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Whitereport.hu: the sales revenue of the top 100 media companies in Hungary increased by 1 percent last year
Total net sales of the 100 largest media companies in Hungary was around 256 billion HUF in 2015, one percent higher than in the previous year – according to the...
Read moreThe stocks of leased agricultural machinery expanded
The stocks of the leased agricultural machinery continued to expand, in this year's first quarter. In case of the new and used agricultural machinery, the financed stocks reached 79 billion...
Read moreThe Brexit and the British supermarket chains
The British-owned supermarket chains – such as Tesco and Marks & Spencer – may be affected badly with the effect of weakening pound caused by the Brexit and more expensive...
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The Bečov drink collection’s value is about 30 million crowns
The current value of the drink collection which was found in 1985 in the western Bohemian Becov nad Teplou castle is about 30 million crowns (345 million HUF). Andrea Grecmanová,...
Read moreIncrease in the price of wheat and corn at the commodity exchanges
The price of wheat and corn slipped back badly early summer. But a week ago the exchange rate began to rise – tozsdeforum.hu wrote. Vetter Péter, salesman of Solar Capital...
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Half a billion forint profit by Gyulahús last year
Gyulahús Kft. closed last year with a profit bigger than HUF 500 million. Back in 2013 the company’s profit was HUF 30 million, which grew to HUF 160 million in...
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New grant programme for agricultural producers
Farmers can apply for funding from a budget of HUF 19.68 billion in a new grant programme announced by the Prime Minister’s Office. The money is available for creating crop...
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Buffalo farm in Mezőtúr
As a result of a HUF 330-million investment, Italian-Hungarian joint venture Italiagro Kft. opened a buffalo farm for milk production purposes in Mezőtúr. The milk produced here will be used...
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Hungarian mineral water and vinegar win awards in Brussels
Veritas Gold’s natural mineral water and Buszesz’s Chef apple cider vinegar were rewarded with prizes at a prestigious competition in Brussels. Veritas Gold’s award shows that Aquarius-Aqua Kft.’s development work...
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Magazine: Big tax changes
There will be great changes in tax rules as of next year. The Hungarian parliament voted with yes to Minister of National Economy Mihály Varga’s proposal to amend the tax...
Read moreForty billion HUF for the development of the wine industry
The Prime Minister's Office published a forty billion HUF call for proposals to support the wine industry – the Minister of State of the Prime Minister's Office announced on Tuesday...
Read moreThe Kopint-Tárki expects 2.2 percent growth for this year, and a 2.7 percent growth for next year
The Kopint-Tárki decreased its Hungarian economic growth forecasts (forecasted in April) from 2.4 per cent to 2.2 per cent, while next year’s forecast from 2.9 to 2.7 per cent –...
Read moreThe ULT does not process more tobacco in Nyíregyháza
The processing plant of the Universal Leaf Tobacco (ULT) Magyarország Zrt. in Nyíregyháza will terminate its tobacco processing activities. The processing of the Virginia and Burley tobaccos will be transferred...
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Fazekas: the Hungarian watermelon is popular abroad
The Hungarian watermelon and seedless watermelon is also popular on the export markets. Hungary mainly transports them to Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and to the Nordic countries –...
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The Chamber of Agriculture launches an energy efficiency audit service
The National Chamber of Agriculture launches an energy audit service to its large corporate members. The National Chamber of Agriculture developed a service and an online system. The service is...
Read moreThe per hectare wheat yield is six and a half tonnes in Tolna County
Approaching to the half of the harvest, the per hectare winter wheat yield is six and a half tonnes in Tolna County, where winter barley and canola also have outstanding...
Read moreEight times more contraband cigarettes were seized in the first five months of 2016 than in the first five months of 2015
In the first five months of this year, eight times more contraband cigarettes were seized, compared to the same period of last year, according to the data of the National...
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This year's PET Cup cleansed the Tisza from forty-five thousand plastic bottles
The participants of the PET Cup gathered this record amount of plastic bottles in the Upper Tisza region. The self-built fleet of plastic bottle vessels collected this huge amount of...
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Magazine: Multifunctional expectations in hair care
In the last few years consumers started economising a little in buying cosmetic products, too. Before the economic recession they were using 2-3 different products for the same purpose, but...
Read moreKSH: producer prices increased by 2.4 percent in May
Agricultural producer prices increased by 2.4 percent in May, compared to the same month of the previous year – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced on Tuesday. The price of...
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GfK: the market share of private label products has increased
Last year, after five years of stagnation, the market share of private label products of the retail chains increased by 1 percentage point to 24 percent on the fast moving...
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FruitVeB: this year more watermelon will be harvested than last year
This year 235-240 thousand tons of watermelon is expected to be produced in Hungary, which is 25-30 thousand tons more than last year – the President of the Hungarian Fruit...
Read moreAnalysts: export growth may remain
Export growth may remain sustained and record levels of foreign trade surplus is expected this year – analysts told MTI on Friday. According to the first estimate of the Central...
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EU’s common agricultural policy does not favor livestock production
The Union's common agricultural policy does not favor livestock production. This means that these sectors are not eligible for EU funds, therefore the role of national subsidies aree appreciated in...
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Nébih: more than two tonnes of products were destroyed in the wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Budapest
The National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) carried out an inspection at the wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Budapest. During the action, more than two tons of deteriorated or...
Read moreThe law on the increase of the mandatory distribution of Romanian food in the hypermarkets was announced
President Klaus Iohannis signed the law amendment – the Romanian President’s Office announced on Monday. According to the amendment, the retail chains achieving more than 2 million euros in sales...
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Old-new ECR SecGen
BGA established ECR Hungary back in 2000, as a joint supplier-retailer forum dealing with EDI and Logistics. The recent ECR Annual Meeting elected BGA SecGen Zoltan Fekete to become ECR...
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Italian food products in the international market
Coop Italia has created a new company that will try to match Italian food manufacturers with international buyers. Coop Italian Food intends to appear with Italian specialties – all of...
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Renewable energy at Tetra Pak
Tetra Pak plans to gradually rely fully on renewable energy: they intend to reach this goal by 2030 – at the moment 20 percent of the energy they use comes...
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