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The agricultural enterprises train their employees more and more consciously
The National Agricultural Chamber (NAK) and the Agricultural Research Institute (AKI) carried out the complex agricultural and food labor market survey of with the participation of one thousand businesses. According...
Read moreThe construction of the airport hotel has begun
The construction of the hotel within walking distance of the Liszt Ferenc airport has begun – the communications director of the Budapest Airport told M1 news channel on Tuesday. Hardy...
Read moreThe competitiveness of agriculture also depends on vocational training
The competitiveness of Hungarian agriculture depends mainly on the professional skills of the sector, the lack of professionals and the quality of education – emphasized the Minister of Agriculture on...
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U.S. pizza chain may come to Hungary
The Little Caesars, the world’s third largest pizza chain has started the recruitment of franchisees – the franchising.hu wrote. Hungary and Poland are the first two European stations. The Little...
Read moreAnalysts: the growth of retail sales may accelerate further
Analysts told MTI that they expect a further increase in retail sales, due to the significant increase in real wages and employment growth. According to the first estimates of the...
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The domestic commercial real estate investments exceeded 1.7 billion euros last year
The volume of commercial real estate investment transactions amounted 270 million euros in the last quarter of 2016, so last year real estate purchases were implemented a value of more...
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New Generation strategy at the forefront
The Klépierre Magyarország – present on the Hungarian market for more than 10 years – closed year 2016 with a performance beyond the expectations due to its novel strategy. The...
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Wines from Tokaj and Eger won the Hungarian Wine Writers’ Award
The 2013 vintage Szent Tamás Furmint of the Szent Tamás Vineyards and Winery from Tokaj and the 2012 Bull’s Blood Grand Superior of the Thummerer Cellar from Eger won the...
Read moreThe corporate world became more compact in 2016
46 thousand companies were founded and 26 thousand companies were deleted in 2016. In terms of the number of companies the company structure continues to shrink for the third year....
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The number of Hungarian ewes is reducing for four years
The number of Hungarian ewes is reducing. The trend is lasting since 2012, and during that time about sixty thousand ewes fell off the register – Kukovics Sándor, Managing Director...
Read moreDomestic commodities trading in Hungary can grow by nearly 4 percent in 2017
In 2017, the volume of domestic commodities trading can be 3.8 percent higher than last year’s data in a year-on-year comparision. With a 4.4 percent increase in imports, export growth...
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Sunflower exports expanded, wheat exports fell
The export value of agricultural and food products reached 5887 million euros, while the value of imports amounted to 3764 million euros in the first three quarters of 2016, so...
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Retail sales decreased in Europe
Retail sales in the euro zone and in the European Union decreased in November, compared to the previous month – according to Eurostat. In November 2016, retail sales in the...
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The Palóc Nagykereskedelmi Kft. can negotiate with their creditors further
The Palóc Nagykereskedelmi Kft. is the largest employer of Nógrád county. The Tribunal of Balassagyarmat ordered the bankruptcy process on 23 September. The payment moratorium was extended by the court,...
Read moreThe Slovak Government plans to extend the opening hours of shops
The Slovak Government plans to extend the ban on shops’ opening hours for all public holidays – Ján Richter work, family and social affairs minister said – the Hospodárské Noviny...
Read moreRomanian retail increased further
Romanian retail sales volume increased by more than 14 percent in the first eleven months of last year, compared to the same period of 2015 the Romanian national statistical institute...
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KPMG: Hungarian hotel capacity to increase by approximately two thousand rooms by 2018
In the next two years, the hotel capacity in Hungary will expand by about two thousand rooms. This means 4,000 new hotel beds, so Hungary and Budapest are preparing for...
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Useful and practical promotional gifts
Absolut Gift’s experience is that companies try to spend their gift budget in a well-planned manner. They tend to choose small products in large numbers, which are easy to put...
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Hostess services market: higher expectations
High-level services and transparent operation. This is the reason why they have customers that plan for the long term and have high expectations, because they say that shoppers identify the...
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Better-than-average trends
In the first three quarters of the year 200m² and smaller shops had a 27-percent share in the retail value sales of grocery categories audited by Nielsen. However, from candy...
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Sales remain concentrated
Cream retail sales were realised in the value of HUF 7 billion in January-September 2016. Like-for-like value sales rose 3 percent and volume sales got 4 percent better. Cream sales...
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Stable market positions
Liver and sandwich spread sales went above HUF 7 billion in the last two 9-month (January-September) periods. Like-for-like value sales didn’t change bur volume sales decreased by 1 percent. The...
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Successful Hungarian craft beer
Budapest beer company HopTop Brewery won a bronze medal in the Dry Stout category with their Midnight Express beer at the prestigious European Beer Star competition. This is the first...
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Provident: Christmas budget increased in 2016
According to the research of the Provident Pénzügyi Zrt. carried out during the holidays with the participation of 500 respondents, Christmas budget of the households increased slightly in 2016, compared...
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Changes in the structure of milk foreign trade
In Hungary, the imports of milk and dairy products increased by five percent, while revenue from exports increased by three percent in the first nine months of 2016, compared to...
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The ALDI gives its customers more again
The company decreased the price of poultry meat and eggs by 22 percent from the first of January 2017. On the basis of the food VAT reduction entering into force...
Read moreTesco is looking for the Best Community programs of 2017
Tesco announces its “You choose, we help” tender program for the second time, to support local community initiatives. NGOs can apply for the tender with programs promoting healthy lifestyle, children...
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The SPAR and the KASZ agreed on the wage increase
The SPAR Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. and the Commercial Employees’ Union (KASZ) agreed on the 2017 wages. The rapid negotiations prove that the parties had similar intentions and ideas. According to...
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There is no New Year without salt mixes
During New Year’s Eve, the demand for salty snacks and chips increases. One of the most popular snack is the mix consist of crackers, small salted pretzels and salt sticks....
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