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AMC: the “first swallows” can fly until the end of January!
The Agricultural Marketing Centre (AMC) has extended its “first swallow” discount period, so until 31 January 2017 exhibitors can apply to the 78th National Agricultural and Food Exhibition (OMÉK) on...
Read moreWheat sown area hardly changed
According to the EU’s statistical office, winter wheat seeds were sown on 24.2 million hectares in the European Union last year, which is the same as in 2015. According to...
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Atmedia acquires MSC
From 1 January, Lukács Csaba the Managing Director of the Atmedia Kft. fills the Managing Director post of the MSC Kft., because the market leader Hungarian TV commercial house becomes...
Read moreUS online retail had a record-breaking holiday season
Retailers reached a record 91.7 USD billion in online sales over the holidays, which is a 11 percent increase, compared to last year. Mobile devices reached 28.4 billion USD revenues,...
Read moreVAT decreased to 19 percent in Romania
The value added tax was reduced by further one percentage point, from 20 to 19 percent in Romania from Sunday. The one percent special tax on industrial buildings and the...
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Nielsen: competition between home and restaurant meals
Eighteen percent of the respondents surveyed by Nielsen told that they eat in restaurants at least once a week or more. Thirteen percent of the respondents eat two to three...
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NBAC: 7.4 percent of the sales revenue is lost due to counterfeiting in the EU
7.4 percent of the sales revenue (48 billion euros) is lost every year because of counterfeiting and different forms of piracy in the European Union – the National Board Against...
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130-billion funding budget in the Rural Development Programme
Approximately HUF 130 billion worth of financial resources will be made available to businesses within the framework of the Rural Development Programme. So far 41 schemes have been started from...
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Swiss Krono’s new wood processing plant starts production
Swiss Krono Group invested HUF 30 billion in building a factory that manufactures OSB panels in Vásárosnamény. State-of-the-art production technology is used in the new factory, where more than 100...
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Changes in subsidies tied to production
The conditions of subsidies tied to production and greening are going to change next year, so that farmers will be able to comply with the rules more easily. For instance...
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State Horse and Model Farm established in Mezőhegyes
After a government decision in November, the state bought back the Mezőhegyes State Horse Farm Zrt. for HUF 2 billion (it had been privatised in 2004) and merged it with...
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Everything you wanted to know about the Christmas gift shopping
Christmas is the most beautiful time of the year. Gift-giving is an integral part of Christmas, so the MOM Park with the contribution of GfK Hungária was searching for the...
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Nielsen: 41 percent of the Hungarians believe that it is worth to by premium products
Intense and uniquely aromatic arabica coffee, leaf tea on the highest degree of tea culture, sourdough bread made with great care or capsule washing powder. For example, most of the...
Read moreGKI expects a 3 percent growth in the economy and a 5 percent in consumption next year
The Hungarian economy is essentially proceed along the path indicated in September. Due to the decline in EU subsidies, the 2 percent GDP growth of 2016 is one of the...
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Hundreds of thousands people are buying at petrol stations during the year-end holiday season
In the Christmas period up to 25 percent more buyers can visit the supermarkets of the gas stations open around the clock, who this time spend nearly a third higher...
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FM: the quality of bakery products can be improved, due to the amendment in the Hungarian Food Codex
The regulation about the mandatory specifications of the Hungarian Food Codex was amended, which covers the regulations on bakery products as well. Thanks to the amendment higher-quality breads and bakery...
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KSH: the rise in earnings has continued
The gross average wage increased by 5.4 percent in a year and was 262.2 thousand HUF in October, while net earnings due to changes in the rules of personal income...
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Major Christmas operation in the fish plant in Hortobágy
Major Christmas operation has started in the plant of the Hortobágyi Halgazdaság Zrt.; ten tons of fish is processed every day – the CEO of the nation's largest fish farm...
Read moreGKI: labor shortage is the most acute at small companies
Mostly, firms employing fewer than 20 people are looking for manpower, they could employ about a quarter more than the existing staff number – the GKI Economic Research Co. announced...
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Twenty thousand new online cash register users in 2017
The Ministry of National Economy (MNE) estimates that from January 1, the range of online cash machine users will expand by about 20 thousand enterprises. More than half of the...
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The offerings of the Syngenta employees will be used to develop children
Syngenta has organized a Christmas fundraising action. The toys and tools bought from the offerings of the company's employees will be used in the member institution of the Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County...
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A merchant from Újfehértó broke the lock of the authorities and re-tagged apples
A merchant from Újfehértó broke into a warehouse sealed by the authorities and re-tagged 14 tons of apples that were waiting to be destroyed – the National Tax and Customs...
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The protection of the Christmas markets in Vienna to be enhanced from Wednesday
The Austrian police in agreement with the Constitutional protection agency strengthens the protection of the Christmas markets in Vienna from Wednesday, to prevent from truck assassination. Patrick Maierhofer, spokesman of...
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Hungarian consumer confidence at six-year record high
The confidence index of Hungarian consumers increased by 7 points from Q2 to Q3 2016 and reached 64 points – the highest level since 2010. In Europe the average of...
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Growth rate slowing down in grocery retail
In the first three quarters of the year the growth rate of grocery retail sales slowed down. Between January and September 2016 sales represented a value of HUF 1,200 billion...
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Trade fairs: participation isn’t obligatory, but recommended
Experts say that the international trade fair market is booming again. In general we can say that demand is the biggest for special trade shows with a well-planned concept, events...
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When the cashmachine is packing – Video of the day
Panasonic Corp. hopes to change convenience stores with a machine that scans and bags merchandise, joining Amazon.com Inc. in the push for retail automation....
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Magazine: Business Days 2016: Facts and prescriptions (Part 2)
On Thursday manufacturers were in the centre of attention at the Business Days conference. In the first section of the day the Branded Goods Association (BGA) was the host, with...
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(HU) Hatalmas sikere volt a Lidl élményközpontnak az idei BabaMama és KidExpón!
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