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Magazine: Sports drinks: companies are developing more natural products
According to Eszter Birven, marketing director of GRAMEX DRINKS – the distributor of Vitalade sports drinks – a large proportion of sports drink sales is realised in fitness centres and...
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The Trade magazin received a MagyarBrands Award
MagyarBrands rewards the most successful and best performing Hungarian brands for eight years now. The program only evaluates Hungarian brands that were born in Hungary, or Hungarians participated in its...
Read moreTo date, a subsidy payment of 97 billion forints has been paid to farmers
The Hungarian State Treasury has paid up to 97 billion HUF this year to the farmers – the Deputy Chairman of the Hungarian State Treasury told at a press conference...
Read moreMNB: Hungarian consumers became more conscious
Lending in Hungary is picking up again. Consumers are choosing more consciously, and the rules on borrowing also curb indebtedness – Binder István, supervisor spokesman of the National Bank of...
Read moreThe NAV will prepare the tax return for the primary producers
At the initiative of the National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK), the National Tax and Customs Office (NAV) is preparing the personal income tax return instead of the primary producers and...
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The business optimism of the German companies in Hungary continued to improve
According to the latest rapid survey of the German-Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DUIHK), the German companies operating in Hungary are currently evaluating their economic situation as excellent. The...
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The communication and problem-solving skills are most appreciated by employers according to a survey
In all sectors, communication and problem-solving skills are the most appreciated by employers, and in case of the four-fifth of the jobs they require knowledge of English in addition to...
Read moreUntaxes cigarettes were found in Budapest hidden into dog biscuit boxes
The National Tax and Customs Office (NAV) found more than 88,000 boxes of untaxed cigarettes in Budapest in a hired warehouse hidden in dog biscuit boxes – the NAV told...
Read moreRS Furniture Store expects a two-digit growth this year
The RS Group expects a two-digit growth, 4 billion forints revenue this year, after last year’s 3.5 billion forints. The growth of the construction industry can be clearly felt in...
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Whiskey auction record: 285 thousand pounds for a barrel
Not only glassware but barrels of Scotch whiskey are also a huge business. At an auction, the record of the most expensive barrel was 285 thousand pounds for a 30...
Read moreConference Board’s confidence index is on a seventeen year peak
U.S. consumer confidence increased more than expected in October to the highest in almost 17 years as Americans grew more confident about the economy and job market. The New York-based...
Read moreGKI: Trends are favourable in the short term
Trends in the Hungarian economy of the first half of the year have continued in the past few months, and no substantial changes can be expected until mid-2018. Owing to...
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Spagetti to-go! – Video of the day
First came cronuts and now it’s pasta donuts (ponuts?)! This food mashup isn’t as bizarre as it sounds as it’s essentially a delicious pasta bake, made into a fun donut...
Read moreL’Oréal is successfully launching its Carbon Disclosure Project
In an attempt to reduce the impact of its activities and products on the environment, L’Oréal involves its suppliers in its environmental program, favoring sustainable and locally sourced supplies. L’Oréal...
Read moreIn the first nine months, the number of guest nights grew by 6.1 percent in Romania
During the first nine months of the year, tourists spent 21.4 million guest nights in Romanian hotels, 6.1 percent more than in the same period of last year. The report...
Read moreMagazine: Milk desserts are in great shape
The milk dessert market is growing year by year, but the sales growth is different in different segments. Viktória Főfainé Kiss, brand manager of FrieslandCampina Hungária Zrt. told our magazine that the...
Read moreFruitVeB: The volume of folded vegetables grew by 15 percent
The yield of folded vegetables has increased significantly, by 15 percent in recent years, while the size of the folding area has declined – Ledó Ferenc, President of the Hungarian...
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The isosugar plant in Tiszapüspöki was handed over
The re-engineering of Hungary has come to a milestone with the isosugar factory of the Kall Ingredients Ltd. in Tiszapüspöki – Orbán Viktor Prime Minister said on Monday in Tiszapüspöki,...
Read more11 percent more employees at Intersnack
Intersnack, the manufacturer Chio products, thanks to growing exports, increased the number of its staff by more than 11 percent, compared to last year. The company’s number of employees has...
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FM: The impact of the extension of the Russian embargo on Hungarian agro-exports is negligible
The expansion of the Russian embargo has a negligible impact on Hungary’s exports to Russia – the Ministry of Agriculture (FM) told MTI on Monday. According to their information, the...
Read moreThe aim of the government is to give more and more tasks to the agrarian chamber
The aim of the government is to give more and more tasks to the National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) – Lázár János, Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office said at...
Read moreCisco: the number of Internet users to increase by 1 billion in four years
According to Cisco’s forecasts, the number of Internet users will increase by 1 billion in four years, from last year’s 3.6 billion to more than 4.6 billion users in the...
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New flavors have been identified by Australian researchers
A possible seventh flavor, carbohydrate has been identified by Australian researchers who are trying to reveal how this flavor is related to the consumption of starchy foods. “This is typically...
Read moreThe German ifo business sentiment index at record level
Instead of the expected minimal deterioration, the October German business sentiment index of the Munich-based Institute for Economic Research rose significantly to record levels. The October business mood index rose...
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Agrokor sells several companies
Croatia’s largest privately owned company has serious financial problems. The Agrokor sells several companies, carries out reorganises in the retail sector and plans to invest in the food industry –...
Read moreVineyards and wineries are a tourist attraction opportunities
Vineyards and wineries are tourism opportunities, the aim of the sector is to develop quality wine tourism – Zilai Zoltán, president of the Hungarian Wine Academy told M1 news channel...
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The trademark gives guidance to shoppers
Judit Szép, managing director of BioCo Magyarország Kft. told our magazine that her company is the only one among dietary supplement manufacturers with 10 products bearing the MÉKISZ trademark. It isn’t easy...
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Tork PeakServe™ Continuous™ Hand Towel System is setting a new standard for high-traffic towel dispensing
Our latest research** shows that dirty and overcrowded washrooms are the biggest problem at high-traffic venues. When asking over 3000 people across six countries about their experience at high-traffic venues,...
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