1. According to “Diia. Business,” 38% of small and medium-sized business leaders have developed new strategies, while 51% have chosen to manage their companies intuitively. Specifically in the furniture industry, half of the companies are still in the stage of intuitive management.<\/p>\n
2. The Ministry of Digital Transformation is launching an acceleration program for entrepreneurs called “Own,” whose winners will be eligible for grants to develop their businesses. Upon completing the program, participants will present their business concepts. 30 winners will receive financial support of 100,000 UAH each, and 10 participants with the highest scores will compete for the opportunity to secure the main prize of the “Own” accelerator, which is 800,000 UAH.<\/p>\n
3. A June survey conducted by “Advanter Group” showed that 37.5% of Ukrainian entrepreneurs identified a lack of sufficient capital as one of the challenges hindering business recovery and growth. However, the majority of them have never attempted to obtain grant funds.<\/p>\n
4. As part of the Days of Contemporary Ukrainian Industrial Design dedicated to young brands and designers aiming to interact with each other and a wider audience, held at the end of August, the Furniture Workshop “Kassone” and “Gallery Panoptikum” presented the creation of a new creative cluster.<\/p>\n
5. Interior designs with furniture adorned with painted 3D facades featuring wave-like milling are gaining popularity in Ukraine. This is another relatively new way to decorate kitchens, add expressiveness to interiors, and personalize furniture projects.<\/p>\n
6. In the Vygodskaya community in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, a modern door production workshop has started operating. The production capacity, with 50 jobs, allows for the monthly production of five thousand environmentally friendly interior doors, which will be sold in Ukraine and abroad.<\/p>\n
7. “Amazon” has decided to support Ukrainian businesses operating under war conditions. Ukrainian entrepreneurs can continue their international development without paying referral fees for another year.<\/p>\n
8. The European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) has come into effect. The law prohibits companies from using “shadow profiling,” manipulative methods of directing users to content they were not seeking, and advertising based on user habits and search history. (www.eu-digital-services-act.com\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n 9. Europeans will have the opportunity to get acquainted with contemporary Ukrainian design in all its manifestations during Kyiv Design Week 2023 “Kyiv: City of Change,” which will take place in the Swiss city of Zurich as part of Zurich Design Weeks, supported by GIZ, from August 31 to September 19.<\/p>\n\n\t\t