"In thirty years of our company history, we gradually moved up from a small garage to the first league. As a family business, we have strong roots in our hometown, but at the same time we are looking ahead and making plans for the future. It is invaluable to have a good financial partner on your side to turn your business visions into growth. For us, the Czech-Moravian Guarantee and Development Bank, today the National Development Bank, is such a partner who helps us finance our development while giving us crucial advice and support," says Lucie Vejdová, Managing Director of IMS-Drašnar.
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Wolfgang Sobotka and Radek Vondráček have a lot in common. Both have been Speakers of the Parliaments of their countries since autumn 2017, but both also have similar values in life and love music. TRADE NEWS brings you an exclusive interview with the two gentlemen.
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Appointed the new Ambassador of Germany to the Czech Republic only in mid-August, Andreas Künne lauds the excellent quality of Czech-German relations, and only has words of admiration for his predecessors and everyone who has been committed to improving our bilateral relations over the last decades. He sees our two countries as natural and established partners and envisions that our strong partnership could lead the way on the European level as well. We spoke to Mr. Künne at the German Embassy premises in Lobkowicz Palace in Prague.
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"If I were a Czech entrepreneur and wanted to impress an Austrian business partner, I would definitely invite them to my company as soon as possible. I would show them how my products are made and why they can rely on them. And to make an even bigger impression, I would definitely take them to Prague," says Christoph Rath, who has been working for the Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) for seventeen years and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of ČPP and Kooperativa. He also noted that he would take a business partner from Austria to Cimrman English Theatre. "If they have a good time, you will find out that you have the same sense of humour. And this is very important for a long-term partnership, not only in business."
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For almost thirty years I have been trying to bring some common sense to the area of human resources. Together with Performia offices and clients around the world, we set up a recruitment formula based on a person’s previous results rather than on questions that lead nowhere. When leading people we work with their potential and willingness because skill can usually be taught. But how do you know that a person selected according to all these criteria is good enough to manage the pace of the team he has joined?
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Bettina Kirnbauer returned to Prague last year as Austria's ambassador after almost twenty years. She says that today’s Czech Republic is a thriving country, with overall progress visible in all areas. Related to this are the improved relations between Austria and the Czech Republic, which are really very close today. Her first year was largely impacted by the covid-19 pandemic. "But it showed, among other things, how good and stable our mutual relations are today," she points out.
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