Before the last two chamber elections there were amendments of the chamber law, which modify the organism, the competence and the system of the function of the chambers. The liquidation of the compulsory membership of the undertakings, the taking away of administrative tasks, and the assimilation of the Handcraft Chamber into the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pécs-Baranya demanded another method from the year 2000.

25% of EU 27 small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) export or have exported at some point during the last 3 years. This is revealed in a new European Commission study available on line. Internationally active SMEs report an employment growth of 7% whereas the figure stood at 1% for those  without any international activities.

Basis of the development of world economy has significantly changed by the end of the 20th century. Quantity of low-cost skilled workforce has been duplicated, the capital markets globalised, the competition became tough, returns became lower, while the customers on the other hand became more demanding, requiring high quality on affordable price. The traditional industries were unable to respond to new challenges. Future demands can be satisfied only through continuous innovation activities. We can deny these changes on the basis of the local patriotism, nevertheless the process will not change. Recognising the above tendencies our chamber started the disclosure of conditions and local opportunities of knowledge-based economic development in the beginning of the 21st century.

fter 4 years of preparatory work Hungary’s first thematic adventure park has been opened at the Southern-Transdanubian village called Bikal.

At the end of March the Internationalisierungscenter Styria together with the Enterprise Europe Network Graz invited 22 Hungarian companies operating in the field of iron and metal working, metal processing and mechanical engineering sectors for a company mission and brokerage event

EU Employment and Social Affairs Ministers today agreed on a new facility to provide loans to people who have lost their jobs and want to start or further develop their own small business . The European Microfinance Facility will have a starting budget of €100 million which could leverage more than €500 million in cooperation with international financial institutions such as the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group. The initiative is part of the EU's response to the crisis and is especially targeted at people who cannot normally obtain credit because of the economic crisis and the current lack of credit supply .

The countries of the Central-European region have close trade relations with Western Europe, but the trade turnover among them sometimes hardly reach the turnover with the neighboring countries, in a number of cases it even remains under 2-3%.

UEAPME, the European craft and SME employers' organisation, welcomed the approach taken by the European Commission in its communication on innovation policy released on Wednesday.

Research-intensive small and medium-sized enterprises - SMEs are the main economic drivers of healthcare, biotechnology and medical technologies. High-tech SMEs in the health and biotechnology sectors are expected to play a prominent role in FP7 Health theme funded projects.

Trust in the European economy is growing steadily among firms and consumers, according to the European Commission. However, new data from the European Central Bank (ECB) show that loans to the private sector are growing more slowly.

Multinational companies operating in Europe need access to the right people, at the right time, but such people are not always available locally. Businesses therefore need to be able to transfer key personnel between companies into and within the EU.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pécs-Baranya, the City of Pécs and the three industrial parks of the city established a Hungarian and English business portal that introduces the county seat of Baranya as a possible target of investment to both domestic and foreign capital.

On 13 July the three-time Grammy winner soul and R&B singer SEAL gives a concert in Pécs in the framework of the Pécs2010 European Capital of Culture Programme.

31.03.2010 The motorway M6 which connects Pécs and Budapest is completely usable from Wednesday afternoon

The Flash Eurobarometer 291 on the “Survey on the attitudes of Europeans towards tourism, Wave 2” was conducted at the request of Directorate General Enterprise and Industry.

Despite the economic downturn, European governments last year continued to implement reforms that make it easier to set up small businesses, according to a new benchmarking report published today by the World Bank.

European businesses and consumers expressed more optimism about the economy for the fifth month in a row in August, but their sentiments are still well below their average level from before the financial and economic crisis, an EU survey has shown.

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