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Woodworker brings her skills to sustainably made e-bikes
Woodworker Evie Bee published two books detailing the process she undertook in designing and building her electric bicycle, Electraply. The name is a play on the words electric and plywood, with the...
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Starbucks for Hungarian forests and sustainable solutions
Environmental protection is a priority for Starbucks. As one of the world’s largest coffee shops, the company is constantly striving to find new ways to a sustainable future and contribute...
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Digital Health Summit: Health digitalization in Hungary before explosion
Health digitalization is currently one of the hottest markets in the world, reaching $660 billion by 2025, from $175 billion in 2019 to $660 billion by 2025, according to experts....
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Aldi Süd Expands Its Range Of Domestic Products
Aldi Süd has expanded its offering of domestic products to over 2,500 SKUs, which is more than double compared to autumn of 2020. The new additions range from baked goods...
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Asda owners to open 300 convenience stores in petrol stations
The billionaire Issa brothers are set to make their mark as Asda’s new owners by reportedly planning to open over 300 Asda convenience stores across their EG Group estate. According...
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MIHAS 2021: Sign up for the biggest virtual exhibition of the Halal sector
In today’s interconnected global economy, I am sure we have heard, at the least in brief, about the Halal economy. Casually known as a set of Islamic rules about meats,...
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Analysts wage competition in a tight labor market also carries inflationary risks
In addition to the lifting of restrictions in the third wave and the recovery of the service sector, seasonal factors also helped achieve a historic employment level in July. However,...
Read moreBusinesses can continue to apply for the Hungarian Multi Program funding of one hundred billion forints
The government’s goal is 5.5 percent economic growth, so we are devoting more resources to the Hungarian Multi Program than ever before to help promising domestic businesses become large companies....
Read moreThe GDP of OECD member countries has still not reached pre-pandemic levels
Domestic product (GDP) in the 37 member states of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) still did not reach pre-coronavirus levels, although economic growth accelerated in the second...
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The experience of the new energy labeling was summed up by the Association of Conscious Consumers
New energy efficiency labels came into effect in March, but these are less well known to consumers, so they don’t trust the new labels. For example, they are afraid of...
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Economic sentiment in the euro area and the EU deteriorated in August
The final value of the European Commission’s euro area economic sentiment index in August fell more than previously from the previous month’s peak. The EU sentiment index also declined. Economic...
Read moreThe Czech government no longer expects to close the stores
The Czech government no longer anticipates the need to restrict shops and services in the autumn as it did in previous waves of the coronavirus pandemic. “We don’t expect to...
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Drought threatens the livelihoods of 7 million farmers in Afghanistan
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has appealed for humanitarian assistance to be scaled up as Afghanistan continues to be hit hard by an ever-worsening drought...
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Compensation allowance for the self-employed can only be claimed for one month
Compensation for the self-employed can only be claimed for one month, which the government decided to introduce after the start of the wage support programmes in May. The essence of...
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Nine out of 10 of our Hungarians are seriously concerned about climate change
The anxiety of climate change is strongly present in the lives of Hungarians, and they are also striving to reduce their climate footprint on an individual level, according to a...
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81 per cent of family business owners want to make generational changes by retaining ownership
81 per cent of family business owners want to make generational changes by retaining ownership – a joint survey of Moore Hungary and Opten. Only 14 percent of owners consider...
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(HU) Kibővíti saját márkás termékeit a SPAR Sri Lanka
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Cookie Dough range can be baked or eaten raw
Charlie’s Fine Food has introduced a new plant-based cookie dough, which can be baked into biscuits – or simply spooned and eaten right out of the tub. There are two...
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Tesco, OLIO Partnership Saves Millions Of Meals From Wastage
A partnership between Tesco and food sharing app OLIO in the UK has saved more than five million meals from wastage in the past year, the retailer has said. In August...
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GKI’s economic sentiment index continued to rise in August
After its big jump in April, GKI’s economic sentiment index was slowly rising in the sum-mer months. According to a survey conducted by GKI with the support of the EU,...
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KSH: the number of employees was 4.7 million in July
In July, the average monthly number of employees aged 15-74 was 4,704,000, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced on Friday. The figure is 12,000 more than in the previous month...
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The Eger Bull’s Blood Festival has opened
After the coronavirus pandemic, Hungarian vineyards and wineries need government assistance, which deserved support even in difficult times, and the Minister of Agriculture said at the opening of the 25th...
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The Bodri Pincészet Borászati Kft. from Szekszárd developed a grape disease forecasting and decision support system.
Much more targeted plant protection than before can be achieved thanks to the grape disease forecasting and decision support system developed by Bodri Pincészet Borászati Kft. (Bodri Kft.) from 343...
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The Hungarian melon is sufficient and of high quality
The Hungarian melon is of high quality. The production area has slightly decreased due to the pandemic, but its yield has increased, so it has plenty of access to the...
Read moreDecades low consumer sentiment in the United States
The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index for August in the United States is at a decade low. According to final data released on Friday, the University of Michigan consumer...
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(HU) Felkerült az i-re a pont, Red Dot díjat kapott a Mizo Art Coffee
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(HU) Továbbra is lendületben az online piac: erős első félévet zártak a hazai webáruházak
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Britain To Increase Contactless Payment Limit To £100 In October
Banks will start rolling out the new £100 ($137) spending limit for contactless payments from 15 October, Britain’s banking industry body UK Finance said on Friday. Contactless payments surged during...
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Fleets of microcars could become another public transport option
Navigating tightly packed city streets just got a lot easier with the introduction of the Squad car. Created by The Netherlands-based Squad Mobility sustainable transport company, the Squad car is...
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An automated ‘sea combine’ for harvesting seaweed at scale
Indian company Sea6 Energy has developed an easier way to farm seaweed, using an automated “sea combine”. The start-up has established a series of floating seaweed farms off the coast of Bali,...
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