According to a survey by the economic research institute GKI, 27% of companies provide the option of working from home to at least some of their employees. Home office has thus become a stable but highly segmented form of employment in Hungary. The prevalence of working from home is outstanding in the service sector and […]

Construction sector orders are level with last year and show no sign of any marked expansion, although home construction could provide a boost, the head of industry association EVOSZ said at a general meeting on Wednesday. László Koji said that an EVOSZ survey showed that the revenue of 60% of construction companies declined in 2025, […]

Around 60% of construction industry companies in Hungary expect to close 2025 with falling revenue, according to a survey by the National Association of Construction Contractors (ÉVOSZ), reported by MTI. The survey results, presented on Friday, show 27.5% of companies anticipate higher revenue for the full year and 12.5% see turnover stagnating. Around 400 companies […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) is not a promise for the future, but already a competitive factor for Hungarian companies, according to a recent SAP survey of 387 Hungarian middle and senior managers. According to the results, the business benefits of AI are tangible: the vast majority of companies using the technology experience faster decision-making, more efficient […]

Around 52% of large Hungarian companies are planning to make investments within a year, K+H Bank told MTI on Thursday based on a third quarter survey. According to the financial institution's third-quarter survey, the most popular area of investment is production machinery, with a 22% share, which is a 4 percentage point increase compared to […]

The past few months have brought significant changes in the financial well-being and expectations of the Hungarian population: according to the latest data from the Provident Barometer survey, there has been a dramatic increase in the proportion of people concerned about the existential uncertainty of their retirement years, and short-term economic expectations have also deteriorated […]

Since its launch in 2023, E.ON's Earth Champions competition has reached one in ten Hungarian kindergartens and schools: for the third time, awards have been presented to the communities that have been most successful in shaping environmental awareness, according to a press release issued by the E.ON Group. A generation can grow up whose fundamental […]

Dunaújváros, located on the banks of the River Danube south of Budapest, is an industrial town and wants to remain so, according to a representative survey conducted among the local population. The vast majority of Dunaújváros residents believe that new industrial investment would help the town, which has fallen on hard times following the collapse […]

While some companies are postponing mandatory sustainability reporting for two years in line with the EU Omnibus Package, 40% of respondents to PwC's Global Sustainability Reporting Survey will report according to the original schedule, even if not required to do so by law, according to a PwC statement. This is because 38% of companies use […]

A survey conducted by GKI Economic Research Institute – with the support of the European Union – found that both consumers and businesses were more optimistic in September than in August. The GKI economic sentiment index, a summary measure of expectations, rose by just over two points, reaching an eleven-month high. Firms’ hiring intentions and […]

More than 80% of domestic consumers care whether they buy Hungarian or foreign products, with 38% considering it particularly important, according to a new survey. One-third of consumers look for Hungarian brands and prefer them over foreign brands, one-third of shoppers look for Hungarian brands and prefer them over foreign brands, according to a nationally […]

Hungarian employers expect employment indicators to improve in the last quarter of this year: 25% of Hungarian companies plan to expand their workforce during this period, while 17% expect to reduce it, according to a labor market survey by Manpower Hungary published on Wednesday by MTI. ManpowerGroup surveyed more than 40,000 employers in 42 countries […]

In July, the Budapest-based economic research institute GKI conducted a survey of 1,000 respondents, representative of the Hungarian population, on the spread of artificial intelligence (AI) in everyday life. As its previous analysis showed, 36% of the population use AI at least with moderate frequency in their work, while the share is slightly higher (42%) […]

Compared to spring data, the Hungarian population's ability to save has declined even further: nearly half of those surveyed are unable to set aside any of their monthly income, and one in ten respondents are living in debt, according to the July Barometer survey conducted by Ipsos Plc. on behalf of Provident Financial Ltd. among […]

Financial planning is still not part of everyday life for Hungarians, with older working-age people in particular losing faith in their ability to take control of their financial situation, according to an international survey covering nine countries commissioned by the mother company of Provident Financial Ltd., International Personal Finance (IPF). While young people are becoming […]