- Relative stability of the activity and the number of employees in manufacturing, construction and services - Price growth in construction and retail trade Manufacturing According to the business tendency survey of September 2024 made by the National Institute of Statistics (INS), managers from the manufacturing industry forecast, for the next three months, a relative stability of the production volume (balance +4%). Regarding the number of employees, a relative stability is estimated, the balance being -3%. For the prices of industrial products, a moderate growth is forecasted for the next three months (balance +14%). Construction According to September 2024 estimations, there will be a relative stability in the production volume of the construction activity for the next three months (balance -2%). Managers forecast a relative stability in the number of employees (balance +1%). As to the prices of construction works, a growth is forecasted (balance +21%). Retail trade In the retail trade sector, managers estimated a growth in the economic activity for the next three months (balance +19%). The volume of orders placed by the trade units to the suppliers of goods will register a moderate growth (balance +14%). Employers forecast a moderate growth in the number of employees for the next three months (balance +7%). Managers of trade companies estimate a growth of the retail prices (balance +33%). Services According to September 2024 estimations, the demand for services (turnover) will register a relative stability for the next three months (balance +4%). A relative stability is estimated for the number of employees (balance +1%). According to the managers, the selling or invoice prices of services will register a moderate growth (balance +11%).
La French Tech Bucharest announces the third edition of its highly anticipated flagship event, Sustainability meets Profitability, set to take place on April 8th, 2025, at the Romanian - American University (1B Expoziției Boulevard, Bucharest), starting at 18:30. Sustainability meets Profitability event will explore the new regulations companies—big or small—must navigate and how they can turn […]
The builders of Romania’s important A1 Sibiu – Pitești highway are set to start the construction of a bridge over 300 meters long and at least 100 meters wide, allowing the animals of the Southern Carpathians to cross from one side to the other. The investment will pay off as a corridor for large mammals […]
The local business services industry has potential for growth, even if it will see a slower pace because the market is a mature one and given the high regional and global competitiveness, according to a report carried out by the Association of Business Service Leaders in Romania (ABSL) in partnership with Deloitte Romania. Still, the […]
Several Romanian military personnel who were on parental leave went to Congo as mercenaries, according to a statement from the Ministry of National Defense. The issue of active soldiers taking mercenary work first came up on the public agenda after PressOne...
The European Investment Bank and the government of Ukraine have agreed to allocate EUR 50 million from EIB funding to Ukraine's national railway company, Ukrzaliznytsia, for the modernization of key railway border crossings with Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania. The project includes repairs to worn-out railway tracks, the relocation of wagon inspections, the reconstruction of […]
Medicover has acquired the operations of the lab tests provider Synlab Group in Romania, Turkey, Cyprus, Slovenia, Croatia, and North Macedonia in a transaction worth EUR 71.3 million, the company announced. The transaction was financed from Medicover's own sources. It was carried out by Medicover for its diagnostic services division, present in Romania under the […]
