Seizure of evidence facilitated in EU 18. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot The seizure of assets or evidence within the EU is set to be made easier. This will be particularly advantagious for small enterprises which so far have had problems in collecting receivables from defaulting customers and frauds abroad. A new draft by the German government which is to transpose EU law from July 2003 into …
Consumer prices continued rising in September 17. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to the Federal Statistical Office, consumer prices increased by 2.4% in the period from September 2006 to September 2007 in Germany. This corresponds to the highest inflation rate in two years. In July and August 2007 inflation rates had been 1.9% respectively. Compared to August 2007, consumer prices rose slightly by just 0.1% in …
Learning software has high potential for business 16. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot Turnover in learning software is expected to increase by 16% to 49 million Euros this year in Germany, says the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM). Most demanded is language learning software with a market share of 37% followed by general learning software for children with a market share of 25% …
Electrical industry looking for specialists 16. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot Technology »Made in Germany« is in great demand worldwide. According to a study conducted by the Association for electrical engineering, electronics and information technology (VDE), Germany will defend its position as the world´s leader in the field of innovations in electrical engineering and information technology over the next ten years. In the field of microsystems …
Goods producing industry created 1.9% more jobs 15. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot By the end of August 2007 there were 5.3 million people employed by companies (at least 50 employees) in the goods producing industry. According to the Federal Statistical Office this corresponds to an increase by about 99.600 people or 1.9% as compared to August 2006. The number of hours worked amounted to 667 million in …
Traditional advertising is main profit source for advertising agencies 15. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot Traditional advertising is the top profit source for German advertising agencies. 80% of advertising agencies organised in the Association of German communication agencies (GWA) did most investments in digital communication in the year 2006. However, the GWA slightly corrects its spring forecast downwards now expecting a growth of 4.2% in terms of turnover for the …
How to prepare companies for an enlarged Europe 15. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot Nowadays small and medium-sized companies have to compete internationally and to prepare for this. In particular the countries of the former eastern block provide plenty of opportunities in this respect. A research group from Bamberg is developping certain concepts for personnel training programmes in the new EU member states Bulgaria, Rumania and the would-be member …
Three percent more overnight stays in August 2007 12. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to preliminary figures by the Federal Statistical Office hotels with at least nine beds as well as camping sites in Germany registered a total of 44.6 million overnight stays in August this year. Compared to August 2006 this corresponds to an increase by 3%. Compared to July this year the number of overnight stays …
Support for senior employees still needs to be improved 12. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot Over the next 15 years the major challenge to companies will be to adapt to the needs of senior employees. Support provided by companies to senior employees is, however, something still quite rare as was demonstrated by a study conducted by the Institute for labour market and professional research (IAB). In the meantime, the frequency …
Clear turnover increase in the goods producing industry 11. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot As was reported by the Federal Statistical Office, the turnover in the German goods producing industry increased by 5.0% in provisional real figures in August 2007 as compared to the same month in 2006 (Juli: +5.4%). Domestic turnover grew by 4.4%. Sales in the business with foreign purchasers increased by 5.8%.