GPA Director speaks at Asian Curry Awards in London
Left to right: Patrick Gibbels, ACF President Yawar Khan, London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Patty Altdorf London - On 17 November, GPA Director Patrick Gibbels attended…
Asufin President defends consumers at Brussels financial services providers conference
The second annual conference of the European Retail Financial Forum (ERFF) focused on taking stock of the extent to which consumers’ expectations are met in…
Asufin ramps up EU representation
Brussels, 17 September 2019 – Asufin, the Spanish association protecting the interests of financial consumers, has decided to ramp up its Brussels activities…
GPA Director speaks at 6th SME Conference LjubLjana
On 2 April, the 6th International Conference of SMEs - Together in Digital Entrepreneurship took place in Ljubljana Slovenia At the conference, which was…
EU -Africa Memorandum of Understanding
On 21 March, GPA Director Patrick Gibbels, on behalf of ESBA joined CEA-PME and a number of other European SME associations in the signing of a Memorandum of…
GPA organises successful event with FVP Frans Timmermans
On 29 January 2019, Gibbels Public Affairs, on behalf of one of its clients, organised the Better Regulation Event with First Vice-President Frans Timmermans. ESBA…
GPA Succesfully launches new EU Asian Hospitality Association
On 17 October, hosted by UK MEP Amjad Bashir, GPA succesfully launched the Asian Hospitality Federation Europe by means of a high level dinner in the European Parliament’s…
GPA Client ESBA Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Successful High Level Dinner Event
On 15 October 2018, GPA client the European Small Business Alliance celebrated its 20th anniversary as a Brussels based pan-European body representing micro and…
GPA Director Speaks at Google's 20th Anniversary Event
On 26 September 2018, Google’s world famous search engine turned 20. To mark the occasion, Google Brussels organized an event in their Brussels based ‘Google…
EU must do more to encourage blockchain innovation, says lobbyist
The European Commission (EC) needs to move quickly and get to grips with understanding blockchain innovation, EU lobbyist Patrick Gibbels has said in an exclusive…
European Commission: does crypto need its own regulation?
Yesterday, after a high-level roundtable (“key authorities,” including central banks and supervisors) on the subject, Commission Vice-President Dombrovskis says…
GPA Successfully Launches New Passenger Rights Group APRA
On 31 January 2018, during a cocktail event in the European Parliament, the Association of Passenger Rights Advocates (APRA) announced itself as the new player…
Small businesses are our economic engine - let's look after them
When economies are struggling, we look to small businesses to do the heavy lifting in the process of recovery. When times are better, they provide the innovation,…
Better Regulation Event with First Vice President Frans Timmermans
Join us for our ESBA Annual Event with Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans "Keeping the Better Regulation Agenda Relevant in Challenging EU Times" 11.45…