News and articles
Suspicion of carteling in the sugar industry
Date: 2009-05-18 00:03:00
A number of sugar companies, are under investigation for the suspiction of carteling by the Economic Competition Authority. According to the Economic Competition Authority the alleged agreement could limit the...
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Eco-Kord launches new business
Date: 2009-05-18 00:01:00
New activity has been added to the co-ordinator of the waste management of packaging materials the Eco-Kord National non-profit Ltd. The Eco-Audit services are aiming to improve the environmental performance...
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(HU) Gyermeknapi élelmiszergyűjtést szervez az Auchan és a Magyar Élelmiszerbank Egyesület
Date: 2009-05-15 15:38:46
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Crisis helps Hungarian wines?
Date: 2009-05-15 00:49:00
The difficult economic situation valorises domestic tourism, foreign tourists also choose closer locations instead of exotic trips. If they are visiting our country, they surely taste local wines – believe...
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Taxation of the meal vouchers would be a handicap for everyone
Date: 2009-05-15 00:42:00
Two and a half million workers, and every fourth restaurant would be affected by the taxation of a meal vouchers –states the Food Distributors Voucher Association (EUFE). According to the...
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Increasing Wal-Mart profits
Date: 2009-05-15 00:32:00
The first quarter result of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been increased slightly, compared to the same period of 2008. The company reached $ 3.03 billion profit in the first three...
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Dunapack Roadshow starts – ’Let’s pack together’ (x)
Date: 2009-05-15 00:26:00
The Dunapack Paper and Packaging Ltd. which is Hungary's largest paper-packaging manufacturing company, launches a Road show around the country with expert advice, in order to present its products and...
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Hungarian pork price increases
Date: 2009-05-15 00:19:00
The remainder of the year the price of pork can increase up to 10-15 percent. The increasing import and the surplus accumulated in the EU, can reduce prices. Slaughterhouses bought...
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Tourism – contrary tendencies in Pest County and in the capital
Date: 2009-05-15 00:16:00
In the first quarter of 2009 the tendencies in Budapest were less prosperous while in Pest County tendencies were better than the national average. According to the most recent report...
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Shell rents Tesco’s gas stations
Date: 2009-05-15 00:13:00
After the necessary investigation the Economic Competition Authority, accepted the tranaction of Shell renting Tesco’s gas stations for a 15 years long-term lease. The two companies announced their plans in...
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Advance payment of agricultural support arrives soon
Date: 2009-05-15 00:10:00
Agricultural enterprises preparing for technological development can acces requested advance payment in one or two weeks. According to Gőgös Zoltán the Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development:...
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The administrative burden should be reduced Europe-wide
Date: 2009-05-15 00:06:00
According to the survey of the European Commission: small and medium-sized enterprises states, that administrative and regulatory burdens are the most serious problem. Reducing the administrative burdens with 25 percent...
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Retail datas from the Czech Republic are better than expected
Date: 2009-05-15 00:03:00
The Czech retail sales in March decreased significantly smaller than, what analysts expected. Comparing to the same period of the previous year the retail sales in Czech Republic, decreased by...
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Hundred million HUF fine for Penny Market
Date: 2009-05-15 00:01:00
The company gave false information on special prices and on discount rates. According to the Economic Competition Authority it was a system-level anomaly. The Economic Competition Authority investigated the period...
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Developments at Győri Keksz Ltd. in Székesfehérvár
Date: 2009-05-14 00:43:03
Győri Keksz Ltd. brought the production of the Europe-wide popular salt TUC biscuits into its Székesfehérvár plant. The the plant in Székesfehérvár produces such famous products like Vaníliás karika, Győri...
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Buying less from the same
Date: 2009-05-14 00:38:22
According to the latest research of GfK Hungária, households tend to buy less from the normal day-to-day consumer products. Inspected by Hungária GfK and the Corvinus University, the complex of...
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Dunapack Roadshow starts – ’Let’s pack together’ (x)
Date: 2009-05-14 00:34:02
The Dunapack Paper and Packaging Ltd. which is Hungary's largest paper-packaging manufacturing company, launches a Road show around the country with expert advice, in order to present its products and...
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Another meat company had caught up by the crisis
Date: 2009-05-14 00:30:12
The representatives of the local government of Gyula wrote a letter to all the competent Ministries in order to save the Gyulai Húskombinát Ltd. The producing plant produces the ‘Gyulai...
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End of excessive consumption?
Date: 2009-05-14 00:27:01
The crisis forces people in United States and Europe as well for saving as much as possible. According to many experts, ‘the culture of forced consumption’ will not return. Due...
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Bad news from the U.S.A.
Date: 2009-05-14 00:20:59
Instead of stagnation, 0.4% decline has occurred in the U.S. retail sales during April. Easter period could not help retail turnover. Comparing to the the same period of previous year,...
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Cafeteria – 200 thousand HUF plus per year
Date: 2009-05-14 00:16:38
According to the analysis of Hewitt Human Consulting Ltd. the optional system of fringe benefits does not increase the long-term commitment of the workers, but can contribute greatly of their...
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A decline in world tourism
Date: 2009-05-14 00:11:05
According to the leader of World Touring Organisation the number of international travelling in the first two months of this year decreased by 7.7 percent on an annual basis. A...
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Wine distillation support from EU source
Date: 2009-05-14 00:07:47
Those producers who has a fix delivery contract with commercial distilleries can receive wine distillation support. According to the statement of the Agriculture and Rural Development Office, an applicant is...
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Two hundred thousand Romanian companies are on the edge of bankruptcy
Date: 2009-05-14 00:03:00
Thirty or thirty-five percent of listed companies in Romania will put an end to its activities because of the introduction of the flat-rate tax – states the President of the...
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Three thousand candidates for two-hundred jobs at London Tesco
Date: 2009-05-14 00:01:00
Three thousand candidates applied for two-hundred jobs at the newest supermarket of one of the world's largest chain of stores. Several other stores in the neighborhood had been bankrupted recently...
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Financial difficulties at Herz
Date: 2009-05-13 01:32:23
Due to financing difficulties the Budapest-based Herz Salami Ltd. had been unable to pay wages for its employees in April, as announced by the company's press release. The company has...
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Dunapack Roadshow starts – ’Let’s pack together’ (x)
Date: 2009-05-13 01:22:48
The Dunapack Paper and Packaging Ltd., which is Hungary's largest paper-packaging manufacturing company, launches a Road show around the country with expert advice, in order to present its products and...
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Consumer expects improved in May
Date: 2009-05-13 01:15:08
After more than half-year of falling, the seasonally adjusted values of the GKI consumer confidence index has been increased by 4 points in May. According to the survey supported by...
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Rich Friday for small and medium enterprices
Date: 2009-05-13 01:12:17
Domestic consulting firms expect small and medium-sized businesses for a free series of events called ‘Night of Enterprise Development’. The series of events will held 15 May under the European...
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Negative record of the corporate prosperity index
Date: 2009-05-13 01:09:18
According to the survey of MKIK Institute and Business Analyst Institute the corporate prosperity index fell into a record low level of 18 percent, in April. The survey made by...
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