Tag "K&H"
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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K&H: this is how domestic companies are handling the new crisis
Date: 2022-08-30 07:21:06
After 2008 and 2020, this year is another milestone for companies. Although for the time being, there is not as strong a decline as two years ago, there is a...
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More people pay with bank card
Date: 2022-08-28 13:11:56
In the first quarter of 2022, the number of transactions from bank card payment jumped 30%. Cards issued in Hungary were used to make 313 million payments, in the value...
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K&H: companies spend significantly less on innovation
Date: 2022-08-23 17:55:22
The majority of Hungarian companies, 62 percent, see themselves as innovative, and those active in trade evaluated their operations most positively from this point of view. However, a significantly smaller...
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SMEs expect high sales growth – but how much of this will inflation take away?
Date: 2022-08-19 09:12:38
Based on the results of the second quarter of the K&H SME Confidence Index 2022, businesses expect a 12 percent increase in sales revenue and a 7 percent increase in...
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K&H: people perceive inflation to be much higher than the statistics
Date: 2022-08-17 07:40:20
The majority of 30-59-year-olds perceived a price increase higher than the statistically shown inflation. According to 43 percent of them, for example, the price increase was 15 percent or more...
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