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Nine students won K&H’s 2022 scholarship competition for sustainable agriculture
Date: 2023-01-18 10:40:11
For the eighth time, K&H awarded young agricultural professionals who are researching new, innovative opportunities for environmental protection, circular economy, chemical reduction, and biodiversity conservation; this year, nine students won...
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K&H: Large companies are not expecting a very bright year
Date: 2023-01-09 11:40:44
The downward trend typical of the past year has been broken, but large companies still see 2023 pessimistically. The K&H large company growth index was corrected from -15 to -10...
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K&H agricultural research: the sector is receptive to innovation and digital development
Date: 2023-01-09 10:32:19
The agricultural sector is receptive to innovation and digital development, but at the same time, farmers tend to be more cautious when it comes to application, K&H told MTI on...
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K&H: there are more and more pessimistic young people now, but many are optimistic about the future
Date: 2023-01-06 10:21:23
Young people have a very mixed view of their current situation and their future. The K&H youth index was only +2 points in the fourth quarter, which is one of...
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K&H farmers have to expect higher purchase prices for the next production cycle
Date: 2023-01-06 10:12:07
In 2023, agricultural businesses must expect that purchase prices will have already risen significantly for the next production cycle, but sales prices cannot be expected to rise any further, although...
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K&H: Large companies are trying to avoid the weakening of the forint with these precautions
Date: 2022-12-22 11:25:40
Large domestic companies are pessimistic about the development of the forint, two-thirds of them expect further weakening of the forint until next summer. 80 percent of the companies are adversely...
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K&H: the desire to innovate is waning
Date: 2022-12-19 11:08:56
In recent months, Hungarian companies have carefully scaled back their innovation ideas. The K&H innovation index shows a slight decline. The Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict is further worsening the waning corporate...
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K&H: the exchange rate change is a bigger problem than the lack of people, the companies say
Date: 2022-12-09 10:31:59
According to 53 percent of SMEs, exchange rate fluctuations, lack of professionals, cost increases, inflation and material shortages together affect the operation of domestic businesses more than the coronavirus epidemic,...
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Sustainability: there is still a big gap between actions and intentions
Date: 2022-12-07 11:31:47
Despite the economic difficulties, domestic medium and large companies consider sustainability important. The data for the second half of the year still show a weaker than average corporate commitment, even...
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K&H: SMEs are already forced to save on this
Date: 2022-12-01 10:40:46
Businesses are planning for the next year with fewer new employees: the proportion of those planning to hire has dropped by half, while the last time so many people thought...
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Entries for the Hungaricool product competition are open until December 6
Date: 2022-11-22 13:21:34
Entries for the 2022 Hungaricool product competition close in two weeks, on December 6. The renewed initiative with the active involvement of K&H offers a unique opportunity to the winners...
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K&H: the minority of working young people expect a wage increase that exceeds inflation
Date: 2022-11-22 08:01:26
There are still a majority of young people who are generally dissatisfied with their lives in terms of several factors – for example, work or study, housing situation, financial security...
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K&H: Domestic SMEs cannot exploit inflation
Date: 2022-11-21 14:45:58
The financial expectations of domestic businesses for the year ahead have fallen significantly, according to the results of K&H’s research among SMEs. The companies expect an average increase in sales...
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K&H: Refinanced loans drive the economy
Date: 2022-11-18 09:58:37
In the highly changing economic environment, state-supported corporate loans with preferential interest rates play a major role in the financing of companies. K&H actively participates in this, so last year...
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K&H: prepare for a temporary but significant slowdown in 2023
Date: 2022-11-17 11:45:28
In the short term, the analyst of K&H’s parent company, KBC, expects a significant slowdown in the world economy. Recession fears are also reflected in companies’ expectations: 9 out of...
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K&H: saving money in cash is a dead end
Date: 2022-11-15 10:32:47
In today’s inflationary environment cash savings are losing their value the fastest. According to data from the Central Bank of Hungary (MNB), Hungarian households have about HUF 7,000bn saved in...
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K&H: the increase in prices is also clearly visible in children’s shopping baskets
Date: 2022-11-15 09:40:25
In recent months, the younger age group experienced for themselves what inflation means: in October this year, 12 cocoa snails could be bought with a pocket money of 3,000 HUF,...
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K&H: The SME sector is not expected to be too good
Date: 2022-10-28 10:28:13
After the downward trend so far, the confidence of the SME sector has now been shaken even more: the K&H SME confidence index, starting from the positive range never seen...
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K&H: Domestic family-owned companies face challenges
Date: 2022-10-20 11:49:52
After successfully overcoming the uncertainties caused by the coronavirus and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the continuous rise in prices may now bring a change of attitude to domestic family-owned companies. Inflation...
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The SPAR and K&H Hungaricool product competition is starting
Date: 2022-10-12 12:03:08
In 2022, the Hungaricool product competition will be launched for the fourth time, to which, in addition to the originator SPAR, K&H will join this season with an even more...
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K&H: The expectations of large companies are at a low point
Date: 2022-10-07 10:11:09
With minus 15 points, the K&H large company growth index, which shows the expectations of large domestic companies, reached its lowest value so far. The companies are pessimistic regarding their...
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K&H: Children’s expenses are also rising
Date: 2022-09-26 07:41:03
Due to the lingering inflation, schoolchildren’s everyday life is becoming more and more expensive, for example, a significant increase in the price of canteens can be observed. Children’s expenses are...
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Big companies stepped on the brakes again
Date: 2022-09-23 10:46:59
The financial expectations of domestic companies have been on the decline since the end of last year. Sales expectations fell by 3 and profit expectations fell by 3.3 percentage points,...
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Sustainability is an expectation in 2022
Date: 2022-09-23 10:31:14
Customers, regulators and investors alike are putting pressure on companies to switch to less polluting and sustainable operations as soon as possible. The word “sustainability” that is thrown around so...
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K&H: sharp increase in traffic for smart device payments, but this is only the beginning
Date: 2022-09-16 09:10:59
Although it would be too early to retire physical bank cards, in the longer term there is a good chance that smart device payments will decline, as they are showing...
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K&H: The lack of professionals and exchange rate fluctuations hinder the operation of SMEs the most
Date: 2022-09-14 14:36:48
Exchange rate changes are causing more and more problems for domestic businesses, according to the results of the second quarter of the K&H SME confidence index. After the shortage of...
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K&H once again awarded the work of Trans-Sped
Date: 2022-09-13 10:01:40
In the environmental sustainability category, K&H awarded the work of Trans-Sped. In addition to ZERO delivery, which enables delivery without single-use packaging, several operating models and initiatives have been introduced...
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The 7th K&H family companies excellence award was presented
Date: 2022-09-09 10:38:03
Family companies have successfully overcome many crises since the regime change, thanks to the way of thinking that focuses on long-term planning, the retention of colleagues and customers, and continuous...
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K&H: a significant part of Hungarians could only go without pay for 1 month
Date: 2022-09-02 10:02:56
Although salaries have risen significantly in recent years, by more than 15 percent, the period that can be bridged without a salary has not increased. 30-59-year-olds could bridge an average...
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A never-before-seen wage increase is possible for SMEs
Date: 2022-08-30 12:04:00
In line with the increase in inflation, SMEs are preparing for an unprecedented wage increase of 11 percent, according to the second quarter results of the K&H SME Confidence Index...
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