Company and Personal News
Domino is preparing to open one thousand pizza stores in Germany
Date: 2010-11-04 14:45:50
The U.S. pizza chain, Domino is preparing to open one thousand pizza stores in Germany in the forthcoming years. The first Domino pizza shop will be opened in Berlin this...
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The Gold Plaza opened in Nagybánya
Date: 2010-11-04 14:42:48
The Futureal Group opened Northwest Romania's first modern shopping and entertainment center in Nagybánya (Baia Mare). The Gold Plaza was carried ot with a 70 million euros investment. The shopping...
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Skanska starts work on Budapest’s greenest office project – invests EUR 32.5 M, about SEK 300 M
Date: 2010-11-04 14:16:09
Skanska is developing a new office property with a strong environmental profile in Budapest, Hungary. Skanska’s investment amounts to EUR 32.5 M, about SEK 300 M. The office property, which...
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140 million capital increase at the Csányi Winery
Date: 2010-11-04 14:13:53
The Csányi Winery Zrt. raised its capital with 140 million HUF by issuing new shares to 1.88 billion HUF – said Éder Tamás, corporate relations and public relations director of...
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Tesco is a top retailer on climate change
Date: 2010-11-04 13:09:45
Tesco has been named as the top retailer in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)’s 2010 UK FTSE 350 report. We are committed to be a zero carbon business by 2050,...
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We are attached to Hungarian companies, and the favourite brand is Pöttyös Túró Rudi
Date: 2010-11-04 13:08:18
The repuation of a company is largely defined by the emotional proximity customers experience. The two traditionally Hungarian companies we feel close to are MOL and Richter – recent survey...
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HELL energy drinks are now available in 18 countries
Date: 2010-11-04 13:01:44
The Hell Energy Drink – four years after its entry into the market – now available in 18 countries, and acquired a dominant role in many countries with its performance....
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Special offer from Unilever to red mud victims
Date: 2010-11-04 12:57:23
Unilever has donated two vans of cleaning- and hygenic products to the victims of the red mud catastrophe. Since red mud cannot be cleaned with regular domestic cleaning products, the...
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Pick, Gyulai, Herendi – The best Hungarian brands
Date: 2010-11-03 16:18:46
In many countries of the world the Superbrands awards are handed over each year, to recognise the finest brands. This year, the national jury paid attention to the Hungarian products,...
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The pig breeders on the edge of bankruptcy
Date: 2010-11-03 16:17:52
The pig industry faces a bad year, so the state should intervene – said Sákán Antal president of the Association of Pig Breeders. Without interference from state, pig stocks can...
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OECD expects a slow recovery
Date: 2010-11-03 16:10:57
OECD expects a 1.5 to 2.0 percent increase for the economy of the euro area in 2011 and a 1.75 to 2.25 percent for the United States. In its June...
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The Szegedi paprika received EU protection
Date: 2010-11-03 16:07:02
The European Commission, put the Szegedi paprika on the”protected area of origin of products” (appellations d'origine protégées, AOP) list – was announced in Brussels on Wednesday. The “szegedi fűszerpaprika-őrlemény” was...
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Two hundred thousand people visited the Corvin during a week
Date: 2010-11-03 16:06:13
Thanks to the customer services, as well as the family-friendly operating philosophy of the Corvin Shopping Center, more than two hundred thousand people visited the new complex in the last...
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The world's largest brewery did not cause a surprise
Date: 2010-11-03 15:52:44
Anheuser-Busch Inbev reported about profits as expected, in its third quarter flash report, published this morning. On the level of EBITDA, the Anheuser-Busch Inbev has reached a 3.53 billion USD...
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Hell Energy: large success of a young brand
Date: 2010-11-03 15:51:40
The Hell Energy Drink – four years after its entry into the market – now available in 18 countries, and acquired a dominant role in many countries with its performance....
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Increasing industrial orders in the U.S.A.
Date: 2010-11-03 14:22:07
The new industrial orders in the United States, increased by 2.1 percent by 8.8 billion dollars, to 421 billion USD in September. Expectations were about a more modest, 1,3 percent...
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French Weeks organized by Sopexa in Cora hypermarkets
Date: 2010-11-03 12:05:44
The Hungarian office of Sopexa organizes a special event called French Weeks a local Cora hypermarkets, from 3rd to 14th November 2010. The main goal of the event is to...
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Aufwind Schmack to start test operation of biogas plant in April
Date: 2010-11-03 09:12:30
The Hungarian-based unit of Germany's Aufwind Neue Energien plans to start test operation of a HUF 3.9 billion biogas plant it is building in Szarvas in April, Aufwind Schmack announced....
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McDonald's Happy Meal is banned!
Date: 2010-11-03 09:01:20
San Francisco became the first major city in the USA to ban restaurants from giving out toys with meals that have more than a set amount of calories, fat and...
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The OTP may acquire share in the largest Croatian food company
Date: 2010-11-02 20:06:56
Podravka announced, that the company will not purchase the 10.65 percent of shares of the company, so OTP can gain share in Croatia's largest food producer and distributor company. Previously,...
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Nearly 19 million HUF donations gathered in the scope of the Tesco promotions
Date: 2010-11-02 20:05:52
Tesco costumers collected 19 million HUF with the purchasing of 200 HUF nominal value fundraiser coupons, between the 13th of October and the 1st of November for the victims of...
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All in one
Date: 2010-11-02 19:22:08
How did Raiffeisen Bank change its former lending policy? We talked to György Dercsényi, the head of the bank’s small enterprise sector. T. M.: – The last 12 months were...
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New loans in the Széchenyi Card Programme
Date: 2010-11-02 19:17:44
The economic crisis changed the Hungarian financing market; increasing risks forced financial institutions to survey the financial conditions of debtors more thoroughly. Enterprises with a weaker creditworthiness were steered to...
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Expansion during the recession
Date: 2010-11-02 19:15:40
The factoring market did not escape the crisis either, but despite this negative environment Erste Faktor Zrt. became the most dynamically developing actor on the market. We asked CEO István...
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Innovative products
Date: 2010-11-02 19:11:35
Erste Bank traditionally pays great attention to developing financial services for the SME sector. We asked Krisztián Vitéz, Erste Bank Hungary Nyrt.’s small enterprise sales director • – Erste Bank...
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Companies are still waiting
Date: 2010-11-02 19:06:28
According to a survey by Coface Hungary, from the companies asked nearly 40 percent saw their sales revenues decline by more than 10 percent in 2009. Another 10 percent of...
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A complex approach
Date: 2010-11-02 18:59:46
The last 12 months were characterised by contracting business lending and less active commercial banks. We asked Zoltán Boldis, the product and process development director of Budapest Bank’s corporate sector...
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What you can eat today…
Date: 2010-11-02 18:40:41
In the autumn several market research companies published data and results from the domain of healthy eating. Nielsen revealed that Hungarians find healthy food products too expensive. Ipsos found that...
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On four wheels for Hungarian food production
Date: 2010-11-02 18:35:32
Coop Rally was organised for the fifth time, and the 84 cars travelled around the central and northern part of Transdanubia from 16 until 18 September, to tell people about...
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Agricultural prices soared during the summer
Date: 2010-11-02 18:31:55
The production price level of agricultural products augmented by 12.8 percent in July 2010, compared with July 2009. Vegetable products became 20.5 percent more expensive, while livestock and products of...
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