Foreign businesses cutting jobs in Germany in 2009 6. January 2009 by Thomas Jannot Major companies and investors from abroad are planning to cut 12,500 jobs in Germany this year. This is the finding of a market analysis by the IMWF institute for research on management and the economy in Hamburg. In particular businesses from the US are going to cut jobs in 2009.
SMEs miss out on boom in sales of table water 6. January 2009 by Thomas Jannot In Germany people drank more mineral water in the year 2008 than ever before. Nevertheless, German producers of mineral water had a difficult year 2008, said the German Association of owners of mineral water wells (VDM). Despite the fact that sales of mineral and spa-water increased by 2.2% in 2008, this increase affected almost exclusively …
Ifo president expects deepest economic crisis since end of second world war 5. January 2009 by Thomas Jannot On Monday the president of the Ifo institute, Mr. Hans-Werner Sinn, predicted the German economy to go through a very serious economic crisis. Said Mr. Sinn: “The German economy is about to go through the deepest recession since the end of the second world war.” Mr. Sinn expects the German GDP to shrink by at …
Wirtschaftsspionage: Simple Tricks sind die Regel 23. February 20204. January 2009 by Thomas Jannot Wirtschaftsspionage betrifft große wie auch kleine Unternehmen, die angewendeten Tricks sind meist geradezu simpel. Das ist das Ergebnis einer Analyse des MittelstandsWiki. Neben unzufriedenen oder erpressbaren Mitarbeitern und unabgesperrten Türen finden unberechtigte Schnüffler meist eine ganze Reihe von Einfallstoren.
Slovakia joined Eurozone 1. January 2009 by Thomas Jannot The majority of the people of Slovakia (58%) welcome today´s introduction of the Euro as this country´s new official currency.
Happy New Year! 1. January 2009 by Thomas Jannot Our entire team wishes you a happy and successful new year 2009!
Germany remains export world champion 31. December 2008 by Thomas Jannot According to Mr. Anton F. Börner, who is the chairman of the German Association of wholesale and retail trade (BGA), Germany is the world´s leading exporting country in the year 2008. Furthermore, turnover generated through exports is expected to exceed the barrier of on trillion Euros for the first time ever. “Even though in November …
In 2008 Germany had highest inflation in 14 years 31. December 2008 by Thomas Jannot In the year 2008 consumer prices in Germany increased as much as for the last time 14 years ago. As compared to the year 2007, inflation amounted to 2.6% in 2008, according to the Federal Statistical Office. In December this year inflation reached 1.1% in comparison with the same month in 2007. Since November this …
Bavaria offers most economic freedom 29. December 2008 by Thomas Jannot The Friedrich-Naumann foundation has carried out a new study on economic freedom in the German Federal states. It turned out that Bavaria once again is the region which offers most economic freedom. Baden-Württemberg comes second in this respect. In the Federal landers in the east of Germany economic freedom is more restricted than in the …
60% of German businesses with online procurement 29. December 2008 by Thomas Jannot About 60% of German companies procure the materials, components and goods needed for their respective production processes online over the internet. Only the Swedes are even more active in this respect: in Sweden 72% of all companies employing at least ten people carry out online procurement. These figures were calculated by the German Association for …