It is important for Budapest Airport that the employees of the BUD group should be able to count on the company even in difficult economic circumstances, which is why the airport operator increased the salaries of its employees by an average of 13% last March and by 10% in October, in an extraordinary procedure, bringing […]

The energy costs of most domestic firms at least tripled last year. The increased charges have forced companies to pass on costs to customers and to invest in energy efficiency, according to a survey of 70 medium and large Hungarian companies by Ernst & Young. Eight out of ten companies saw their energy costs at […]

The Hungarian industrial and logistics real estate market closed a record year in 2022 in terms of rental volumes, new developments and investments in the countryside, the Hungarian Association of Logistics Service Centers (MLSZKSZ) said in a statement. According to their information, last year 482,000 square meters of new industrial and logistics real estate developed […]

Feed producer UBM Holding has set a strategy to reach HUF 350 billion in sales by the end of 2025, based on the fact that the focus of livestock farming will gradually shift from Western Europe to Central and Eastern Europe, thus increasing the demand for quality feeds, the company announced at a press conference […]

Hungary’s largest motor vehicles importer, Porsche Hungaria opened an Innovation and Training Center (ITC), located just outside Budapest, last October. With a huge automotive training and transfer capacity, the center – considered by experts to be an outstanding educational facility on an international level – welcomes technical and sales professionals from all over the country […]

Hydrocarbon exploration in the Üllő area of the Dány concession area looks promising, Director of Exploration and Production at Mol Hungary, Ádám Homonnay said this Monday at the presentation of a 3D seismic survey in Üllő, just southeast of Budapest. The oil company is exploring for hydrocarbons in an area of about 30 square kilometers […]

Hays Hungary Ltd., part of the Hays Plc. group, the world’s leading recruitment company will move to ACADEMIA, and continue to support thousands of employers and jobseekers from one of the most prestigious office buildings with ESG focus in the city center of Budapest from the fall of 2023. A statement by the property agency […]

Agricultural machinery manufacturer Optigép Ltd., based in Békés, SE Hungary, has implemented a capacity expansion project worth more than HUF half a billion, the company's managing director János Patkós told MTI. According to the managing director, the total cost of the investment was HUF 634.25 million, for which HUF 261.15 million in European Union support […]

As Hungarian shoppers tighten their belts to stave off the impact of incessantly increasing prices, retailers are also feeling the pinch. Spar Hungary, one of the country’s leading supermarket chains, is taking small, adaptive steps to shield their business and help consumers. Hungary is experiencing the biggest increases in food costs in the European Union. […]

Duna House Group`s revenue grew by 89% to HUF 8.9 billion and EBITDA tripled to HUF 1.6 billion in Q4 2022 compared to the previous year. For the full year 2022, consolidated revenue doubled to HUF 30.3 billion and EBITDA jumped by 120% to HUF 4.4 billion, the company reported on the website of the […]

With an investment of HUF 20 billion, Lipóti Tóth & Társai Ltd. has built Hungary's largest bread, pastry and confectionery production plant in Hatvan, east of Budapest. The development will create 260 new jobs. The Hungarian-owned family business, which employs 70 subcontractors and has around 350 outlets, is the only bakery company to sell its […]

The Hungarian pharmaceutical company Gedeon Richter Plc. presented its results for the year 2022 this Tuesday. The report caused a price drop on the stock market, as it turned out that the always massively profitable company turned loss-making in the last quarter of the year (due to the special tax and the exchange rate change). […]

Companies in many countries around the world, including Hungary, are threatened by a significant proportion of employees quitting their jobs, according to a Deloitte survey, the findings of which were published in a statement on Monday. The consultancy firm pointed out that in Hungary, the situation is similar to international trends, with 57% of domestic […]

The earnings expectations and investment intentions of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Hungary improved slightly in November last year compared to the previous quarter, while their sales forecasts stagnated, according to the latest survey of the K&H SME Confidence Index. According to a K&H statement sent to MTI on Monday, the survey summarizing expectations […]

ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA is the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber's external trade agency in charge of trade development and Austria's largest provider of foreign trade services. The new head of the organization’s office in the Hungarian capital, Philipp Schramel tells Diplomacy&Trade about the tasks performed – and services provided – by the Budapest office. “We have three […]