News and articles
VAT reduction – cheaper bread and milk?
Date: 2009-04-30 00:32:14
According to experts, the reduction of general sales tax on basic foodstuffs (VAT) does not take a significant price decrease. The milk and bread’s turnover makes up the 10...
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STI Petőfi won the Oscar Prize of Packaging
Date: 2009-04-30 00:28:52
STI Group is Europe's largest display designer and manufacturer. The Group’s Hungarian creative team has won three Worldstar Award in packaging in 2008. The international jury awarded 224 competitor...
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GKI economic index fall stopped in April
Date: 2009-04-29 01:21:46
After 9-month decline the economic climate index of GKI remained unchanged, the GKI Economic Research Co. pointed out that According to the survey, the consumer expectations continued to deteriorate,...
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Bankruptcy record expected
Date: 2009-04-29 01:13:27
Compared to the same period of 2008 the number of insolvent companies increased by 25 percent according to Coface Hungary’s most recent analysis of this year's first quarter. Every...
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The virus is spreading
Date: 2009-04-29 01:09:26
Human cases of swine flu A (H1N1) virus infection have been identified in the United States on 40 patients. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged "caution" for anyone traveling...
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WHO – pandemic alert is on phase 4.
Date: 2009-04-29 01:04:27
The WHO has raised the level of the swine influenza pandemic alert from the current phase 3 to phase 4. Phase 1 means: low risk of human cases, on the...
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Solar energy cools Tesco of Budaörs down
Date: 2009-04-29 00:58:05
Unique, gigantic solar collectors, has been submitted on Monday, by Tesco-Global Stores Ltd. The solar heat that is collected by the summer cooling, winter heating is used to. Solar...
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Agriculture is less affected by the crisis than other sectors
Date: 2009-04-29 00:53:01
All people need to eat, so there can not be a large decline in agriculture – Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development József Gráf said of the sector in relation...
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International competition of Henkel with 7 thousand euros to win
Date: 2009-04-29 00:48:55
The 8th time this year, Henkel Central Eastern Europe (Henkel CEE) announced an international competition in painting, graphics, photos, video and installation category in 31 countries in Central and Eastern...
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Hotels take the responsibility for the cars left in parking lot
Date: 2009-04-29 00:43:08
If it is determinable that the parking lot belongs to the area of the hotel, the cars placed there are under the responsibility of the hotel without any special agreement...
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Support to farmers in advance
Date: 2009-04-29 00:37:46
Farmers can take up the 20 % of the already been awarded but not yet paid agricultural and rural development supports, since 23rd of April as a support in advance...
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Smurfs in Spar
Date: 2009-04-29 00:00:00
After previous years succesful loyalty point actions SPAR launches new point collection campaign. From 23rd April and 11th June 2009, customers of Interspar, SPAR, Kaiser's Plus stores, depending on the...
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Szobi-syrups in Nyárszentlőrinc
Date: 2009-04-28 09:49:56
The production of Szoby-syrups is going to restart soon by Szikszai Borásztati Ltd. in Nyárszentlőrinc. The previously liquidated factory has been purchased by SÁ-VA Drink Ltd. The new owner plans...
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The Hungarian pork is virus-free
Date: 2009-04-28 09:39:58
The Hungarian pork is safe for consumption in the animal health protection’s point of view, because the Hungarian pork plants has a closed production system – stated the Association of...
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Henkel’s Loctite glue breaks World Record
Date: 2009-04-28 09:38:10
Henkel has brought the Guinness World RecordTM of the “heaviest vehicle lifted with glue” to a new level. Loctite Superglue can now justifiably claim to be the strongest glue in...
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Eco-friendly Tesco bags
Date: 2009-04-28 09:34:23
Beside the building up eco-smart, environmentally friendly “green stores” Tesco also offers a number of environmentally-friendly bag. Such products are the returnable bags, which are free re-replaceable if breaks or...
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POS Media Hungary has appointed a new director of sales
Date: 2009-04-28 09:27:59
Since March of 2009 the previous sales manager Nikolett Neff occupies the sales director's post.at POS Media Hungary. The expert joined the firm in June 2004 as a junior sales...
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Recycled drinking cartons
Date: 2009-04-28 09:26:16
In four years Hungary has increased fivefold amount of the selectively collected and recycled milk and juice cartons. This is a modern packaging without preservatives to protect the stored food...
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Lake Balaton: More guests this year
Date: 2009-04-28 09:22:24
Because of the weak forint, Hungary could attract foreign tourists – said Róna Iván the Chief Executive Officer of Hungarian Tourism Ltd. The company forecast that more and more people...
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Ringier’s recordbraking 2008 result
Date: 2009-04-28 09:19:37
The Swiss media group has achieved strong growth especially in the digital media areas. Ringier which is present in 10 countries in Europe and Asia achieved 5,3 percent growth with...
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More social shops to open
Date: 2009-04-28 08:27:56
Further 70 social shops which selling only Hungarian produced agricultural products will be expand. Twenty-five Social shops are currently available. In May 70 further shops will be opened. The ultimate...
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Fire broke out in a store in Orosháza
Date: 2009-04-28 07:34:56
At least a $ 100 million HUF damage was caused to the store which caught fire Monday night in Orosháza. The fire was in the highest degree of alert, and...
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Swine-flu in Europe
Date: 2009-04-27 05:01:25
A new strain of swine flu has killed at least 81 people in Mexico, according to WHO it was treating the outbreak as “a public health emergency of international concern”...
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Production cut at Herz
Date: 2009-04-27 04:56:53
Production has been cut by Budapest-based salami-factory Herz Ltd. in the past few months – Endre Nagy, CEO of the company said in one of the dailes. According to certain...
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Cafeteria-tickets' system remains unchanged
Date: 2009-04-27 04:51:29
The government's proposal to cancel cafeteria-tickets has been subject to great debate country-wide, now they seem to have changed their mind and decided to leave the current system unchanged. EUFE,...
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Tesco in the city-centre?
Date: 2009-04-27 04:49:25
Tesco Express is the name of the new small units to be opened in the citycentre of Budapest, the first store would open in Nagykörút – the news by Népszabadság...
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A lack of skilled, young salespeople in Hungary
Date: 2009-04-27 04:46:21
There would be a strong need for skilled employers in trade in Hungary, but currently the majority of salespeople are those who has been not accepted by higher institutions of...
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Nestle, Unilever, Pepsi and Danone are among Alpro Soya bidders
Date: 2009-04-27 04:41:58
The European market-leader soya brand is for sale since the beginning of the year, Nestle or Unilever seem to have offered the most so far. Belgian media has said that...
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American saving money by buying cheaper brands and consider home-grown vegetables
Date: 2009-04-27 04:37:14
More than half of the Americans asked – 57 percent – are trying to save money by buying cheaper brands, 23 percent gave up smoking while 25 percent switched to...
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A growing number of online purchases in Hungary, too
Date: 2009-04-27 04:30:30
The number of airline-tickets sold online grew by 50 percent in the past one year. At Malév, 10 percent of the passsangers purchased their on the company's website, now this...
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