The Belgian service provider All Fields Benelux has taken over the marketing agency SMS Solutions in Brussels
This is the third strategic acquisition in just under two years
the company took over the service providers Shop Support and Groen Field Marketing in the neighbouring Netherlands
All Fields is a full-service provider for retailers and manufacturers in the DIY sector
SMS Solutions has been providing brand support to clients in the Belgian food retail sector for 22 years
The agency offers in-store services such as product demonstrations or tastings in major supermarket chains
we can further expand our services in sectors such as food
specialist retail andgGarden,” says Gert Hellemans
speaks of an acceleration of the company's long-term planning
"We are expanding our expertise from DIY into multiple retail channels
This marks a milestone in both our service offering and our growth in turnover and market share."
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Several Belgian politicians are reportedly working on solutions to overturn the decision
Update 18/06/2021: Tomorrowland have shared a statement with DJ Mag clarifying the circumstances surrounding the local government's decision to not allow the festival to go ahead this year
Tomorrowland 2021 has been cancelled by Belgian officials
Just weeks after Tomorrowland's organisers told Billboard they were feeling "very positive" about its 2021 real world events
the mayors of Boom and Rumst — where Tomorrowland is held annually — have placed a ban on this year's event happening amid concerns over rising coronavirus cases internationally
In a press conference in Belgium on Thursday (17th) officials told reporters that while they regretted the decision to force the ban on Tomorrowland
and after considering the dangers of the recent COVID-19 Delta variant outbreak
they had decided that Tomorrowland was too great a risk to public health and safety
said: "We are concerned about the health situation
I would find it difficult if there were victims due to a local corona outbreak
That is why we cannot approve this application now
Tomorrowland spokesperson Debby Wilmsen said: “We have just been informed that the mayors of Boom and Rumst will announce a ban on Tomorrowland 2021
which is very hard both financially and emotionally for our entire team," she continued
After 15 years of intensive cooperation with the municipalities of Boom and Rumst
We find this very unfortunate after the many constructive preparations and discussions
We do not know what is happening to us for a while."
The festival's digital offering, Tomorrowland: Around the World, will run on 16th and 17th July 2021, and the event just unveiled its third annual Top 1000 tracks list
Belgium's national government announced that large-scale festivals can take place from the second half of August
the local government (Boom & Rumst) has decided that the 16th edition of Tomorrowland cannot take place in 2021
We are very surprised and puzzled by these contradictory messages from our authorities
In the next few days we will explore all possible options and try to obtain some clarity for our visitors and suppliers
The grounds cited for the decision are that the Ministerial Decree regarding maximum capacity (75,000 persons) has not been published
only events up to 400 people can legally be allowed
we have understood from the federal government that both arguments would be resolved very quickly with the publication of the Ministerial Decree and the possibility for the ID check to be carried out by private security
as the latter is a general point of attention for the control of the Digital Green Certificate in Belgium
reference is made to a local explanation from the GEMS public health advisory group regarding the advice it has made to the Federal government for the summer plan
The federal government has clearly said that festivals can take place after August 13
provided that extra measures are strictly respected
we first and foremost want to organise a safe festival and we have stated several times that we will always continue to evaluate and anticipate the epidemiological situation
No Tomorrowland for the second year in a row would in any case be a huge disaster for our company
but also for the more than 1500 suppliers involved
many freelancers and our thousands of employees
We are still 100% prepared to organise everything as professionally as possible if the epidemiological situation allows
and to celebrate a great end of the summer together with our visitors
this feels very grim and we find it very unfortunate after the many constructive preparations and conversations and federal commitments that it has come to this point
where we struggle to comprehend what just happened to us and still have to let it sink in a bit
Creating and organising Tomorrowland is our life
and an undertaking on which hundreds of people work every day with great passion for a whole year
We keep looking positively towards the future and strongly believe that music will unite us again."
festival-season
Tomorrowland Belgium will not finally take place this 2021 due to the fact that the mayors of Boom & Rumst do not give the permits for it to take place
Hopes for Tomorrowland to take place in 2021 have just disappeared completely with the recent announcement
It is confirmed that through a press release that the Belgian festival does not have the permits of the mayors Boom & Rumst to be celebrated
The event was scheduled to take place between the last weekend of August and the first of September
hard and unexpected by not giving the permits
They share that the cited reason would be the lack of publication of the Ministerial Decree over maximum capacity
only events of up to 400 people can be legally allowed
Tomorrowland may submit a new legal application
but they note that it will be increasingly difficult for police planning to prepare a festival
The police also indicate in their advice that if they have to carry out the additional identity verification of the Security Ticket of COVID-19
the police will no longer have sufficient capacity to focus on essential tasks
Jurgen Callaerts (Mayor Rumst) communicates that it is a decision of common sense
Tomorrowland They have been at home here for years and we hope to see them again in 2022
at a time when the epidemiological situation is not yet fully controlled and they are not sure it will be by the end of August
Jeroen Baert (Mayor Boom) argues that they have a criminal responsibility
It would be very difficult for him personally if there was a local outbreak regarding Tomorrowland resulting in victims
the epidemiological situation and the risks for the local population
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getting as close as possible to the festival you are wanting to attend
the world’s most famous electronic dance music festival just got even bigger
fans will have an extra weekend to enjoy the festival
which has been granted permission from Boom & Rumst’s local government to host the event in 2 weekends next year
The 2017 installment of the Belgium event will be hosted from July 21st to July 23rd
as well as the following weekend from 28th to 30th
The purpose of this is to meet the huge demand for tickets from international and local fans
as scoring a ticket has become even more of a challenge due to the festival’s growth
The news received official confirmation from Tomorrowland’s management:
“The purpose of this [hosting the festival in 2 weekends] is to meet the huge demand for tickets from international and local fans
with the blessing of the municipalities of Boom & Rumst
we can go ahead and start preparing for 2 weekends as of next summer.”
SEGRO sells Belgian warehouses to Tritax EuroBox – SEGRO, in its role as venture adviser to the SEGRO European Logistics Partnership joint venture, has sold four big box warehouses and adjacent development land in Belgium to Tritax EuroBox
are strategically located in established logistics parks close to the A1 (E19) and A12 motorways
delivering excellent north/south motorway access
The logistics parks also benefit from good port and airport connectivity
with the Port of Antwerp c.35 km north and Brussels Airport c.35 km to the south
representing 67% of the total rental income from the combined portfolios
providing an unexpired lease term of 7.2 years
There are also two unutilised plots of land at the Rumst site
totalling c.3.4 hectares that offer attractive development potential
The modern standing assets comprise two modern warehouses which combined have a gross internal area of c.31,000 sqm
The first building is a multi-let warehouse with two interconnected units
Unit 1 is let to Alcon-Couvreur NV (a world leader in eye care and part of Novartis
one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies)
which includes a penalty if the break is exercised
This provides a maximum unexpired lease term of nine years
Unit 2 is let to Pharma-Distri Center NV (an independent logistics business
packs and distributes pharmaceutical products across Europe for a range of leading pharmaceutical clients)
The tenant provides logistics services to the adjacent tenant Alcon-Couvreur NV
The second building is a vacant warehouse which is subject to a 12-month rent and service charge guarantee from the vendor
This asset represents 15% of the total portfolio’s ERV and will be marketed to new potential tenants
There are also three vacant plots of land at the Bornem site
SGRO / EBOX / BOXE : SEGRO sells Belgian warehouses to Tritax EuroBox
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The Gers have made a disappointing start to the season and lost the first Old Firm derby of the season to Celtic 3-0 on Sunday (1 September)
That limp performance yielded an angry reaction from supporters when the players returned to Ibrox and saw the pressure crank up on Clement
who only signed a new deal at the start of August
But Van Rumst, speaking to the Daily Record (6 September)
said that he thinks Clement will turn things around
“I saw there were not so many people who were there when the bus arrived back at Ibrox
because I know he is working day and night on getting this team back on track
Philippe isn’t just a coach who is in this for the money,” he said
“He had the chance to go to Saudi Arabia before joining Rangers where he could have made maybe five times the money he has now
But that’s typical for him because he likes to work in a team where we can rebuild it and put his ideas in
if you come back after a game and the fans are angry
but he just wants to help the team to get out of this situation
He will just focus on getting them back on side
like he did last year when they all loved him.”
Clement took over from Michael Beale following a poor Rangers stint after his initial time there as a number two to Steven Gerrard
There was plenty of work done during the transfer window but the feeling among the fanbase was that it was
quite an underwhelming rebuild and the squad still needs plenty of work
Some players on high wages were managed to be moved on such as John Lundtsram and more recently, Todd Cantwell
the Gers’ squad still feels like it needs vast improvements across the board to challenge the Bhoys for the title
The desperately disappointing performance in the derby showed as much and that result already left Rangers facing an uphill battle in the title race
The Gers currently find themselves fourth and have plenty of room for improvement as the season goes on
Although Gers’ fans might start to become a bit restless in terms of Clement getting consistent results
once time has been allowed for him to fully bed in his new arrivals
it feels likely that there will be improvement across the board
In other Rangers news, Jamie O’Hara has been left baffled by a fan’s admission
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But not in the way he would have liked. Sunday’s 3-0 defeat to Celtic at Parkhead means the former Moanco boss has now failed to win in any of his five Old Firm derbies in the Rangers dugout
A record only matched by Graeme Murty and William Wilton
Now, given that Wilton was born seven years before the Glasgow giants were even founded in the 1800s, it’s fair to say that history will not be too kind to Philippe Clement at least as far as his rather miserable head-to-head record with Celtic is concerned
who won the Belgian league title alongside Clement at Genk and Club Brugge
is backing a man he labels a ‘football addict’ to turn things around
There can certainly be no doubts about the straight-talking 50-year-old’s fierce desire to drag Rangers back to the summit of Scottish football
with Clement turning down the sort of Middle Eastern offers that would have left him drowning in cash
“Of course, a result like that hurts. It hurts, because I know he is working day and night on getting this team back on track,” Van Rumst tells the Daily Record
“Philippe isn’t just a coach who is in this for the money
But that’s typical for him because he likes to work in a team where we can rebuild it and put his ideas in.”
Rangers is most certainly a rebuilding project
Clement inherited a team rumbling towards the end of an era
Three years after winning the Premiership title under Steven Gerrard
Celtic have re-established themselves as comfortably the finest side in the country
And having moved on a host of players while spending nearly £15 million on ten new additions
this is very much Clement’s team these days
And while Eredivisie exports Vaclav Cerny and Robin Propper struggled at Parkhead
a Rangers team transitioning from one regime to the next one should not be written off after only a few weeks together on the training ground
“I worked with Philippe for six years,” adds Van Rumst
who also advised Clement at French giants Monaco
“We had some difficult moments during that time but many more good ones
“That’s how we always did it in Genk and Brugge
We trained unbelievable hours on our system so it became like a machine
deep-lying central midfielder in the John Lundstram mould as well as a speedy wideman capable of stretching the opposition defence like Abdallah Sima did during a fine loan spell from Brighton and Hove Albion
“We used the same 4-3-3 (formation) in Monaco too. When I watched Rangers last year, John Lundstram was an important player for Philippe,” Van Rumst explains, the former Sheffield United man now at Trabzonspor alongside Borna Barisic
“He was always the low midfielder who took the ball off the centre backs
so maybe Philippe is looking for that kind of midfielder again.”
Connor Barron has impressed so far – probably the stand-out amongst Rangers’ new additions – but he is a very different sort of midfielder to Lundstram
“I’ve seen Connor Barron coming short this season
but he never goes so deep to make it a back three the way Lundstram did,” Van Rumst argues
“The main reason we always try to make three at the back is that Philippe loves depth with his wingers
With Abdallah Sima last season on the left side
because we did that with Krepin Diatta at Brugge who was very similar
“He likes to have one winger who comes towards the ball and one who goes in behind
This is a new team for Rangers this season and it takes time to learn these movements
“We did it with Waasland-Beveren and to be fair
so for sure Philippe can do it in Glasgow too
With Rabbi Matondo’s sparkling form brought to a shuddering halt another injury blow, £3.5 million deadline day arrival Nedim Bajrami could be the man lining up in Sima’s old left-wing position over the coming weeks
Philippe Clement’s old assistant has come out batting for the under-pressure Rangers boss this week
Johan van Rumst, a three-time Belgian league champion alongside his compatriot with Club Brugge and KRC Genk, insists that the ‘football addict’ that is Philippe Clement can get Rangers pushing for honours too if given the time to mould a squad in his image
An extensive and arguably overdue summer overhaul is certainly a start
Rangers signed ten new players while moving on a host of long-serving veterans, including the now-Trabzonspor duo Borna Barisic and John Lundstram
But, as Van Rumst tells the Daily Record
there are still a few holes in Clement’s roster
defence-stretching wideman to replace Abdallah Sima
and a deep-lying playmaker in the Lundstram mould
For all the qualities of Connor Barron and Mohamed Diomande – the former Rangers’ most impressive newbie thus far – neither is the type to pick up the ball from the goalkeeper and drop in to create a back-three; pulling the strings and setting the tempo from an almost quarterback position
Perhaps this was the role Rangers had planned for Joan Jordan
While their approach in the transfer window largely centred upon young players who can be moulded into leading talents in the Scottish Premiership
Clement was also keen to add some valuable experience in key positions
Hence the addition of 30-year-old former FC Twente captain Robin Propper
highly-intelligent central midfielder player with over 100 appearances in Spain’s La Liga to his name
Valued at around £30 million back in 2020 and previously linked with Arsenal and West Ham United, Jordan was a regular fixture in the starting XIs of Eibar and Sevilla before he fell out of favour in Andalusia
Rangers made an ambitious offer to sign Jordan on loan in mid-July
🔴⚪️ Sevilla have rejected proposal from Rangers for Joan Jordán to join the Scottish club on loan.Sevilla have no plans to cover part of the salary for Jordán as Rangers required, deal currently off.Jordán, under contract until 2027 and currently expected to stay. pic.twitter.com/j34bw03QkJ
claims Rangers would have been willing to sign the silky 30-year-old on a £3.3 million permanent deal later down the line
that Rangers were fighting a losing battle
With the summer window now put a memory, Mundo Deportivo claim that Clement
Nils Koppen and co were facing an ‘impossible’ task from day one due to the financials involved
Per Salary Sport
Jordan was taking home £30,000-a-week at an increasingly mis-managed Sevilla outfit
Rangers needed the perennial Europa League champions to cover part of his salary as part of any Ibrox loan deal
Jordan always wanted to stay in La Liga at any rate
Deportivo Alaves was his first choice destination from the beginning of the window
He feels that a move to the Basque country – which was agreed in the final week of August – is the right one to see Jordan rediscover the form that once put him amongst the premiere midfielders in the country
do not be surprised if a midfielder capable of controlling the game from the number six role – like Steven Davis used to do at his best – is a target the club revisit in 2025.