1. Last year, about 130 Bukovyna entrepreneurs took advantage of a grant from the state program “eRobota”. One of them, Nazarii Oryniak, started his own furniture production in Kitzman. Before that, he worked for five years at a furniture company, where he mastered all stages of production.
2. In the “Diya” service, it will be possible to sign European documents “Diya.Signature-EU”, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Affairs, Mykhailo Fedorov. The signature complies with the eIDAS regulation of the European Union, so EU countries will be able to check the imposed signature and verify it.
3. The winners of the state program “Own Business”, namely 616 Ukrainians, will receive UAH 146.5 million. micro-grants. The winners of the grant program are expected to create almost 1,400 new jobs. This year, the budget provides UAH 1.8 billion for the “Own business” program, which will allow for the issuance of about 10,000 micro-grants.
4. As capital costs rise and the market outlook remains uncertain, businesses are becoming more cautious about capital investments. Investing in advanced technologies is becoming more and more difficult due to costs, time and resource constraints, as well as a complex ROI calculation algorithm. In such a situation, there is a risk of missing the opportunity for a technological breakthrough.
5. Deputies decided to stimulate the charitable activities of corporate income tax payers by allowing not to increase the financial result before taxation in the case of providing funds or goods, works, services to non-profit organizations in an amount not exceeding 10% of the taxable profit of the previous reporting year.
6. For business leaders in Ukraine, according to the conducted research, the point of support during the war is their families and teams. 100% of surveyed companies supported their employees in the first days of the war. 20% were taken abroad by the families of employees at the expense of the company. Almost everyone continued to pay wages to their employees, even if the company took a break from work.
7. Unexpectedly, Ukraine has become one of the leaders in the development of advertising technologies. With the development of AdTech technologies, advertisers were able to segment the audience as much as possible, track contact with site visitors almost in real time.
8. The world’s most famous producer of plate materials – concern “EGGER” – strengthened its position in the market by acquiring the German processing company “M+P Umweltdienste”, based near Cologne. In the past, this company supplied the slab giant with raw materials suitable for processing.
9. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), an international organization that sets standards for responsible forest management, taking into account social, ecological and economic aspects, announced the termination of its activities in Russia and the withdrawal of certificates previously granted to Russian companies.
10. Ukrainian interior designer and founder of the Churina Design company, Kateryna Churina, won the prestigious international SIT Furniture Design Award four times. She became the only nominee from Ukraine. At once, four of her projects took first place in the prestigious competition: the office of Kateryna TABOORET’s studio, the office and training academy of L’Oreal, and the project of the first floor of the country house Airstone House.