Tag: Family Business Foundation
Price brakes often bypass small and medium-sized industrial companies
Robert Habeck at Zinq Despite the promises made by the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, the steel company has become disillusioned. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Berlin The federal government will not…
Heinz-Glas suffers from the high energy costs
Dusseldorf Exactly 400 years after it was founded, Heinz-Glas is anything but a celebration. The Franconian-Thuringian glass manufacturer is struggling with enormous energy costs. In 2019, expenditure on electricity and…
A quarter of all companies are planning job cuts
Gas production in Lower Saxony The gas price is falling but remains volatile. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Jobs are being cut, entire sectors are reorienting themselves: More and more companies are…
A quarter of all companies are planning job cuts
Gas production in Lower Saxony The gas price is falling but remains volatile. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Jobs are being cut, entire sectors are reorienting themselves: More and more companies are…
The hopes of companies for short-time work are deceptive
Foundry in Hamburg The sharp rise in energy prices is causing many companies financial difficulties. (Photo: imago/photothek) Berlin The news hit the medium-sized textile manufacturer suddenly. His energy supplier announced…
That’s why the economy wants it to be abolished
Call for help from the bakery Because of the enormous increase in energy costs, many companies see their existence threatened. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens)…
What can be learned from the oldest companies in Germany
New series on the oldest family-controlled companies What can be learned from old family businesses? In the picture: Medicine bottles from the pharmaceutical company Merck from the time when the…
Which federal states are the most attractive
View of Leipzig Saxony in particular is surprisingly convincing in the new ZWE ranking of the federal states. (Photo: imago images / Westend61) Berlin Despite German reunification more than 30…
Which federal states are the most attractive
View of Leipzig Saxony in particular is surprisingly convincing in the new ZWE ranking of the federal states. (Photo: imago images / Westend61) Berlin Despite German reunification more than 30…
What makes family businesses so successful on the stock exchange
Sixt stand in Mallorca Despite the shortage of cars, the company expanded its stock of rental cars in 2021. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf When the corona virus spread in Germany at…
What makes family businesses so successful on the stock exchange
Hornbach family business In the corona crisis, many family businesses have shown a high level of resilience. (Photo: Hornbach) Dusseldorf When the corona virus spread in Germany at the beginning…
68 of the 100 largest family businesses do not have a woman on the board
Dusseldorf Family businesses in Germany hardly hire female managers for management positions. Most recently, only 8.3 percent of the executive boards of the 100 top-selling family businesses were women. And…
Federal government wants to significantly lower economic forecast
Refinery Cologne Godorf Higher energy prices are dampening the economy. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In view of the consequences of the Ukraine war, the federal government wants to significantly lower its…
Macron has to put down his kid gloves – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
In a leading European country with a tradition of enlightenment and bourgeois revolutions, 30 percent is extremely high for the right. On the other hand, it’s not 50 percent either.…
Berlin and Brussels stand in their own way
Berlin No more washing machines from Miele, no more shoes from Deichmann, no saws from Obi. In addition to large corporations, numerous German medium-sized companies are also withdrawing from Russia…
Sustainability yes, more bureaucracy no
Sustainability has long been an important issue for most companies. Word has not yet gotten around everywhere, however, about the EU Commission’s plans to combine the issue with very extensive…
These are the 50 oldest family businesses in Germany
Engraving of the Siegen galvanizing plant The picture shows the company in Geisweid in 1909, it was one of the oldest companies in Germany. Dusseldorf The oldest family businesses in…
This is how managers from outside the family can make a career in family businesses
Dusseldorf They don’t like the term external manager. Managers from outside the family prefer to refer to themselves as “election managers” – just as one speaks of elective relatives whom…
This is how companies can protect themselves from hacker attacks
Protection against hacker attacks How do companies protect themselves from digital attacks? (Photo: Getty Images) Berlin The President of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), Arne Schönbohm, is rarely…
Traffic light gives up tax cuts – but economists have hope
Berlin On Thursday afternoon, the negotiators of the SPD, Greens and FDP begin their talks about a traffic light coalition in Hub27, a hall of the Berlin trade fair. They…