Tag: Energy costs
Many micro-entrepreneurs want to give up
Protest of the bakers The future of entrepreneurship is also decided on a small scale. (Photo: IMAGO/Michael Gstettenbauer) The reflexes work quite well in the case of major insolvencies, as…
Why more and more hairdressers, bakers or cafés are giving up
Dusseldorf Even with price increases, Kumanan Pulenthirarajah couldn’t save his bistro. “We made it through the difficult Corona period, but the current cost crisis makes a profitable business impossible,” says…
Why more and more hairdressers, bakers or cafés are giving up
Dusseldorf Even with price increases, Kumanan Pulenthirarajah couldn’t save his bistro. “We made it through the difficult Corona period, but the current cost crisis makes a profitable business impossible,” says…
BDR Thermea starts project in single-family houses
Hydrogen boiler in a residential building in Holland A Remeha employee converts the heating to the new technology. Dusseldorf How can houses be heated in a climate-friendly way? In the…
New gas heating or new heat pump?
High gas prices If you are forced to replace your heating system, you should think carefully about whether a new gas heating system or a heat pump is the right…
Economy could have its own model
ThyssenKrupp Steelworks in Duisburg Companies should also use less gas. (Photo: dpa) Berlin With the gas price brake, the federal government wants to reduce the burden on citizens and companies.…
Economy could have its own model
ThyssenKrupp Steelworks in Duisburg Companies should also use less gas. (Photo: dpa) Berlin With the gas price brake, the federal government wants to reduce the burden on citizens and companies.…
Economy could have its own model
BASF site in Ludwigshafen The gas price brake could prevent the industry from reducing consumption on a large scale. (Photo: AP) Berlin With the gas price brake, the federal government…
False prophet: Elon Musk with peace proposal
We start this shortened week with afterthoughts on the celebrations of German unity, which alarmingly often included references to a lack of unity. Immediately, however, the events of the war…
The double force of the government against Putin
The recently doubled impact can be found in the same category as Mario Draghi’s “Whatever it takes”, issued against the anti-euro hedge fund brigades of the “markets”. Now it’s really…
Consumer sentiment in Germany falls to a new record low
Shoppers in downtown Hamburg “A recession is becoming more likely for consumers,” say the market researchers at GfK. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The energy crisis and inflation in Germany are pushing…
“The energy crisis will be significantly more expensive for the state than Corona”
Stephen Weil “We must act as soon as possible and not wait for the alarm calls to get even louder.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister Stephan…
The debt brake must remain suspended in 2023 to reduce inflation
Germany is facing a severe recession in winter with record inflation at the same time. Drivers for both are energy prices, above all gas and electricity. The evil letters from…
“The energy crisis will be significantly more expensive for the state than Corona”
Stephen Weil “We must act as soon as possible and not wait for the alarm calls to get even louder.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister Stephan…
Which heating costs consumers still have to reckon with in 2022
Gas heater is serviced Anyone who heats with gas will have to expect additional costs of many hundreds of euros in a 70 square meter apartment by 2022. (Photo: IMAGO/blickwinkel)…
Consumers have to be prepared for these additional costs
Gas boiler is under maintenance If you heat with gas, you will probably have to reckon with additional costs of 550 euros in a 70 square meter apartment in 2022.…
SMEs are pushing for the gas levy to be abolished
Berlin The federal manager of the Federal Association of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (BVMW), Markus Jerger, is pushing for the gas surcharge to be dispensed with because of the energy…
Gas levy brings “more harm than good”: SMEs urge to stop
Berlin The federal manager of the Federal Association of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (BVMW), Markus Jerger, is pushing for the gas surcharge to be dispensed with because of the energy…
The IT entrepreneur Ulrich Dietz is wrong when he says that we are a “don’t give a damn nation”. The opposite is the case. I hope we don’t become a rage nation.
The Reichstag in Berlin In view of the energy crisis, there is a change of mood among the population. (Photo: imago images/photothek) The IT entrepreneur Ulrich Dietz is wrong when…
DIW boss Fratzscher calls for fourth relief package
Marcel Fratzscher “Not only is there a wave of corporate insolvencies, but also personal insolvencies.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin The President of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Marcel Fratzscher,…