Internet has become indispensable to business 23. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot Virtually all German companies (98%) are by now connected to the internet. At the same time also smaller companies, which three years ago were still lagging behind, have caught up with bigger companies in this respect. In addition, an always growing number of employees have internet access at their places of work: while at the …
8 percent less non-remunerated overtime hours 22. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot The number of non-remunerated overtime hours worked by specialists and executives in Germany is falling. This is the result of an international survey conducted by the StepStone online job market, in which 9880 German executives and specialist took part. The study showed that for 79% of interviewees overtime hours are still a part of their …
Security problems of the internet often underestimated 22. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot The global »Global Security Studie« study carried out by Deloitte on the security situation in the international financial industry revealed that almost half of all respondents stated the risk awareness of employees to be the most decisive security factor. However, it turned out that there is a gap between the awareness of the problems by …
E-Learning still rarely used in small and medium-sized entities 22. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot The Institute for Labour and Technology (IAT) at the university of applied sciences in Gelsenkirchen is currently dealing with e-learning in small and medium-sized entities (SMEs). The usage of e-learning might help SMEs to increase their competitiveness on the European market. However, so far e-learning is hardly made use of by SMEs. How is it …
Loans more easily obtainable for small and medium-sized entities in the hightech sector 19. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot Small and medium-sized high-tech entities meet with better conditions for business financing this year. This is demonstrated by a new survey conducted by the KfW-Bankengruppe and the German Association for Information Management, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM). 20% of small and medium-sized high tech companies said that access to loans had become easier while last …
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 …