared to other leading startup cities Berlin, Dublin and London, Amsterdam has the highest average net salary, the fastest mobile internet speeds and the highest standard of living, the study found.
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Nov 27 '17 11:30
The technology sector in Amsterdam accounts for around 60 thousand jobs - 11 percent of the total number of jobs in the Dutch capital, according to a study by business analysis company Dealroom on behalf of municipal organization StartupAmsterdam, Het Parool reports.
May 15 '17 10:18
Many banks and financial institutions moving to Europe after the Brexit, are shunning Amsterdam due to the Netherlands' cap on bonuses. While the rest of the European Union capped bonuses at 100 percent of the fixed salary, the Netherlands' cap is 20 percent of the fixed salary. The banks fear losing talent to the competition, being forced to pay irresponsibly high salaries to keep employees and do not feel welcome in the Netherlands, Financieele Dagblad reports after talking to a number of companies assisting banks in their move to the EU mainland.
Mar 2 '17 14:40
If drinking beer all day and getting paid for it is your idea of a dream job, it's time to send your resume to Amsterdam startup Beerwulf. The yet-to-be established Heineken owned Beerwulf.com is going to be an online platform for beer lovers, and the site is looking for a beer journalist, AT5 reports.
The ideal candidate would be someone who would not mind to spend week after week in the world of beer. Working hours are flexible. The beer journalist will have to go to pubs, supermarkets, breweries and festivals to try beer and write about it.
Jan 12 '16 09:59
Transport company Trandev launched a new taxi service Abel in Amsterdam on Tuesday. Abel is intended to be competition for taxi startup Uber and claims to be half as cheap, because customers can share the taxi with other passengers heading in the same direction
Nov 26 '15 14:10
According to WeTransfer, its new music service is not a competitor to Spotify or any other music streaming service.
Nov 6 '15 15:55
Amsterdam based startup company Connecterra has won the Web Summit 2015 startup competition PITCH with their so-called "Fitbit for cows", Startup Juncture announced on Friday.
Sep 17 '15 15:59
Ride sharing platform BlaBlaCar has become one of the best funded startups in Europe with a 200 million dollar investment from Insight Venture Partners. The website has received more than 300 million in investments and is currently worth around 1.4 billion dollars
