This issue of Romanian Business Digest provides a wide range of tools on how to judge information,
obtain financing and, in the end, deliver value to your company.
It helps you navigate through the shallow waters of a changing environment.
All aboard now, as we are heading back to the future!
Today we have tamed the most devious scourges that humanity has ever faced; what threatens us now is what should be the easy stuff — controlling our diet, exercising, drinking in moderation, taking our medicines. Changing such behaviors represents the single biggest opportunity to improve health outcomes while bringing costs under control.
The mild pick-up in growth is continuing in many EM countries, and in the months ahead there should be the occasional positive surprise when it comes to the growth figures. Inflation is still falling almost everywhere, and this trend should continue.
Global economic uncertainty has caused consumers to think twice before they make a purchase. At the same time, customers expect more for their money. If the customer expectations are not met, they talk real time on social networks damaging the brand.
Around the world the shift to indirect taxes, such as Value Added Tax (VAT)/Goods & Services Tax (GST), away from direct tax is clear. Governments increasingly look to indirect tax as a means of maximizing tax yields. However, something has been missing as part of this debate – until now.
In this opening section of the 2nd edition of the European pay survey, we have again made a comparison between the employer costs and the net income in the various countries, based on the same gross pay. We have discussed the figures concerned in brief below and made a comparison based on 3 different components, i.e. net income, employer costs and the net/costs ratio.
The 'Antal Global Snapshot' is a regular survey of hiring (and firing) trends in some of the world's most important employment markets and in those likely to join this group over the coming decade. Overall hiring is down since our last survey in December, but the good news however, is that it is only down by 1%. And it seems that this level of activity will remain more or less constant over the coming quarter.
In the rush to deliver a programme on time, ‘change management’ can become an afterthought, consisting of a hastily conceived communications plan that fails to excite employees. This problem is all too familiar to many organisations, yet seems to get repeated in each new programme. How can senior management stop this negative cycle of events?
Poland and Ukraine have spent EUR 30.2 bn on infrastructure and sports venues in total, resulting in high capital investments growth (9% for Ukraine and 8.5% for Poland) and softening the negative effects of the financial crisis.
Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Marga on Wednesday, in Strasbourg, attended the meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which debated topical subjects of interest on the new neighbourhood policy of the organization and the functioning of the system protecting human rights in Europe.
The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) opened lower on Thursday, as the BET-C general index went down 0.57 percent on average in the first 15 trading minutes.
The Government approved over 62,000 state grants for university and BA studies, 35,600 for master degree studies and 3,000 doctoral grants, for the 2012-2013 academic year, informs the Ministry of Education Research, Youth and Sports (MECTS) release sent to Agerpres.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Banca Comerciala Romania S.A. (BCR) sign EUR 50 million loan agreement to finance projects to be carried out by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), midcap companies and public entities in Romania.
The last six months have shown a cautious recovery in optimism among the Private Equity community across Central Europe, overturning the record decline in confidence that was recorded in the autumn of 2011. This is the key finding of the latest edition of the Deloitte Central Europe Private Equity Confidence Index, which shows that a general moderation of the negativity affecting investors last year is also clearly reflected in a substantial increase in M&A activities across the region in the last six months.
Salans' achievements and expertise in the real estate sector were recognized by SEE Europaproperty at the annual Awards Gala on 17 May. Salans won the Law Firm of The Year Award for the third time, following on previous wins in 2006 and 2010.
What does it take to invest in Romanian agriculture? What are the risks? After the fruitful results reported in the past couple of years, local agriculture has been getting a lot of attention from investors and entrepreneurs who can see big profits beyond some of the industries deeply rooted issues.
Major Companies in Romania: The new ranking methodology
Ernst & Young, together with Doing Business, have put together an in-depth assessment algorithm, which balances the most relevant business performance indicators.
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LUCIAN CROITORU
Adviser to the Governor - BANCA NAŢIONALĂ A ROMÂNIEI
Lucian Croitoru, Adviser on monetary policy issues to the National Bank of Romania Governor, talks about the NBR’s next moves and explains why the decrease ofthe policy rate hasn’t been reflected into lower interest rates on bank loans.
CRISTIAN SPORIS
Secretar de Stat - MINISTERUL ECONOMIEI ŞI FINANŢELOR
Cristian Sporis, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Public Finance, in charge with the national treasury and public debt, explains how the state managed to borrow money at the lowest costs in the last seven years and how it turned from a clear market taker into a player with a strong position on the market.
EUROPOLIS REAL ESTATE ASSET MANAGEMENT
Orhideea Towers is a business center of high class architecture situated in a representative location within the central- western business district. ...
VALAD
Domnesti Business Park was completed in May 2005. The property is rectangular in shape with two main built areas. These two buildings are also rectang...
RED
The World Trade Center is a project RED has developed in the harbor of Constanta, aiming to rejuvenate the existing industrial area and to reduce dist...
PROFIMOB
Villa for sale in Bucurestii Noi, villa disposed on GF+1+AT, build in 2007, reinforced concrete with POROTHERM brick, metal roof tiles, thermal system with decorative pla...
VISSION HOUSE
4-room duplex, transformed into 3 rooms, situated in Unirii - Decebal area, at the 6+7floor, in an 8-stored building, built in 1992, 130 sqm useful area, 2 bathrooms, 1 ...
PROFIMOB
Land for sale located in the central area, Alba Iulia, on a quiet street near Decebal Boulevard. The land has an area of 411 square meters and has 3 generous openings to ...
REGATTA
The space is situated on Oltenitei Street, nearby by Marie Curie Hospital. Description: Commercial space; opening: 10 ml; available immediately. Surface: total usable sur...
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