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.
Small an medium-sized entities provide better opportunities to trainees 23. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot The buzzword »Generation internship» makes the headlines. The actual situation of trainees was recently examined in the course of a survey by the Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB). The finding: In 2.3% of all cases companies staff vacancies with former trainees. Thus, each year about 150.000 trainees are taken over by German companies into …
Exhibitors very satisfied with CeBIT 22. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to a survey conducted by the German Association for Information Management, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM) the conclusion drawn by exhibitors after the end of the CeBIT show is very positive. The show has shown that private and business customers alike are willing to spend money on digital products.
Sport meets business 21. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot What can businessmen learn from top athletes? The answer to this question is provided by the »Sports2Business« ebook written by Dr. Wolf W. Lasko, Peter Busch and Frank Busemann. Busemann was silver medallist in the decathlon of the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 and also Sportsman of the Year in Germany. Lasko and Busch engaged …
Direct investment is not a job killer 21. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot The accusation that direct investment in the ten EU member states in Central and Eastern Europe would first of all lead to a relocation of German jobs to low-wage countries is confuted by a study conducted by the Cologne based Institute for the German Economy (IW). The number of employees in subsidiaries of German companies …