Company and Personal News
Awards for chocoMe for its innovations
Date: 2011-05-20 10:35:12
The Hungarian Innovational Foundation has awarded chocoMe Ltd with an award within the compass of the 14th Hungarian Innovational Awards. The innovation is called “individualized handmade chocolate”, meaning that the...
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Synergon: Reformed Operation for the Reforming Market
Date: 2011-05-20 10:11:48
The Synergon Group reached a sales revenue of 4,152 million HUF in the first three months of 2011, which is an 8% sales revenue growth. The growth is related to...
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GfK Hungaria: Hungarian costumers are getting more conscious and price sensitive
Date: 2011-05-19 13:20:54
The Hungarian costumers have become more conscious and price sensitive, due to the economic crisis, and the shopping occasions became even more planned – shows the research of GfK Hungária....
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The farmers of Rábaköz cooperate to build a sugar factory
Date: 2011-05-19 13:00:18
The farmers of Rábaköz want to produce for the domestic market and for non-EU countries, and also considering the construction of a factory. Before the EU accession dozens of factories...
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Hungary slipped back five places on the competitiveness list
Date: 2011-05-19 12:55:05
The Swiss IMD Institute's 2011 world competitiveness ranking has been published. Hungary slipped back five places on the competitiveness list standing in the 47th position. Hungary stood in the ranking...
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The Hungarian walnut harvest may double
Date: 2011-05-19 12:54:22
The Hungarian walnut is popular in the world market, because of its good quality. Last year 1,000 tons of it was exported – said Bognár Károly, ambassador of the International...
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Tough price competition in the advertising industry
Date: 2011-05-19 12:54:15
Only a few tenders, cutthroat price competition, and if there is an order, it is mostly an ad hoc order, not a long-term brand building campaign. Because of the shrinking...
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The European Commission would get rid of the plastic bags
Date: 2011-05-19 12:11:49
The European Commission calls upon the public's opinion, how to get rid of the plastic bags. The issues include, whether they should prohibit their use. The Commission will collect the...
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SABMiller's result increased by one-fourth
Date: 2011-05-19 12:10:30
The South-African-American SABMiller beer and beverage group reported a pre-tax profit 3.626 billion USD over its business year, ended with March. This result is 24 percent more than the 2.929...
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Manufacturer brands dominate the hair spray market
Date: 2011-05-19 11:50:02
Retail sales of the best-selling hair care categories were stable in terms of value in the March 2010-February 2011 period. Manufacturer brands were in a relatively good position with an...
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Liszt Ferenc airport passenger volume rises 8%
Date: 2011-05-19 10:43:38
Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport's passenger volume has risen 8% yr/yr to 734,461 in April including the effect of the eruption of the Icelandic volcano in the same month of...
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Törley winning several awards
Date: 2011-05-19 10:40:59
Products of Törley Groups have won three rather exclusive prizes at three serious wine-competitions. On 18th May, the results of Decanter World Wine Awards, Concours Mondial de Bruxelles and International...
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The greenest project launched in Hungary
Date: 2011-05-19 09:43:05
The basis of the greenest officebuilding of the city centre has been laid today. Ambassador of Sweden Cecilia Björner, mayor of the 13th district Dr József Tóth and vice-president of...
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WWF and Tetra Pak opened their environment-friendly Green Art-exhibition
Date: 2011-05-19 08:45:18
he competition centered around environment conscious lifestyle, launched by WWF and Tera Pak closed now, and an exhibition has opened its gates on 18th May at Millenáris in Budapest. This...
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Retro 6: ruled and graph exercise books
Date: 2011-05-18 23:31:54
I remember when I was a child, every autumn I was really excited about how many ruled and graph exercise I would have in the new school year. Lines and...
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What can we do?
Date: 2011-05-18 23:27:02
What shall we do if every fourth person compile their shopping list from promotional leaflets? What shall we do if a promotion requires at least 20-25 percent discount? What shall...
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World-class mill in Tiszapalkonya
Date: 2011-05-18 13:04:05
17th May saw the opening of the mill in Tiszapalkonya, built within the compass of a greenfield investment by Pannonmill Malomipari Ltd. Pannonmill's president-CEO Zoltán Poór and Dr Endre Kardeván...
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National products in Europe
Date: 2011-05-18 12:46:24
In Hungary the transformation of new or old brands is usually carried out by large multinational companies as the costs of innovation and advertising are high. Experience is that domestic...
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KSH: net earnings increased by three and a half percent
Date: 2011-05-18 12:40:14
In the first three months of 2011, gross average earnings increased by 1.5 percent, while net earnings, without taking the family allowances into account increased by 3.5 percent compared to...
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Rivaling chamber drafts
Date: 2011-05-18 12:38:56
The chamber draft of the Chamber of Industry and the bill of the Ministry of Rural Development rival with each other. It appears that the draft of the Chamber of...
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The second largest shopping mall of Budapest opens in the Autumn
Date: 2011-05-18 12:36:42
The developer, the R-CO Zrt. plans to hand over the second largest shopping mall of Budapest at the Kőbánya-Kispest end terminal of the M3 metro for the Autumn. The project...
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Margarine and cooking oil prices may increase due to weak colza crop
Date: 2011-05-18 12:20:01
Partly due to the low spring rainfall, the European Union's colza production may decrease to 19.5 million tonnes, from last year's 20.59 million tonnes. This can be the lowest level...
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A kilogram of cherry from Nagykörű is around 400 HUF
Date: 2011-05-18 12:19:44
The May frosts spared, but the drought in March significantly thinned the crop in Nagykörű, which is the largest cherry growing area of the country – told Veres Nándor mayor...
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Prosperity may continue in the global economy
Date: 2011-05-18 12:17:09
According to ifo's research; slight, but further improvement occurred in the economic sentiment indicator for the second quarter of 2011. According to the survey of the Munich- based ifo Institute...
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The Swimming Duck Plaza will be dock in Budapest
Date: 2011-05-18 12:16:29
The Swimming Duck Plaza is one of the world's largest river boat, which is a luxury shopping mall also. The ship that is just like a giant duck will start...
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KÖKI terminal opened
Date: 2011-05-18 11:09:25
The new commercial and leisure center located at the final metro stop Kőbánya-Kispest was opened by the tenants f KÖKI Terminal within the compass of a key-giving ceremony. Mayor of...
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New marketing-strategy focusing on domestic goose liver sales
Date: 2011-05-17 14:04:07
If each Hungarian citizen consumed 30 dkg of goose liver every year, this branch would not face any financial problems anymore – Lajos Elekes, CEO of Orosháza-based Merian Foods Ltd....
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Frozen consumer loans
Date: 2011-05-17 13:10:19
Consumer loans are not increased on the Hungarian market.: during the year lasted until March, their stock increased by only a little more than two and a half percent, to...
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Balaton local currency to come
Date: 2011-05-17 12:54:41
The introduction of a local currency is planned in Veszprém and in the Lake Balaton region from 2012 – said Porga Gyula, mayor of Veszprém (Fidesz-KDNP) at a press conference...
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The hamburger tax will be introduced next year
Date: 2011-05-17 12:52:31
The extended Semmelweis plan has been completed, however, the most anticipated specifics are still missing. However, it was decided, that the new institutional organization of public health will be created,...
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