1. For the entire period of service, mobilized natural persons-entrepreneurs are exempt from paying any taxes. They are also exempted from submitting reports for this period. To do this, it is necessary to submit to the tax service at the place of registration of the FOP a copy of the military ticket or other documents from the recruitment centre, which contain information about mobilization.

2. The UN Global Compact in Ukraine has launched a video course “Anti-corruption”, which helps develop the principles of honest work of small and medium-sized enterprises, without which it is now impossible to be a link in the supply chain of large Ukrainian and international companies. You can view the educational series on the “Diia. Business” portal and the “Diya. Business” platform. Digital education”.

3. The team of the “wowMEBLI” Internet portal continues to improve the service, making it more informative, interesting and convenient to use for both furniture manufacturers and buyers. Another service was recently introduced – the “Photos of completed orders” section. It, visitors to the portal can see the works of furniture salons and factories from all cities of Ukraine.

4. The logistics operator “Nova Poshta” and the project of the Ministry of Digital Transformation “Diia. Business” announced that in 2023 they will continue to help relocate businesses from territories where hostilities are ongoing, free of charge. It is about free logistic assistance for businesses in the transportation of equipment or products during relocation.

5. The realities of wartime forced businesses to review the requirements for communication and the social skills it creates. The business understood that it is necessary to regularly communicate with society, not to hide information about possible staff reductions and other problems, and to use the crisis as a time to look for new opportunities.

6. As evidenced by the results of the survey of managers regarding the business activity of their companies, the business has weakened negative expectations regarding the dynamics of the volume of production of goods and services in the next 12 months. And at the expense of less pessimistic estimates regarding investment expenditures and reduction of employees.

7. Since the beginning of the war, many Ukrainian businessmen have begun to appeal to force majeure when discussing the non-fulfilment of contract terms. But it turned out that the war is not an “absolute” force majeure. In order to justify the violation of the terms of the agreement, it will be necessary to prove in a court of law how exactly the war affected the non-fulfilment of the terms of the agreement.

8. Experts advise Ukrainian companies that, due to the war, are in a state of rebooting and looking for new ways of growth and development, among other things, not to neglect the understanding that partnership and collaboration with other brands and businesses, even competing ones, give much more results than working alone.

9. According to experts’ estimates, at least one percent, or 20,000 out of 200,000 people working in the furniture industry in Poland, are citizens of Ukraine. But since men between the ages of 18 and 60 are no longer allowed to leave Ukraine and almost half of the Ukrainian wage earners have returned home, turnover in Poland’s furniture industry has increased.

10. The French brand “Maison Matisse” released furniture collections designed by designer Guillaume Delvin. Items in the series are made from recycled cork. The author endowed them with soft and dynamic forms – these visual codes can be traced in the work of Henri Matisse, which inspired the designer. Colour solutions were also borrowed from the canvases of the artist.