News

• Non-BCCH events

  A list of events that are not organised by the BCCH but might be relevant for our members and partners is available here, in the Events section of the BCCH website.

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• Layoff can be avoided also within large companies

  
  As an effect of the economic recession, large companies with an annual transaction rate of several million HUF initiated their typical budget cutting programmes. To avoid further negative effects of the crisis and to speed up recovery and the insurance of cash flows, the primarily focus should be on the maintenance of workplaces. Currently, this can be easily achieved by applying for EU grants.
  
  

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• Corvinus University seeking internship opportunities for students

  
  The Career Development Office at Corvinus University of Budapest is expecting to welcome employers who are willing to hire well-prepared and highly qualified students as interns with a strong command of foreign languages from as early as June, 2009. It would also meet employers who would offer their support to undergraduates to find resource material for their dissertation and master thesis.
  
  

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• First Title Launches Homeowner Protection Policy Insurance in Central and Eastern Europe and South Eastern Europe

  
  LONDON, June 9, 2009 – First Title Insurance plc (First Title), a subsidiary of First Title plc and the largest provider of title insurance in the United Kingdom and Europe, has extended a new title insurance program for English-speaking homeowners in select Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and South Eastern Europe (SEE) countries. The European Homeowners Protection Policy (HOPP) launched in these regions follows the establishment of the program in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In the UK and Ireland the program is available to second homeowners in Spain, France, Turkey and Southern Cyprus.
  
  To find out more, please download the full press release.
  

• Accor rewards Meeting Planners with a worldwide A|Club promotion

  
  After 8 months, the free loyalty program of Accor Hotels, A|Club, has known a great start with 2.3 million holders.
  
  AIClub will now enable Meeting Planners to earn points in Sofitel, Pullman, MGallery, Novotel and Mercure hotels dedicated to meetings from 1st of May to the 31st December 2009.
  

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• The stance of the BCCH on "Stability and Growth" + more
• LATEST FINANCIAL NEWS

  Full stories on www.portfolio.hu/en
  
  - Fund managers turn gloomier on Budapest bourse - Portfolio.hu poll
  - Hungarian forint unlikely to gain a lot fast
  - PwC Alert - Hungary's tax authority to be given more extensive rights regarding local business tax
  - Investors reluctant to resell bonds to Hungary's debt manager
  - Budapest is an overvalued office location - DTZ
  
  Full stories on www.portfolio.hu/en

• Manifesto of the Hungarian Business Society
  Download the Manifesto of the Hungarian Business Society here.
• Transparency International’s Corporate Supporters Forum

  Transparency International (TI) Hungary seeks the co-operation of enterprises that adopt and implement Ethical Business Principles, setting an example for the Hungarian business community.
  
  TI's aim is to create a network of companies, called the Corporate Supporters Forum, committed to the fundamental values of integrity, transparency and accountability.