Official employment data from October show fewer registered jobless seeking employment compared with January last year, with fewer than 246,000 registered, according to a ministry of innovation and technology official.
Differences over the compensation businesses should get for a big minimum wage rise moved closer to resolution at talks between employers, unions and the government on Wednesday, while the government offered to cut the rate on the small business tax (KIVA) from 11% to 11%, the Innovation and Technology Ministry said.
With the decline in plastics, the use of paper in all categories, including cellulose, has increased significantly. Expectedly, the price of hygienic paper products will rise.
The agreements were signed within the framework of a business forum in Nur-Sultan organised by the Kazakh Chamber of Foreign Trade and the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MKIK) which was addressed by Finance Minister Mihály Varga, the ministry said in a statement.
Following the change in fuel prices announced for Wednesday (27th October), the average price of 95 petrol can reach 500 HuF – holtankoljak.hu reported.
Hungary’s cash-flow budget deficit, excluding local councils, was 2,292 billion forints (EUR 6.3bn) at the end of September, the finance ministry confirmed in a detailed reading of data on Friday.
The government has allocated some 210 billion forints (EUR 580m) in development support to 1,700 Hungarian companies, Finance Minister Mihály Varga said on Facebook.
The American Chamber of Commerce and the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA) hosted the 7th Business Meets Government Summit in the capital on Thursday.
Hungary’s government opposes a tax Brussels wants to impose on home and car owners on the grounds of fighting climate change and is committed to protecting the achievements of its scheme to reduce household utility bills, the prime minister’s chief of staff said on Thursday.
The number of corporate insolvencies in Hungary is expected to climb by 20% this year, edging over 5,150, according to an analysis by credit insurer Euler Hermes.
