CzechInvest has received 41 new projects valued at CZK 19 billion since July 2012 From January to 11 July, 2012, CzechInvest received seven investment-incentives applications. In contrast with that figure, the agency received a total of 41 applications between 12 July and the end of last year. This figure represents an increase of five investment projects […]

Petr Kříž, partner in the Assurance services department of PwC Czech Republic, was today appointed Deputy President of the Federation of European Accountants (FEE) by its General Assembly. For the last six years he was Vice-president responsible for the area of financial reporting and he was Chairman of the Banks working party. “The position of […]

Josef Severa and David Kesl have been newly appointed as partners in Ernst & Young’s Corporate Advisory and Risk Management department in the Czech Republic. Corporate advisory has become one of the fastest growing departments in Ernst & Young’s Czech practice. Josef Severa is responsible for the strategic development of Ernst & Young’s advisory services […]

Despite the global downturn and the uncertainties created by the ongoing Eurozone crisis, Europe continued to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first half of 2012, according to interim data in Ernst & Young’s mid-year European Attractiveness Survey. In the first half of 2012, foreign companies made more than 1,500 investment decisions in Europe, […]

The Senate has rejected the government’s tax bill. In order for it to come into effect, it has to be approved again by the Chamber of Deputies and signed by the President. To our knowledge, it is to be discussed at the session starting from 18 December. If approved, it may still be published in […]

Last year, car manufacturers around the world produced more than 90 thousand vehicles that have electric propulsion. Current PwC estimates show that world production of electric vehicles will increase to more than 950 thousand vehicles per year by 2016. At the present time, electrically powered cars represent barely 0,1 % of total automobile production. It […]

We have a special offer for you as a member of the Chamber of Commerce: special prices of the subscription package of The Prague Post, the only English-language newspaper in the Czech Republic. If you subscribe to more than one copy of The Prague Post, you gain a special discount of up to 78 percent off the price […]

The law firm Havel, Holásek & Partners was successful even in the fifth year of the Law Firm of the Year competition, and the same as in the past four years, took home awards in the professional categories. This year, the firm was the winner in the area of Developer and Real Estate Projects and […]

From 1 October, 2012, Radek Halíček is in charge of Tax and Legal Services, which are provided by nearly 150 professionals at KPMG in the Czech Republic. Radek Halíček started working for KPMG in the Czech Republic in 2006, in 2007 he was promoted to Partner. Since 2010 he has been leading the KPMG Legal […]

Florin Trandafirescu (49), former Managing Director of Inmarko, Unilever Ice Cream company in Russia, is appointed as a Managing Director for Czech and Slovak business as from 1 November, 2012. Florin joined Unilever in 1997 after 5 years with Siemens. During his career with Unilever he has been moving through a number of roles in […]