Verheugen wants to make life easier for SMEs 11. June 2007 by Thomas Jannot Günter Verheugen, vice president of the EU Commission, wants to make life as easy as possible for small and medium-sized entities. In his opening speech last week at the SME-Charter-conference he said: »Small and medium-sized entities are the elixir of our society and ensure prosperity and create jobs.« About 400 guests from the whole of …
Applicants prefer small and medium-sized entities 10. June 2007 by Thomas Jannot Small and medium-sized entities are very popular employers. In a survey conducted by JobScout24 almost fifty percent of people looking for a job said that in their opinion small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) provide the best work environment. 31% of these favour a company employing between 50 and 500 people, 17% fancy working in a …
Model of EU consortium agreement available online 10. June 2007 by Thomas Jannot As of now it is possible for applicants to EU research projects to download the official specimen copy of the DESCA syndicate agreement. This specimen copy can be used as a model for syndicate agreements which is prescribed for most of the international research projects sponsored by the EU.
More apprenticeship positions but poor quality of applicants 8. June 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK), the number of new apprenticeship agreements increased by another 9.8% by the end of May 2007 as compared to last year´s figure. By September 30th the number of apprenticeships offered and young people looking for them could even coincide, says the DIHK. However, …
German industry becomes more and more international 8. June 2007 by Thomas Jannot The German industry also in 2007 focuses on internationalization. This is the finding of a current survey called »Investment abroad« conducted by the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK). The figures presented also show that foreign investments do not come at the expense of investment in Germany. Companies taking a stake abroad …
SMEs seeking young inventive minds 6. June 2007 by Thomas Jannot In particular small and medium-sized service providers are keen on recruiting young scientists and engineers: Almost one quarter (23%) are looking for newcomers for their R&D departments. This is one finding of the »Young Professional Index« study carried out by the jobs in time personnel agency. In the course of this survey data contained in …
Online market for singles booming in Germany 5. June 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to experts the online-market for finding a parter for life is developing into a particularly lucrative business. In 2006 Germans spent 65.6 million Euros in order to find a mate on the internet. This corresponds to an increase of 49% as compared to the year 2005. For the year 2007 the Jupiter Research market …
Conference on Europe and SMEs to be held in Würzburg 4. June 2007 by Thomas Jannot Small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) are the backbone of the European economy. They account for 90% of all companies in Europe and employ about two thirds of all working people. Nevertheless, European lawmakers quite often do not take into account the legitimate demands and requirements of SMEs. Numerous standards of the labour and business law …
Lack of engineers on the rise since 2004 4. June 2007 by Thomas Jannot The Association of German Engineers (VDI) thinks that there are not just good aspects to the positive figures on the German labour market recently published by the Federal Employment Office. Even though Dr. Willi Fuchs, who is VDI director, is happy to learn about a falling rate of unemployment, it is, however, a reality that …
BITKOM cautions against to much surveillance of the internet 4. June 2007 by Thomas Jannot The German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM) on Friday protested on behalf of the entire high-tech industry against calls by the Upper House of German Parliament to increase surveillance of telecommunications and the internet. In the opinion of BITKOM, particularly problematic are online searches. The government’s task, on the contrary, would …