Tradition-rich sweets manufacturer Manner said today (Fri) it managed to increase its turnover by more than 10 per cent. The company, best known for its Manner Schnitten hazelnut cream wafers, announced a 10.3 per cent turnover rise from the first nine months of 2010 to 122.2 million Euros in the same time span of this […]
Vienna has one of the most popular public transport services in Europe. The Austrian Traffic Club (VCÖ) said yesterday (Thurs) that it investigated 15 cities all over the continent to determine the shares public transport took. The Austrian capital ranked fourth with a stake of 36 per cent. Czech capital Prague and Madrid in Spain […]
Austria’s leading electricity provider will not reveal its decision on possible price increases before the first quarter of next year. Verbund AG pointed out yesterday (Thurs) that it did not raise its consumer prices this year. It added that information about price developments for next year will not be announced before the first three months […]
Hotels in Vienna are not bucking the European trend of decreasing prices, an investigation has shown. International holiday platform Trivago, which manages the Trivago Hotel Price Index (THPI), announced that a double room in the Austrian capital costs 133 Euros this month, down by seven per cent compared to last month. The average hotel price […]
Federal Economy Chamber (WKO) President Christoph Leitl has called on the state and Austria’s nine provinces to abstain from raising fees in 2012. Leitl told the Kurier today (Weds) cities and communities should not introduce higher prices for services such as water disposal and the provision of gas. The WKO chief argued yesterday’s metal industry […]
Public transport users in Vienna are infuriated as several ticket machines have failed to accept their bank cards. Using bank cards to pay for tickets is currently impossible at an undisclosed number of machines at stations across the city, public transport agency Wiener Linien confirmed yesterday (Tues). The company explained that the error had to […]
Hundreds of thousands of Austrians will be forced to fork out more on rent soon. Radio station Ö1 reported yesterday (Tues) prices would be increased for certain categories of contracts. According to tenants’ representatives, 300,000 households will feel the price hikes set to come into effect later this month or next month. They explained that, […]
Services provided by the city of Vienna to its residents will become more expensive in less than half a year, it emerged yesterday (Weds). The capital’s government coalition of Mayor Michael Häupl’s Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the Viennese Green Party said services like waste disposal and tap water supply will cost around six per cent […]
Parents of first-formers are bracing themselves to spend hundreds of Euros in the coming weeks, a poll has shown. Public opinion agency Integral announced today (Weds) people whose kids started school next month were expecting to fork out 400 Euros on various goods such as writing utensils and schoolbags. The agency pointed out that a […]
Farmers have appealed to customers to appreciate the high quality of food produced in Austria instead of complaining about high prices. The Chamber of Agriculture pointed out today (Thurs) Austria’s food quality and safety standards were much stricter than European Union (EU) regulations in many regards. The chamber also stressed that genetically manipulated products were […]