– Additional services from Alfa Bank, which the furniture business can profitably use
– What hinders the economic growth of Ukraine
– Uber – why not kitchen sales channel?
– A trip to Valencia as a purchase promotion
– Decorative films first hand

Everything that happened last week in Ukraine and the world and is relevant for the furniture maker, read in our digest:

1. Opening a bank account quickly and completely remotely, managing accounts, making payments, statements, certificates, free maintenance of all budget payments, sending tax reports … This is not a complete list of services that entrepreneurs can receive today virtual office “OK, Alpha”, accessible both through the web version, and through the mobile application. In addition to banking services, the bank selects and offers its clients-entrepreneurs additional affiliate programs that help run a business and allow you to profitably use the services that accompany almost any business.
Already, OK, Alpha customers can receive bonuses for a total amount of up to 25,000 hryvnas thanks to:
– 50% discount from Kyivstar on tariffs for small and medium businesses;
– 40 percent discount from the Internet resource Prom.ua for the annual placement and promotion of goods on the platform;
– 20 percent discount from the company “League: Law” for expert advice on the development of business in the framework of the service “Personal Expert”;
-15% discount on Netpeak Internet Marketing Agency services.
And this is not the whole list of services offered by Alfa-Bank. And really, why not take advantage?

2. Tomash Fiala, CEO of one of the largest investment companies in Ukraine, Dragon Capital, called the main obstacle to Ukraine’s economic growth. He did not have the rule of law in our state.
According to him, Ukraine has all chances to go the same way of development (from an economic point of view), which countries follow along our western border, but most Ukrainian courts and law enforcement agencies are corrupt, contribute to the “destruction of justice”, and this causes enormous damage.
“I would like us (in terms of ensuring the rule of law) to advance after the presidential and parliamentary elections, that is, in this and the next five-year period, much more than in the past five years and even earlier,” concluded the general director of Dragon Capital.

3. Uber, known in Ukraine primarily for providing transportation services, also plans to rent fully equipped kitchens for restaurants selling food through the Uber Eats app.
Last year, Uber began to rent real estate in Paris. Kitchen furniture, stoves, refrigerators and other equipment are delivered to the premises, and then they are leased to restaurants that sell food only through delivery services. However, Uber has not officially announced its intention to engage in such a business.
The Bloomberg publication, which promulgated this possibility, notes that the company’s competitor in this area will be its co-founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick, who now heads City Storage Systems, a real estate company. Its main business is kitchen rental. space through the service CloudKitchens.

4. In order to find new forms of cooperation and establish a dialogue of talents of Ukrainian design with the Spanish manufacturer, the Millennium Concept Club of Architects and Designers together with the Spanish brand Porcelanosa announce the Twenty Five First competition. Such a competitive measure, as the organizers expect, will contribute to the development of design in Ukraine, encourage creative people to create new, unique, bold interior solutions, as well as support them.
The first 25 designers and architects, purchasing products from the Porcelanosa Grupo factories to complete the bathrooms, are guaranteed to leave for Spanish days in Valencia for five days in September and October of this year.
The right to participate in the competition will be for the one who, until the day of completion, will purchase products of a Spanish manufacturer in the amount of eight thousand euros.
The competition will last until June 30, 2019. Winners will be announced on July 3rd.
Details of participation can be found in the company “Millennium Concept”.

5. The German group of companies Schattdecor AG is positioning itself as a global independent supplier who can offer furniture manufacturers and wood industry representatives an additional first-hand service. Its essence: from the idea to the finished surface – “Schattdecor” will help all the way!
Klaus Müller, head of sales of decorative films: “The additional service that we can offer to our customers opens up new opportunities for us. As an independent supplier, we, for example, can quickly and purposefully supply our customers with decors from the latest collections in small batches, but in full format, offering complete solutions if necessary. We are also fully capable of expanding and consolidating our market positions.