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Deloitte warns the tax risks of marketing campaigns
Date: 2011-10-11 12:19:31
Many consumer goods, manufacturing and marketing enterprises apply marketing campaigns and various promotions in order to encourage purchases, but these actions contain significant tax risks, because there is still no...
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Georgian wine and mineral water may return to the Russian store shelves
Date: 2011-10-11 12:00:26
Georgian wine and mineral water may soon return to the Russian store shelves, that were banned in Russia, after the relations deteriorated in 2006, saying that these products contain heavy...
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Magazine: Frequent promotions and developing brands characterise the olive oil market
Date: 2011-10-11 11:06:25
Olive oils’ main season is the summer; still they also managed to produce a 5-pecent sales growth in a 12-month perspective. Petra Kovács, trade marketing manager with Bunge Zrt. (Floriol’s...
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Open debate about frozen meat by the Ministry of Rural Development
Date: 2011-10-10 13:40:36
The Ministry of Rural Development (VM) is opening a debate on the facilities of the usage of frozen meat. Professional circles discuss over and over again the legislative requirements that...
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KSH: Foreign trade turnover improved in August
Date: 2011-10-10 13:10:44
After the decrease in the exports and imports value of June and July, the August foreign trade turnover has shown a strong growth – announced the Central Statistical Office (KSH)...
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KSH: the growth rate of agricultural prices will moderate
Date: 2011-10-10 12:55:17
The agricultural producer price level in August 2011, was 12.4 percent higher than a year ago. The price of plant products and live animals and animal product prices increased by...
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FAO: we can expect big fluctuations in food prices
Date: 2011-10-10 12:40:31
According to the forecast of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); even larger fluctuations are expected in food prices in the forthcoming years. The typically high prices remain and...
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The Mobil Tárca Association has been formed
Date: 2011-10-10 12:38:19
The Magyar Telekom, the Telenor, the Vodafone, the MasterCard, the OTP Bank and the SuperShop have formed the Mobil Tárca Association. Their aim to introduce the mobile NFC (near field...
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The Trade Union of Meat Industry Workers warns for field loss meat of meat factories
Date: 2011-10-10 12:25:41
The further field loss of the meat plants with larger production capacity may result in significant job losses, and can affect the consumers badly – states the Trade Union of...
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Magazine: to what extent promotions influence where we go shopping?
Date: 2011-10-10 12:00:01
There is a constant and robust growth in the advertising activity of fresh meat and fruit-vegetable products in the leaflets of nationwide retail chains. While in 2009 6,667 ads appeared,...
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Sturgeons reaching Black sea
Date: 2011-10-10 11:17:44
“The species most in demand are also the ones that fetch the highest prices on the market. A kilo of farmed sturgeon costs €12-13, for example, and turbot roughly €9...
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MagyarBrands: TOP 2011 – full of surprises
Date: 2011-10-07 15:41:47
This is the second time this year that the list of leading Hungarian brands is being published by MagyarBrands. While the elite consisting of the classic brands is relatively stable...
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The range of chips-tax affected products may expand
Date: 2011-10-07 14:00:58
The government would extend the range of public health product fee on flavored beers, coffee and alcoholic beverages – shows the draft possessed by hvg.hu. In addition, the current tax...
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The climate change can redraw the world's “wine map”
Date: 2011-10-07 12:49:38
Over the next three decades, wine production may be reduced into its half in Napa Valley, which is one of the largest wine region of the United States. According to...
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Magazine: Demand is shifting towards wet pet food
Date: 2011-10-07 12:16:02
In the past 12 months the pet food market contracted, albeit in the last six month the negative value sales trend slowed down – informs Adrienn Földi, MARS Hungary Kft.’s...
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Bokros Lajos stood beside for the privatization of the Hungarian sugar factories
Date: 2011-10-07 12:15:38
Bokros Lajos, Board member of the the former State Property Agency former Finance Minister stood in for the privatization of the Hungarian sugar factories on Friday in Budapest, in front...
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Finance officers seized nearly one thousand liters of alcohol products
Date: 2011-10-07 12:08:22
Nearly one thousand liters of alcohol products were seized by finance officers at two properties of one owner in Mélykút, Bács-Kiskun County – told the Customs and Finance Directorate to...
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Micro- small and medium-sized confidence index scored low
Date: 2011-10-06 18:10:25
Confidence index based on the survey of K&H pointed out that Hungarian micro, small and medium-sized business leaders are more pessimistic than ever: the confidence index stopped decreasing in the...
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Analysts expected better industrial production results
Date: 2011-10-06 13:10:21
On the basis of the preliminary datas; the volume of industrial production increased by 4.4 percent in August 2011, compared to the same period of last year, while working-adjusted decreased...
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Foreign currency loans can absorb the Christmas shopping mood
Date: 2011-10-06 13:00:01
This year can also bring a minus turnover, if the government cannot ease the burden of those who have foreign currency loans – believe the traders. There is a high...
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The increase in transport costs, does not increase bread prices
Date: 2011-10-06 12:21:33
At vehicles less than 7.5 tonnes, the gasoline excise tax increase, increases the total transport costs by 2 percent. This may mean a 0.02 percent increase in retail prices –...
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Agriculture committee calls for EU-wide action to save bees
Date: 2011-10-06 11:59:48
Rising bee mortality could devastate EU food production and environmental stability, Agriculture Committee MEPs warned on Thursday. An estimated 84% of plant species and 76% of food production in Europe...
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Accidents involving dangerous substances: more inspections, better information
Date: 2011-10-06 11:02:11
The EU has had legislation in place to prevent and control major accidents in the chemical industry since 1976, following an accident at a pesticides and herbicides plant in Seveso,...
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Kopint-Tárki: Hungary's GDP may rise between 0 to 1 percent next year
Date: 2011-10-05 13:20:37
Kopint-Tárki Economic Research Institute Inc. changed its 2012 growth forecast: after the 1.5 percent GDP growth this year, the previously forecasted 3.0 percent growth is expected to be be only...
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Ipsos: McDonald's and Coca-Cola are the best-known brands among young adults
Date: 2011-10-05 13:11:41
In the national survey , called “Young Adults” (F & F) Ipsos surveyed 585 youngsters between age 15-25 years. The research themes were the fast-food restaurants, the awareness of soft...
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Policy Agenda-Ipsos: the expectations of the SMEs worsened
Date: 2011-10-05 13:10:07
According to the survey of Policy Agenda-Ipsos survey, the expectations of the small and medium enterprises (SME) are on their lowest point. Company managers expect tougher crisis than in 2008....
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Euro zone retail sales fell in August
Date: 2011-10-05 12:41:51
The retail sales volume fell by 0.3 percent in the euro area in August, compared to the previous month, and is 1 percent below, compared to the same period of...
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Counterfeited food products in Hungary
Date: 2011-10-05 12:25:03
Honey, cream, milk – these products are considered to be the most counterfeited foodstuffs in Hungary. In general, we can find these products in the commodity markets, however the detection...
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The Mountain Centre may be open in autumn 2012
Date: 2011-10-05 12:20:40
The construction of Budapest's first environment conscious business center goes according to the plans. It can open its doors to the public in autumn 2012 in the 12th District of...
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Hungarian companies are willing to hire more people
Date: 2011-10-05 12:13:08
According to a new survey by Regus, most HUngarian companies are willing to hire more people, although their prospects for economic growth is no longer considered to be as positive...
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