Tei Group, a major player in the Romanian pharmaceutical retail and Paval Holding, the investment vehicle controlled by Dragosand Adrian Paval - founders of Dedeman DIY stores, announced the conclusion of a partnership under which Pav?l Holding takes over a 30% package of Tei Pharmacy and Bebe Tei. The value of the transaction was not disclosed. Local entrepreneur Roxana Maftei founded Tei Group. Clifford Chance Badea, the local office of global law firm Clifford Chance, advised Grupul Tei, while KPMG Legal advised Paval Holding. "Beyond its financial capacity, Paval Holding will contribute with its experience in the development of a network of physical stores, as well as its expertise in efficient financial management. Through this partnership, the Tei Group aims to move to the next stage of its evolution, benefiting as much as possible from the know-how, scalability, but also from the financial solidity that Pav?l Holding brings," Roxana Maftei said, Wall-street.ro reported. Tei Pharmacy and Bebe Tei are businesses with local capital that have registered a remarkable evolution in recent years. Founded in 1992, Tei Pharmacy specializes in pharmaceutical retail.
The number of people in Romania at risk of poverty stood at 3.59 million people in 2024, 375,000 fewer than in 2023, representing a 9.4% decrease, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics, or INS. Despite the improvement, nearly one in five Romanians was affected by poverty last year. According to INS, 19% […]
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cluj-Napoca carried out multiple searches on Tuesday, July 1, at the Sibiu International Airport and the Sibiu County Council as part of an investigation into suspected fraud involving a EUR 54 million EU-funded infrastructure project. A total of 24 locations were searched across Bucharest, Brașov, and Sibiu county, […]
A Romanian taxi driver who scammed 90-year-old Nigerian Nobel Prize laureate Wole Soyinka was detained by police on Sunday, June 29, according to media reports. On Friday, June 27, the venerable Nigerian arrived at Bucharest's Otopeni Airport. He got into a taxi and asked to be taken to a hotel downtown. At the destination, the […]
Costin Șerban, a Romanian entrepreneur, is digitalizing the construction sector in the United Kingdom with an ERP (enterprise resource planning) solution developed over 12 years and an investment of GBP 1.6 million (EUR 1.86 million). Șerban’s cloud-based ERP platform is called Abilo, was developed by the Romanian IT company Obi Systems, and is dedicated to […]
Border checks between Bulgaria and Romania have officially been lifted on July 1, as part of the implementation of the Schengen Agreement. The lifting marks the end of the transitional period of heightened control at the internal border, which had remained in place for six months following their accession to the Schengen area by land […]
Remus Vulpescu became CEO of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) on Tuesday, July 1, taking over from Adrian Tănase as the stock exchange grapples with a market dominated by government bonds. Vulpescu, 53, is a graduate in political and legal sciences from the University of Bucharest and holder of an EMBA obtained in 2017. He […]
