News and articles
Changes in transfer pricing: simpler but more rigorous rules
Date: 2012-03-01 01:24:08
At the end of January PricewaterhouseCoopers Hungary organised a business breakfast where Dr Gábor Laki, head of department at the Ministry for National Economy and Anita Mekler, the director of...
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Magazine: Brands – no pain, no gain
Date: 2012-02-29 14:09:55
The Hungarian Brand Association has mixed feelings about 2011: the organisation itself had a rather successful year but the business and regulatory environment turned much more rigid, creating much worse...
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Export may be the break out point for the food manufacturers
Date: 2012-02-29 13:45:58
Export can be a break out point for several Hungarian food production companies in the stagnant domestic market environment. Stepping out to a foreign market, however, also carries risks. In...
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Food development in practice
Date: 2012-02-29 13:40:17
The Hungarian food industry will be competitive, the only way that it can increase its domestic and export market role, if it will strengthen innovation activities, research and development –...
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KSH: the downward trend of investments, modested by the agriculture and the manufacturing industry
Date: 2012-02-29 13:20:56
Last year, the national economy investments were 4.5 percent behind the previous year's investment volume. Downward trend characterized the fourth quarter of 2011 and the whole year. In the last...
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The list of Hungarian orchards to be renewed
Date: 2012-02-29 12:57:55
The Central Statistical Office will census the orchards located in Hungary between June 1 and November 30 including areas, planted with fruit trees – told the Ministry of Rural Development...
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The Hungarian seed is a strategic product
Date: 2012-02-29 12:39:45
The Hungarian seed is a strategic product, it can be sold unlimited all over the world – said Szépe Ferenc, head of the agricultural department of the Ministry of Rural...
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Hungarians want sustainable farming
Date: 2012-02-29 12:39:21
HALPIM / Hungarian Association of Logistics, Purchasing and Inventory Management is the leading professional association of companies, institutes and individuals involved or interested in the fields of logistics, purchasing, supply...
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Flora’s heart-friendly program received an award
Date: 2012-02-29 12:18:54
Flora’s health screening program titled Program for the Hungarian Society was awarded in the Corporate Social Responsibility category. The Flora Heart Friendly Steps initiative thanks to the screening program reached...
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More than half a million serenades with Heineken
Date: 2012-02-29 12:15:53
With Heineken’s latest Facebook application more than half a million people gave a serenade to thhei beloved ones on the occasion of Valentine's Day. The application is successful in Hungary...
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EuroCIS: innovation awards for Auchan, Douglas, Metro, Rewe
Date: 2012-02-29 12:08:28
Nine companies have received the award of EuroCIS tradeshow and the European Commercial Insitute. As a whole, 28 companies from all over Europe have decided to compete for the award...
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Bonduelle: Myths and Facts – on canned and frozen vegetables
Date: 2012-02-29 10:24:27
What guarantees the high quality of the products? Are the cans of Bonduell from Hungarian ingredients? So many questions, which now Bonduelle provides the answer to finally dispel myths about...
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KSH: 40 thousand more people are working than a year before
Date: 2012-02-28 12:50:13
The number of employees between November 2011 and January 2012 January was 3 million 816 thousand, 40 thousand more than a year ago – announced the Central Statistical Office (KSH)...
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Düsseldorf, EuroCIS: our colleague's report
Date: 2012-02-28 12:48:50
There are a great number of unique ideas discussed within the compass of this year's EuroCIS tradeshow in Düsseldorf which might seem to be some episodes from a science fiction...
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Hungarian Product Grand Prix competition announced for 2012
Date: 2012-02-28 12:42:21
The 15th Hungarian Product Grand Prix® competition was announced in 2012. Its main objective is to promote a quality-conscious approach, by which conscious consumer behaviour can be achieved. Applications are...
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GKI: The number of bankruptcies will slightly increase this year
Date: 2012-02-28 12:33:25
According to Hungarian companies, the number of bankrupt businesses will slightly rise this year as well, following an all-time high of last year. They expect a particularly strong wave of...
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No serious errors were found in Zala county during the food safety control
Date: 2012-02-28 12:31:39
During last year’s more than 3,500 food safety controls, inspecting 150 firms a total of 21 million HUF fine was imposed in Zala county by the Food Chain Safety and...
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The CBA organizes the country's largest domestic wine competition for the sixth time
Date: 2012-02-28 12:30:34
The CBA organizes the country's largest domestic wine competition for the sixth time this year. The jury will choose the best wine from 767 samples with blind tasting. The competition...
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Vodafone and Visa agreed over mobile payment
Date: 2012-02-28 12:28:58
The Vodafone and the Visa announced the creation of a global cooperation agreement, in which the costumers can pay for products and services from their mobile instead of cash. The...
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Tesco Mobile to be launched on the 1st of March
Date: 2012-02-28 12:26:17
The new participant of the Hungarian telecommunications market, blowsthe market with a a double card cellphone. On the 1st of March, Tesco Mobile will begin its mobile communication serviced using...
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Magazine: Most of the wiener was sold in discount stores
Date: 2012-02-28 12:20:20
Last year we bought wiener fewer times – reports GfK Hungária’s Consumer Scan – which means that the market contracted a bit despite its stable circle of buyers. In the...
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German consumer confidence grows significantly
Date: 2012-02-28 12:20:09
The March indicator of the German consumer confidence index increased to its highest level of the year to 6.0 points – told the GfK market research institute on Tuesday. Analysts...
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E-commerce opportunities are seeked with model cities in China
Date: 2012-02-28 12:15:24
E-commerce opportunities, risks, and the limits the application are seeked with model cities in China. Twenty-one settlements were selected for modern information technology experimental application of e-commerce model cities. In...
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Magazine: Women apply makeup even during recession time
Date: 2012-02-27 16:54:15
Decorative cosmetics is characterised by a complex portfolio, with lots of products per brand – we learned from Viktória Etter, public relations coordinator with Coty Hungary Kft. Coty’s portfolio is...
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EuroCIS, Europe's leading trade fair for retail technology opened
Date: 2012-02-27 15:19:18
EuroCIS, the Leading Trade Fair for Retail Technology, is opening its gates and will be held 28 February to 1 March 2012 in Düsseldorf. “EuroCIS 2012 is completely sold out...
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It is not sure that the E-mark gives enough information
Date: 2012-02-27 13:30:49
The food manufacturers often indicate the components’ chemical names on the packaging of their products, so the average consumers can not decide whether a product contains harmful materials or not...
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“Alföldi kamillavirágzat” Wild Camomile Flower granted EU Protection
Date: 2012-02-27 13:24:16
he European Commission has registered the name “Alföldi kamillavirágzat”, and given it “protected designation of origin” (PDO) status. The Commission registry currently includes more than 1000 officially protected denominations. One...
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KSH: declining domestic freight, stagnant passenger traffic
Date: 2012-02-27 13:15:31
The volume of domestic freight, decreased by 11 percent its performance by 6 percent last year, which was offset by the 5 percent growth of international freight and its 3...
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The companies’ turnover in the Western Transdanubia on pre-crisis level
Date: 2012-02-27 12:30:27
The turnover of firms operating in the Western Transdanubian region have increased to pre-crisis levels on the basis of last year’s VAT – said Varga Lászlóné, Regional Director General of...
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Two wineries were closed for thirty days
Date: 2012-02-27 12:15:15
The Government Office for the Food Chain Safety and Animal Health Board of Bács-Kiskun County closed the Borletin Borház Kft. of Soltvadkert and the Bolemányi-Ker Bt. of Kiskőrös for thirty...
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