"I would not like the world to return to pre-covid ways. We don’t mind if there’s a drop in production and we make smaller sales. Let’s produce less, but with higher quality and with an attractive design, so our products last longer and we don't have to change them every year. Let’s enjoy our work. If we don’t use this time to our advantage, we are wasting a unique opportunity," says Stanislav Martinec, founder and director of the Vizovice-based company KOMA Modular, a leader in modular construction.
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Two countries, three experts in the field of recruitment and evaluation of employees. Belgian with African roots Sénamé Agbossou and two colleagues from Netherlands Nicoline Westerbeek and Bobbie Veen told us what is happening in their countries in the labor market, what the main trends in recruitment are and how their nations differ from the Czechs. Why them? Because they run local branches of Performia, an international expert in building successful teams.
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2022 is a special year for French-Czech relations in that both countries have scheduled Presidencies of the Council of the European Union. “A lot has changed since our two countries’ last presidencies in 2009, particularly in that now the approach to EU affairs is perhaps less ideological and much more pragmatic on both sides,” says Alexis Dutertre, Ambassador of France to the Czech Republic. We have talked to Mr. Dutertre in Buquoy Palace, the seat of the Embassy in Prague.
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“There are always opportunities for exports – and we are here to help companies succeed in their business,” says Giovanni-Luca Soma, Head of International Retail Banking for Europe at Société Générale (SG).
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The Société Générale (SG) Group, which also comprises Komerční banka, is one of the top three international banks in Africa today. With an established position and extensive and high-quality retail as well as corporate banking network on the continent, it has a strong ambition here. “We want to play a key role at a time when financial services are going through fast changes,” says Blandine Gamblin, the Group’s Regional Head of Trade Finance for Africa, adding that the bank expands beyond the existing French-speaking countries in Africa, thanks to a cooperation agreement that was just signed with South Africa’s Absa Group. We spoke to Ms. Gamblin about opportunities for Czech businesses.
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Resilience is a term that Czech society should get used to. Experts estimate that abandoning coal in the Czech Republic may increase electricity prices by up to 60 percent by the end of the decade. Cogeneration can be an effective solution for strengthening energy resilience via one’s own electricity and heat production, particularly for the SME segment. The Brno-based innovative company GENTEC-CHP has quickly managed to become one of the world leaders in the development, production and sale of cogeneration units.
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