– Volksbank According to preliminary figures, the institutes expanded their lending business in 2021 compared to the previous year by almost seven percent to 710 billion euros, as the Federal Association of German Volksbanks and Raiffeisenbanks (BVR) announced on Monday in Berlin. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Frankfurt The German cooperative banks extended … Read more
Munich The trend in industry is currently towards focus. Corporations like Siemens, General Electric and Toshiba have split up or have presented plans for it. But for the family business Schwan-Stabilo, the broader lineup has paid off in the pandemic. Because Stabilo stationery and Deuter backpacks provided enough money to convert the cosmetics division. “External … Read more
– car industry 36 percent of the companies rate their situation as good, 26 percent as bad. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Berlin The German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) sees the deteriorating situation in the auto industry as a significant burden for Germany as a business location. “The automotive industry with … Read more
Düsseldorf As the coronavirus spread across the globe in 2020, it was accompanied by a management style that infected companies at a similarly rapid pace. “Drive on sight” was suddenly the strategic motto in many executive floors. Which was ultimately a euphemism for reassessing the situation from day to day in order to react quickly … Read more
– DZ-Bank in Frankfurt am Main For the year as a whole, DZ Bank expects earnings of well over two billion euros. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Frankfurt DZ Bank is better managed by the corona crisis than expected. The financial group, which also includes the insurance company R&V, the real estate bank … Read more
– Successful with coffee Roastmarket founders Philip Müller and Boris Häfele together with co-managing directors Gisbert Grasses (from right to left). – (Photo: Press photo) – – – – Düsseldorf As befits a coffee merchant, the starting gun was not fired in a garage, but in a storage room. A table tennis table served as … Read more
Düsseldorf Despite the tightening of filing requirements for insolvency, as was the case in pre-Corona times, the number of corporate bankruptcies in Germany has continued to decline: According to calculations by the credit agency Creditreform, only 8,800 companies filed for bankruptcy in the first half of 2021. That is 1.7 percent less than in the … Read more
Enrico Kürtös The times when real estate marketing functioned as a pure “people’s business” are over, says the CEO of Inreal and FlatyFind. Quelle: Inreal Technologies – – – – – The real estate industry was and is often referred to as “people’s business”. You won’t get very far without interpersonal contact, according to the … Read more
Elektro-SUV Aiways U5 State-of-the-art technology, but poor security values. – (Foto: Aiways) – – – – Shanghai, Munich When Samuel Fu speaks of Europe, he raves about it. “The European market is booming compared to China,” says the co-founder of the Chinese automaker Aiways. The public charging infrastructure is better and growth is faster. While the … Read more
– Albert Bourla Albert Bourla, board member of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. Photo: Gian Ehrenzeller / KEYSTONE / dpa – (Photo: dpa) – – – – “A likely scenario is that there will be a need for a third dose, somewhere between six and twelve months, and then an annual re-vaccination, but all of this … Read more