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%.
Anuga 2007 food fair focuses on export markets 11. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot Two-digit growth rates in exports by the German food industry illustrate a trend which is marked by an international expansion of the German food industry. In 2006 there was a record turnover in this industry amounting to 32.1 billion Euros thereby clearly surpassing the 30 billion Euro barrier for the first time. This year´s Anuga …
German foreign trade without summer break 11. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot Without taking a summer break the German foreign trade continues flourishing and showed impressive two-digit growth rates in August too. This was announced yesterday by the German Association for wholesale and foreign trade (BGA) on the occasion of the publication of foreign trade figures. Exports to EU countries not forming part of the Eurozone grew …
Germany more and more attractive for tourist industry 10. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot Last year the tourism industry celebrated a new record registering 351.4 million overnight stays. Most overnight stays (298.3 million) are accounted for by German tourists, while foreign tourists book about 15% of them. The top ten of the destinations are Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Cologne, Dresden, Dusseldorf, Stuttgart, Nuremberg and Leipzig. This is the finding …
Internet becomes bank branch in its own right 9. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot The internet is more and more becoming a branch bank in its own right. In the year 2006 one third (32%) of all Germans aged between 16 and 74 managed their bank accounts online which is a plus of 6 percent as compared to the year 2004 (26%). In 2007 this percentage is expected to …
EU accepts German title of master craftsman 9. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to the German Ministry for economic affairs, EU member states have agreed by a large majority on upgrading the German title of master craftsman within the system of European training qualifications. Thus, EU legislation has finally come to explicitly acknowledge the high qualification of German master craftsmen.