News and articles
New Széchenyi Card loan products from UniCredit
Date: 2012-05-16 11:39:30
The New Széchenyi Card Program has introduced two loan products via UniCredit Bank. With these services, the own contributions for EU applications can be assured, and they provide faster access...
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A record number of entries at the most prestigious national advertising festival
Date: 2012-05-16 11:35:17
The judging of the 13th Arany Penge Kreatív Fesztivál (Golden Blade Creative Festival) has ended. A record number, nearly 300 entries were sent to the most prestigious national advertising festival...
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Investigation in China, because of fake pig ears
Date: 2012-05-16 11:00:15
Another food falsification scandal semms to be broken out in China, after it turned out, that the popular pig ears are falsified in eastern China – the China Daily newspaper...
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GKI: Slight improvement
Date: 2012-05-15 14:08:27
In April of 2012 the GKI Budapest Real Estate Market Index (92.8) shows insignificant decrease compared to the previous quarter (-0.8 points). Expectations on residential and warehouse market improved slightly,...
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MKIK: improving corporate outlook
Date: 2012-05-15 13:13:21
According to the April 2012 survey, the company's business expectations have improved in Hungary. After the major downturn of October, the company’s became more confident – told the Hungarian Chamber...
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Agri and food industrial unity in the VOSZ
Date: 2012-05-15 13:11:30
The National Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers (VOSZ) has established its agri-food section with 155 members, in order to strenghten the interests of the SMEs of the agri-food sector. Kiss...
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Hungary wants simple and flexible EU “agri-greening” system
Date: 2012-05-15 13:02:13
Hungary is basically agrees with the Commission's proposal to restructure the agricultural management, in an environmental viewpoint, but would like to reach that the system to be simpler and more...
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GfK: decline on the IT and office equipment market
Date: 2012-05-15 13:00:25
According to the datas of the GfK Retail and Technology area, on the market of consumer durables in this year's first quarter – after a relatively strong Christmas season –...
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Euro zone’s GDP stagnated in the first quarter
Date: 2012-05-15 12:42:45
Due to the strong performance of the German economy, euro zone was able to escape the recession in the euro zone, the gross domestic product (GDP) stagnated in the first...
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NGM: Consumer Protection Law was changed in order to help consumers
Date: 2012-05-15 12:40:12
The National Assembly adopted the amendment of the Consumer Protection Act, which allows the handling of complaints in the future faster. The authority of the conciliation bodies will expand as...
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The price of honey may increase
Date: 2012-05-15 12:30:47
Beekeepers expect higher honey prices this year, because acacia was frozen in several areas and bees have less time to collect nectar – Zalai Hírlap wrote on Tuesday. Last year,...
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Henkel’s new adhesive factory was inaugurated in Környe
Date: 2012-05-15 12:11:28
Henkel announced to build a new factory in the Industrial Park of Tatabánya-Környe, in the autumn of 2010. The green-field investment production hall and its environment was built in less...
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Looking for Hungary's best sugar-free cake
Date: 2012-05-15 12:00:59
The Egy Csepp Figyelem Alapítvány (One Drop Attention Foundation) announces the Best Sugar Free Cake of Hungary recipe contest. The competition of the One Drop Attention Foundation and the Industry...
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Sign up for the next ISM tradeshow
Date: 2012-05-15 10:47:30
One sector, one event – and thousands of ideas, contacts and business deals. ISM, the world´s leading trade fair for the confectionery industry, offers the right platform for the highly...
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KSH: food price increase in April was below the average
Date: 2012-05-14 16:43:20
In April, consumer prices were 5.7 percent higher than a year earlier, and compared to March increased by 0.8 percent. Compared with a year earlier, fuel and tobacco prices increased...
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Community customer market is getting more focused
Date: 2012-05-14 13:00:31
The community customer market was left by 8 participants this year. Last year the value of the community customer market was 4.3 billion HUF. This year, more failures are expected,...
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Magazine: How do shoppers decide? Making and understanding the decision tree
Date: 2012-05-14 12:54:37
The dunnhumby decision tree is a tool that analyses real purchases, using data from thousands of shoppers. Result: a decision tree based on real shopping habits. This analysis shows what...
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GOSZ: less wheat will be produced this year
Date: 2012-05-14 12:50:59
Less wheat yield is expected this year, than last year, so the expected yield of the country, will be below 4 million tons – told Vancsura József, president of the...
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Technical failure or closure on Sunday?
Date: 2012-05-14 12:48:43
The new Labour Code restricts the Sunday opening hours of shops. According to the informations of Magyar Nemzet, the stores of malls, and the small shops of the shopping streets...
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Government breaks promise made in agreement with new tax
Date: 2012-05-14 12:32:13
The financial transaction tax announced by the national economy minister is contrary to the agreement concluded last December between the government and the Banking Association, the Banking Association told MTI....
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The Zalaegerszeg-based shopping park consolidates its debts in the scope of a bankruptcy proceeding
Date: 2012-05-14 12:20:06
The operator of the Zalaegerszeg-based shopping park is trying to consolidate its debts in the scope of bankruptcy proceeding. The implementation application was filed by Strabag Zrt. – told the...
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The planting of tobacco has begun
Date: 2012-05-14 12:15:59
This year, similar to 2011, the farmers will produce the industrial crops on an around 4,800 hectares – told the Chairman of the Pócspetri Based Hungarian National Association of Tobacco...
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Consumer confidence is on its four-year peak in the the world's largest economy
Date: 2012-05-14 12:00:57
Consumer confidence increased to its more than four-year peak in May in the United States: The joint confidence index of the University of Michigan and Thomson Reuters increased to its...
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Praktiker and Max Bahr's profile is changing
Date: 2012-05-14 11:58:28
The supervisory board of Praktiker Group approved the restructuring plan of the financing of operation, that includes an investment loan of 85 million euros as well. The plan of the...
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Mall constructions continue in Croatia
Date: 2012-05-14 11:55:30
Construction market in Croatia shows a slow progress. Mainly the highways can pull the sector, but commercial real estate developments will continue as well, which means that more and more...
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Eight Hungarian companies are launching a prize show
Date: 2012-05-14 11:44:44
Eight Hungarian companies are launching a prize show to promote high quality HUngarian products. The main prize is 11 million HUF, you can get more information at www.amagyartermek.hu...
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More than 20 thousand visitors celebrated the year of apricot
Date: 2012-05-14 11:38:51
More than 20 thousand visitors have visited the 7th Spiritfestival of Budapest at the Buda Castle, with 25 exhibitorsand nearly 400 spirits. 2012 was the year of apricots....
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Aston Martin opening the doors of its first dealership
Date: 2012-05-14 10:32:17
Aston Martin is to enter the sovereign country of Luxembourg, opening the doors of its first dealership under the leadership of the Arnold Kontz Group. Holding over 50 years of...
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Uj Peter exercised the freedom of speech
Date: 2012-05-14 09:15:42
Péter Uj has written an article in 2008 about Tokaj Kereskedház, in which he referred to the poducts of the famous winehouse as “trash everybody lies about”. The company has...
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GKI: purchasing power of the population will decrease by two and a half percent this year
Date: 2012-05-11 13:40:24
This year, the purchasing power of the population will decrease by about 2.5 percent. It will be the fifth year since since 2006, , when – except for last year's...
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