German economy able to cope with increased climate protection 29. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot In the opinion of most German top managers increased climate protection will have no negative consequences to the German economy. This is the finding of a survey among 646 representative leaders from business, politics and administration which was conducted by the Allensbach Institute (IfD) on behalf of the “Capital” business magazine.
Cashless payments in Europe easier and cheaper 29. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot On Tuesday EU finance ministers unanimously agreed on standardized regulations for cashless payments via bank cards and money transfers. Costs, procedures and periods for such payments are to be adjusted to those already in effect in individual member states. The objective is to create a single European space for payment transactions (Sepa). The intention of …
New ranking of companies using renewable sources of energy 29. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot Over recent years the increasing necessity to make use of renewable sources of energy has led to the advent of a new industrial sector in Germany which has meanwhile developped into an important line of business with an annual turnover of about 32 billion Euros. The Darmstadt-based Hoppenstedt business information service provider has now established …
Not enough top innovators among German SMEs 29. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot Even though 84% of all German companies started innovative projects over the last three years in order to stay competitive and most of them are determined to keep doing so, many companies have problems in commercially exploiting their innovative product ideas. This fact was recently revealed by a study named “Zukunft gestalten im globalen Wettbewerb …
German processing industry increases turnover by 8.6 percent 27. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot The German processing industry increased its turnover by 8.6% in real terms in January 2007 as compared to January 2006. Turnover on the German market rose by 5.9% and that in the business with foreing purchasers even by 12.0%. These figures were published today by the Federal Statistical Office.
Intelligent information management for SMEs 26. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot In the competition of becoming more and more competitive in the short term small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are losing out. In order to take strategic decisions in an always more complex environment a reliable source of information is indispensable. The problem encountered by SMEs is the procurement, structuring and systematic exploitation of information. A …
New plan by German Minister to save 25 billion Euros and generate 1.4 billion jobs 26. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot A new plan by the German Minister for Economic Affairs, Mr. Glos, aimed at regulating the German low wage sector seems to meet with approval on the part of economists. A study by the Forschungsinstituts zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) examined the effects which this plan would have. The positive finding is that it would …
ECB published balance of payments for January 26. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot As was reported on Friday by the European Central Bank the trade balance for the Euro zone in January 2007 closed with a surplus which seasonally adjusted amounted to 2.7 billion Euros. The surplus in trade in goods and services compensated for the deficits relating to items regular payments/deductions and income from investment and employment.
Lorry drivers to rest one hour more 23. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot The rest and behind-the-wheel periods of lorry drivers are to be adapted to EU regulations. In order to transpose an EU directive the German government has come up with a new draft (16/4691), which contains the necessary adaptations of the respective German regulations.
BITKOM nominates the Innovators Pitch 2007 winners 23. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot The winners of the “Innovators’ Pitch 2007” competition are Colamo and Amiando. These two companies were elected at the CeBIT show by the German Association for Information Management, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM) and the Initiative Mobile City. More than 40 companies participated in this competition.