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Redundancies in cars: Leoni closes the factory in Luduş that lasted ten years. 200 employees remain without a job if they do not accept the move to Arad or Bistrita

Daniel Slăvenie, CEO & partner, Limitless Agency: The Romanian e-commerce market has reached the threshold of 7 billion euros and is in a moment of stabilization

Hakan Bulgurlu, CEO of Beko: In Romania, we have a well-established system to supply the whole world with household appliances. The largest factory of Beko Europe is in Ulmi (Dâmboviţa)

Halal culture! The Palatului Hall, the spearhead of Bucharest culture, has torn and stained chairs and carpet and pieces of wood detached from the stage

Scholarship. Side effect of the BVB historical highs: Metropolitan reduces its exposure to Banca Transilvania because it exceeded 5% of assets

Andreea Nica, the vice-president of the CFA, warns about the current model of the economy: You cannot give 7 out of 9 billion lei of loans for consumption, you need investment loans in production

Raiffeisen Bank recorded a decrease in the balance of loans in Q1/2024 by 4%, but expectations remain anchored in a moderate growth rate for this year. The profit obtained decreases by 6%, up to 390 million lei

Sports business. Why should sports clubs be run by managers? Ionuţ Georgescu, CSO Voluntari manager: Many times, the clubs are led by former athletes, no one disputes their performances, but the management has different characteristics. Athletes are very individualistic, while the role of managers is to see the common goal of everyone

Sports business. The summer of Romanian tennis. The Romanian Tennis Series, a circuit organized by the Ţiriac Foundation with 14 ITF Futures tournaments, will debut in May. The circuit counts six competitions dedicated to men’s tennis and eight competitions to women

Local entrepreneurs. The sausage manufacturer Fox reached 477 million lei in business in 2023 and over 950 employees

ZF Invest in Romania! Ştefan Mandachi, entrepreneur: Romanian cities have developed thanks to Romanian entrepreneurs, through their investments. What was Iasi now without Palas?

ZF Agropower. Dulcinella, a chain of 20 confectionery stores, is looking for solutions to increase exports with new shareholders and investment plans

ZF/FirstBank Business Lessons. Armand Domuţa, Restart Energy: The most important step is the transition from entrepreneur-player to entrepreneur-coach of teams

Business from Zero. A family from Constanţa bet on a new business: drinking straws made from wheat stalks. “We want to enter HoReCa with our products”

Digitization can also help bank customers in rural areas to access financial services without depending on a bank’s territorial footprint, thus increasing financial inclusion. The banking system is still at the beginning in terms of artificial intelligence, digitalization and, further, there is a large rural-urban discrepancy