Less vacancies in the fourth quarter 2007 25. March 2008 by Thomas Jannot In the fourth quarter of 2007 there were 1.22 million vacancies in Germany, according to the IAB institute. According to the IAB experts from Nuremberg, the demand for workforce slightly decreased both with regard to the fourth quarter 2006 as well as the third quarter in 2007. Each year the IAB interviews companies and registers …
Apply for German internet award now! 25. March 2008 by Thomas Jannot Under the slogan “Mittelstand interaktiv” the German internet award this year takes places for the ninth time. At the end of this year’s competition the German Association for Information Management, Telecommunications and New Media, BITKOM, will award „innovative approaches which were tried and tested in practice“. The three winners will receive price money to the …
Entrepreneurs call for simplified EU patent application procedure 24. March 2008 by Thomas Jannot “Europe’s 500“, which is an association of those European companies with the biggest growth, calls on the EU Commission and the EU member states to introduce a simplified and centralized European patent application procedure. Currently inventors have to pass through 27 different patenting procedures and have to fill in blanks in many languages according to …
Trade balance deficit of the EU amounts to 30.7 billion Euros 20. March 2008 by Thomas Jannot According to first estimates by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the EU, in January 2008 the trade deficit of the Eurozone (EZ15) in the trade with non-EU countries amounted to 10.7 billion Euros. The deficit of the EU27, according to estimates, amounted to 30.7 billion Euros after -26.0 billion in January 2007.
Bavarian companies pay most punctually 20. March 2008 by Thomas Jannot Among all German Federal Laender, companies from Bavaria pay their invoices most punctually: About 81% of all invoices are paid there on the day they fall due. Particularly much time is needed by companies in Berlin to pay their invoices: not even 75% of all invoices are paid on time.
15 million Germans book there vacation trips online 20. March 2008 by Thomas Jannot Seven out of ten Germans above the age of 14 having internet access compare prices of holiday trips online before booking and 25% book their trips or parts of them over the internet. In absolute figures this corresponds to 15 million German people. For the companies of the German tourist industry this means that they …
Shared power is better for doing business 19. March 2008 by Thomas Jannot 84% of all bosses are men, only 16% women. This imbalance is a known fact. But how does it affect the success of businesses? This question has now been looked upon more closely in a study by databyte who are a business data provider. The finding: Those 6% of companies which are jointly run by …
BMW most admired European company according to managers 18. March 2008 by Thomas Jannot German companies assert themselves in the “The World’s Most Admired Companies“ ranking. The Bavarian car manufacturer BMW reached position 9 in this ranking and was thus the only European company which made it into the top ten. The international Hay Group management consultancy in co-operation with Fortune, an economic magazine from the US, each year …
Inflation rate in Eurozone at 3.3% 17. March 2008 by Thomas Jannot The annual inflation rate in the Eurozone (EZ15) amounted to 3.3% in February 2008 following 3.2% in January. One year earlier it had been 1.8%. Monthly inflation amounted to 0.3% in February. The annual inflation growth rate in the EU27 was 3.4% in February 2008. In February 2007 it had amounted to just 2.1%. The …
Labour costs increased by 2.7% in Eurozone 17. March 2008 by Thomas Jannot According to the European Statistical Office (Eurostat), labour costs per hour in the Eurozone (EZ13) increased by 2.7% in nominal figures in the fourth quarter 2007 as compared to the fourth quarter 2006. In the third quarter the annual increase had been slightly smaller (+2.5%). In the EU27 the annual increase of labour costs amounted …