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NAV collects the tax even by the side of the road

Attila Suller, speaker of the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) informed our magazine that in March-April 2014 there were about 300 cases when excise officers seized trucks, cars, various...

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Electronic road toll costs can be reduced further

According to feedback from retail chains, the introduction of electronic road toll for trucks heavier than 3.5 tons last July entailed a 2-3 percent increase in the price of essential...

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We have reasons to be optimistic

According to Tímea Pesti, commercial director of LeasePlan Hungária Zrt. new vehicles are most of the time purchased for company fleets. However, although in recent years the ratio of corporate...

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Loans drive growth in the vehicle market

2013 was a better year for utility vehicle retailers than 2012: sales grew in all categories – reveals data provided by DATAHOUSE. What is more, sales in the first quarter...

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Tobacco shops may realise one billion in revenues

Tobacco shops may generate HUF 1-billion revenue for NDN Zrt. when those winning new concessions open shop. The majority of new tobacco shops will be in villages, so the annual...

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GKI: Further improving consumer expectations, business expectations unaltered

In the first quarter of 2014 last year’s soaring of the GKI-Erste economic sentiment index adjusted for seasonal effects slowed down. According to the empirical survey conducted by GKI with...

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‘Tobacco shop – with a view?’

Rolling tobacco and lower-category cigarillo continue to gain ground in the market. This trend results in significant profit margin loss in tobacco product retail. If we examine price ratios per...

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Nielsen: the consumer confidence index was not this high since 2010

The Nielsen Consumer Confidence Index has reached a record level in the last period in Hungary. During the first quarter survey of this year the Nielsen Consumer Confidence Index rose...

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Improved results during the spring seasonal checks

During the spring seasonal checks, the food chain surveillance authority was focusing on products appropriate to the culinary traditions. During the spring seasonal checks, the food chain surveillance authority (Nébih)...

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Auchan is celebrating its sixteenth birthday

The Auchan Magyarország Kft. is celebrating its sixteenth anniversary this year. The Auchan and its 7,000 employees are awaiting the customers with several programs in 19 stores. The Auchan is...

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A Mother’s home for the burnt child center

In recent days, the Hungarian media reported about several unfortunate child burns. In Hungary, nearly 70,000 burning accidents happen each year, of which 2/3rds of the injured are children. The...

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22 to 25 thousand tons of honey is produced every year in Hungary

In Hungary, an average of 22 to 25 thousand tons of honey is produced each year – Mészáros József, managing director of the Hungarian National Beekeeping Association (OMME) told MTI...

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Tetra Pak manufactures cartons made of plant-base plastic

Tetra Pak® uses plant-base plastic as the first company in the packaging industry for the production of beverage carton boxes. The world's leading food processing and packaging solutions manufacturer, announced...

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Kapuvári meat factory: two full and two partial offers to the property

Two bids were received to the entire assets of the Kapuvári meat factory, and aslo two partial offers were received during the most recent tender. Kovács Csaba, managing director of...

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Magazine: Private label products: changing strategies, growing market

According to the 2013 edition of Euromonitor’s Global Consumer Trends survey, 89 percent of consumers regularly put private label products in their basket. In the last 12 months 56 percent...

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Last year, the stores in Pozsony gave half of the retail sales in Slovakia

Last year, the stores in Pozsony gave 47 percent of the retail sales in Slovakia – the analysis of the Poštová Banka shows, which was sent to MTI on Wednesday....

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The NAV seized more than 37 thousand packs of cigarettes near Tiszabecs

More than 37 thousand packs of Ukrainian cigarettes were seized by the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) in the region of Tiszabecs – was writen on the organization's Facebook...

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Domestic hotels sold out again during the long weekend

After the Easter the domestic hotels were filled with guests during the long weekend from Thursday to Sunday. At most of the hotels there are no free spaces – the...

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Mountain Mania with Garfield, SPAR Everest Expedition with Dávid Klein

So far nearly 5,000 people have climbed 8848m high Mount Everest but hardly 200 managed to do it without using supplementary oxygen. The SPAR Everest Expedition set off on 6...

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4th GfK Day: e-consumers in focus

On 20 February GfK Day was organised for the fourth time, this time giving an insight into the most typical e-consumption habits, with the participation of more than 60 Hungarian...

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Investing in the medicinal herb sector

The Ministry of Rural Development signed a strategic agreement with the representatives of the medicinal herb sector. In Hungary about 5,000 people collect 110-120 medicinal herb varieties. 25 companies grow...

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2.5 billion forints for farmhouse development

Nearly 1,000 applications were sent in for funding from the farmhouse development programme and from these 778 were eligible for support. 529 plans won various sums: HUF 1.5 billon was...

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Action plan to popularise organic farming

The Minister of Rural Development approved the action plan to develop organic farming in Hungary on government level. By 2020 the new plan wishes to increase the size of land...

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GfK: mainly women and young people are visiting the malls

On the basis of GfK’s analysis the visitors of the domestic shopping centers can be characterized well, considering the fact that most of them return. The guests of the plazas...

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The system of the shelf money remains in larger retail stores

The system of the shelf money remains in larger retail stores but it will be called differently – the National Food Chain Safety Office announced. In addition the ratio of...

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The mounting of the Hungarian-developed online cash registers has started in Budaörs

The mounting of the Hungarian-developed CashCube online cash register family has started in the new Budaörs-based production hall of the Tekinvest Holding Kft. and the LA Pénztárgép Kft.. Temesfői Zsolt,...

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SPAR meat plant: another guarantee of quality

The REGNUM meat processing plant of the SPAR Magyarország Kft. has always had the highest level of quality assurance certificates. The SPAR as the first and still the only of...

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The food banks are saving the food surplus for thirty years in Europe

“I'm hungry” was the title of the newspaper article, which appeared in the French La Croix newspaper on 13 March 1984. The article discussed the sad fact that the number...

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A Hungarian wine became a champion at the international Portugieser competition

Hungarian, Slovak and Austrian wines received awards at the international Portugieser competition held in Pécs – the organizers told MTI on Tuesday. The 2012 vintage Régimódi (Old Fashioned) cuvée wine...

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Lego builds its first Asian factory in China

Lego builds its first Asian factory in the eastern Chinese city of Csiahszing. The Asian region is a growing market for the Lego. The 320 thousand square meters plant will...

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