Hartz-IV subsidy mentality poses threat to entrepreneurship 27. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot Only one third of company founders are driven by entrepreneurial objectives. This is the finding of the DIHK-report on company founders 2006 entitled “Company foundation in times of Hartz IV”, by which the Association of German Chambers of Commerce (DIHK) this year again present their assessment of the situation in business founding in the sectors …
DIHK sees 6 year high in the confidence of German SMEs 27. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot Confidence among small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) has not been as good in six years. This is one finding of the traditional economic report by the Association of German Chambers of Commerce (DIHK) for which in early summer this year about 20.000 associated companies were questioned.
Consumer prices rose by 1.9 percent 27. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot As was established by the Federal Statistical Office the German consumer price index for July 2006 – according to data available from six federal states – will be up by 1.9 percent as compared to July 2005 (in June 2006 + 2.0 percent). With regard to June 2006 this represents an increase by 0.4 percent. …
According to the ifo economic barometer the business climate is cooling off 27. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot The Munich based ifo Institute for economic research reports that the industrial business climate index for Germany has fallen by 1.2 points in July currently standing at 105.6 points which means that it remains at a high level. Thus, those companies questioned are not as satisfied any more with their business situations as in the …
Family-owned businesses lack conflict management 27. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot German family-owned businesses will have to face serious changes given that only one out of three companies will stay within the family once the current owner generation has retired. Such is the finding of the “Family-owned business survey for Germany 2006” presented on Tuesday in Frankfurt by the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) accountancy and consulting company. The …
Information day on new EU research sponsoring programme 27. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot On the 1st of January 2007 there will be the launch of the 7th EU research programme (FRP) which is endowed with 50 billion Euros. Whoever wishes to lay the foundations of their research, may inform themselves about the opportunities offered by the FRP on the 14th of September in Neuss.
Award competition looks for social entrepreneurs 27. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot The final sprint in the competition for the “Social Entrepreneur 2006” award has begun: applicants can still register until August 15th. The winner will be invited to the World Economic Forum 2007 in Davos. Up to now more than 100 companies have already been honoured and supported worldwide by the prize awarding foundation.
MittelstandsBlog presents after-work podcast 22. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot You worked hard all day long and now look forward to a well-deserved evening? Well then let us sweeten this pleasant part of the day. Close your email programme, put your feet on the desk, relax and take 20 minutes off before you hit the road and get stuck in the after-work traffic jam.
Companies have to be prepared for GDPdU 22. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot Although already effective for some years the GDPdU provisions are still unknown to some entrepreneurs, decision makers and experts in small and medium-sized entities (SMEs). This was found out in a flash survey carried out among readers and partners of the Mittelstandsblog. The abbreviation GDPdU stands for guidelines on data access and verifiability of digitalized …
Foreign companies dominate takeover business in Germany 22. July 2006 by Thomas Jannot As was reported by the Pressetext news agency a current survey by the Confederation of German consultants (BDU) carried out among 189 chief executives and managing directors of German management consultancies showed that the takeover business will continue growing in particular in the chemical/pharmaceutical, telecommunications and banking/insurance industry over the next year in Germany.