1. At the “Yagodin-Dorogusk” checkpoint, trucks with goods from and for Ukraine began to pass through an electronic queue, which is a free service that allows carriers to join a queue and monitor their progress online. The system automatically sends a notification to the driver’s phone with the approximate time of crossing the border.

2. Along with the statutory exemption from VAT and customs duties of purchased engines and generators, static converters, and electric inductors, the Verkhovna Rada allowed business entities to store fuel without a license. At the insistence of the government – up to 2000 liters. Larger volumes will have to be reported to the tax office on a declarative basis.

3. The company “Lenovo” launches the grant program “THINK ON. Ukraine”. This is an opportunity for owners of small and medium-sized businesses to receive a million hryvnias for the development of their enterprise, as well as to take an intensive training course from Lenovo and project partners. Applicants must meet the following criteria: exist for at least 4 years, have at least 5 employees, and have a turnover of at least 5 million hryvnias. for a year.

4. Lviv Bank, following the state Savings Bank, signed a grant program for the financing of micro, small and medium-sized businesses in the amount of 2.4 million euros, including 1, 3 million as the initial amount of access to grants. Entrepreneurs will be provided with bank loans together with grant funds, which will amount to 30% of the project amount.

5. If, due to the war, resident companies are unable to properly and within the specified terms fulfill the conditions of the foreign trade agreement regarding the export or import of goods, they have the opportunity to protect themselves from paying a penalty by obtaining a certificate of force majeure from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine circumstances

6. A new stage in the evolution of offices has become “space for life”: an office, a co-working space, a school, a kindergarten, and a living corner. Companies that have rethought workplaces have emphasized not only the efficiency of work in the office but also the comfort of being in it in general: employees should not want to live in the office.

7. Technologists of the capital furniture factory “BASSA”, after consulting with specialists of the leading Austrian company for the production of furnishing coatings and conducting a number of their own experiments, achieved the desired Anti-fingerprint effect. That is, now there are no fingerprints left on the glossy facades of their furniture. They claim that no one has done this in Ukraine yet.

8. More than 400 exhibitors will take part in the Stockholm Furniture Fair from February 7-11, 2023, which is making a triumphant return after a Christmas break. Its design component – Stockholm Design Week – prepares an extremely powerful program both for the industry and for thousands of interested visitors.

9. Amazon for one year canceled the commission for Ukrainian businessmen who sell goods to European countries and Great Britain.

10. Foreign experience proves that digitalization of sales is one of the most important changes that will not bypass the furniture industry of Ukraine in the near future. One of the elements of digital transformation is the development of online sales. But the digitalization process is usually not limited to sales. It helps to plan production more efficiently and to calculate the need for necessary materials and components more optimally.