A consortium of three Strabag SE subsidiaries has been contracted to build a bridge in a city in northern Poland, it was announced today (Mon).Strabag said the consortium which features Strabag Sp.z o.o. Poland, Strabag AG Austria and Hermann Kirchner Polska Sp. z o.o. will build a bridge in Torun worth 139 million Euros.The […]
Dozens of companies across Austria have vowed to fight their employees obesity.Karin Hofer of the Salzburg Medical Insurance (SGKK) said today (Mon) 70 firms based in the province have joined SGKKs health awareness programmes.Hofer told the Salzburger Nachrichten newspaper that around one in three of these companies were focusing on obesity as the leading topic.She […]
High housing costs and soaring petrol prices have accelerated the Austrian inflation rate.Statistik Austria announced today (Fri) that inflation in Austria rose by 0.2 per cent to 1.9 per cent in September compared to the same month of last year.The statistics body explained high car maintenance costs and rising fuel prices as well as expensive […]
Adeg has started operating its first petrol station shop in Austria.The Pein Energy station store in the Styrian town of Mureck offers around 1,000 products from the chains range. Shop manager Susanne Pein claimed most products were “almost as cheap as in supermarkets”, adding that her shops big benefit was its longer opening times. The […]
Hotel prices in Graz and Linz are on the rise, a comparison portal has found.Travel website Trivago (www.trivago.co.uk/hotelprices) announced today (Thurs) that a standard double room in the Styrian capital Graz Austrias second-biggest city cost 110 Euros per night in October, up from the previous month’s 103 Euros.The website, which compares hotel prices […]
Hans-Joachim Körber has been appointed new supervisory board chairman of budget airline Air Berlin.Company boss Joachim Hunold announced today (Tues) that the former head of wholesale retailer Metro AG will succeed Johannes Zurnieden by the beginning of next year.Zurnieden, who owns travel company Phoenix, will keep his Air Berlin shares. Hunold stressed Zurnieden will also […]
Spar Austria has signed former “James Bond” star Pierce Brosnan as poster boy of its new product range.The Hollywood star is the face of the companys “Premium” series including a special selection of pasta, chocolates, spices and other foodstuff. Award-winning chef Johanna Maier from Salzburg also does promotion for the products which are available as […]
Rudolf Hampl, head of Austrian shoe producer Legero, announced plans to enlarge the firms production facilities in Romania.The company, whose headquarters are in Graz, started to relocate its production from Austria to Romania, India, Vietnam, China, Indonesia and Italy in 1993 due to financial reasons.Now Hampl said the plan was to become even more active […]
Salzburg will invest almost four million Euros in tourism marketing initiatives for the upcoming winter season, it has been announced.Leo Bauernberger, head of the provinces tourism board, said today (Tues) almost four million Euros will be spent on various marketing and advertising activities in Austria and abroad as the winter sport season approaches.Salzburgs tourism councillor […]
The sport shop association Sport 2000 is back in the black, it has emerged.The company a cooperation of 272 businessmen running 242 stores said today (Mon) its earnings in the 2009/2010 business year, which ended on 30 April, were 1.006 million Euros.Sport 2000, whose headquarters are in the Upper Austrian town of Ohlsdorf, […]