Changeover to Windows Vista only profitable from the year 2008 on 23. June 2006 by Thomas Jannot As is reported by Pressetext Deutschland the analysts of the Gartner Group market research and consulting company on the occasion of the Midsize Enterprise Summit in Paris recommended a gradual changeover to the new Windows Vista. A changeover in the course of a hardware change is said to be the most efficient approach.
Award ceremony of initiative to promote SMEs took place in Karlsruhe 23. June 2006 by Thomas Jannot IT solutions and services with a total value of almost 2.3 million Euros were made available this year by sponsors of the Förderinitiative Mittelstandsprogramm initiative which represents a sum unprecedented in the initiative´s history (we already reported on this). Each of the 210 main prizes is worth on average 8.500 Euros.
Franchise ranking provides orientation to business founders 23. June 2006 by Thomas Jannot The Impulse economic magazine in yesterday´s edition published a ranking of the 100 best franchise systems in Germany. McDonalds is on top of this ranking having scored 90 out of a maximum of 120 points. Second place went to pet food trader Fressnapf getting 88.5 points followed by the second Hamburger fast food chain Burger …
SMEs to benefit from improved reputation of temporary work 23. June 2006 by Thomas Jannot Something which is quite common on a European scale is also gaining ground in the German labour market: temporary works is meeting with increasing acceptance. Although its share of 1.4 percent in the German labour market is still relatively small as compared to other West European countries, it has grown by 10 percent to 9.1 …
Company succession to be planned in time in order to be successful 23. June 2006 by Thomas Jannot Each year about 80.000 company owners are looking for a successor with the result being more or less satisfying. In many cases even sound companies are liquidated because the search for a successor was not started in time or due to faults in the selection process.
Insolvencies can be avoided by punctual intervention 22. June 2006 by Thomas Jannot An insolvency is one of the worst things which can happen to entrepreneurs. However, insolvencies are »an inseparable part of market happenings«, claims Dr. Jürgen Kaack who is an economic adviser. He is also a graduate physicist, managing director of the STZ-Consulting Group and author of our recent M’Blogdocument »case study of an insolvency«.
Ranking of 500 strongest growing SMEs in Europe 22. June 2006 by Thomas Jannot Until the 30th of June there is still time for small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) to submit applications in order to take part in the »Europe’s 500« competition. At the end of this competition there will be awards for those 500 SMEs which are growing the most and generating most jobs.
Economic advisers collect signatures against VAT increase 21. June 2006 by Thomas Jannot In spite of the ratification of an accompanying budget law last Friday, which confirmed the VAT increase in Germany, the Federal Association of German economic advisers to SMEs e. V.(BVDMB) calls for support of its plan to get under way a petition against the increase. The association which considers itself as the mouthpiece of small …
Managing directors of private limited companies also liable with their private property 21. June 2006 by Thomas Jannot In an article published by the Verlagswelt Magazine Mr. Ralf Kaske, who is a lawyer, cautions against the widely accepted opinion that managing directors of small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) were only liable to a limited extent. Nowadays even in cases of slight negligence of their duty of diligence by managing directors claims for compensation …
90 percent of patent applications submitted by SMEs 21. June 2006 by Thomas Jannot In the year 2005 more than 90 percent of patent applications in Europe came from companies and inventors, who submitted less than five inventions for protection by patent. This, according to the European Patent Office (EPA), is a sign of the European patent being very important to small and medium-sized entities (SMEs), as is reported …