Prague, April 30 (CTK) – The Czech government today approved a memorandum of cooperation with BMW based on which the German car maker might get an investment incentive of EUR18.75m (some Kc480m) to build a car test track near Sokolov. An application for the incentive will be further debated, government spokeswoman Barbora Peterova told […]
Prague, April 29 (CTK) – The number of new companies reached 8,416 in the first quarter of this year, almost 13 percent lower year on year, while in the whole of 2017 the highest number of new firms since pre-crisis year 2007 were newly registered, show databases and calculation of Bisnode consulting company. “The […]
Prague, April 29 (CTK) – Czech tax authorities collected some Kc93bn in value added tax (VAT) in the first quarter of this year, 13 percent more year on year, and corporate income tax brought in 1 percent more yr/yr at Kc39bn, according to data that the Financial Administration made public on the Internet. Higher […]
Prague, April 27 (CTK) – Josef Stredula will be the chairman of Czech trade union umbrella organisation CMKOS for another four years, being re-elected by the congress of CMKOS, organisation representatives told CTK. Vit Samek and Radka Sokolova defended their posts of deputy chairpersons, with them and Stredula being elected unopposed, CMKOS said. […]
Prague, April 27 (CTK) – KKCG investment group of entrepreneur Karel Komarek plans to submit a bid for all assets of innogy group in the Czech Republic, the group’s spokeswoman Dana Dvorakova told CTK today. According to information of media from the past week, Australian investment group Macquarie is also interested in innogy’s Czech […]
Mlada Boleslav, Central Bohemia, April 26 (CTK) – Skoda Auto car maker will have part of production in Osnabruck, Germany, CEO Bernhard Maier told Auto.cz server, adding that the reason is that Skoda Auto’s production capacity in Europe is fully used already. Maier has not specified what exactly Skoda Auto will produce in Germany. […]
Mlade Buky, East Bohemia, April 26 (CTK) – Last year’s record Kc4,200bn exports of goods from the Czech Republic will not be repeated this year, exports could reach the level of Kc4,000bn at most, Exporters Association chairman Jiri Grund told CTK at the Export Forum today. The reasons for the drop in exports are […]
Prague, April 25 (CTK) – PPF investment group has completed the purchase of 100 percent in Skoda Transportation engineering group, including further assets linked with its activities, and made several changes to the group’s management, naming Petr Brzezina its new CEO and board chairman, PPF told CTK today. Members of Skoda Transportation board of […]
Ostrava, North Moravia, April 24 (CTK) – ArcelorMittal Ostrava (ANO) steel maker, which ArcelorMittal steel group wants to sell as a compensation for the purchase of Italian steelworks Ilva, should have a new owner as of January 1, 2019, union leader Vitezslav Prak told journalists today. Prak issued the statement after the unions’ meeting […]