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Despite facing a far more difficult deal environment, 73% of dealmakers expect the level of European M&A activity over the next year to increase, up from 53% this time last year, as per the tenth edition of the European M&A Outlook published by CMS in association with Mergermarket.

Octavic, a provider of digital solutions for the manufacturing industry, has been awarded four international European projects in the last year, providing the company with financing of over 770,000€.   The funds are used for the constant development of the original PET (Product Efficiency Tracker) system, which has brought the company a series of international […]

Innoship, the tech start-up that has developed one of the most advanced delivery management platforms for online retailers globally, and OLX, the world’s leading classifieds, are teaming up to enhance the order delivery experience for OLX’s users. The partnership targets several European markets, such as Romania, Bulgaria, and Portugal.   “At OLX, we are always […]

The current disruption of the European hotel industry will continue until mid-2021 and the recovery period will be significantly longer, as 51% of hospitality owners, lenders, developers and investors expect to reach again the 2019 performance levels in 2023 and 20% believe it will not be until 2024 and beyond, according to the latest edition […]

According to a new survey of 15,000 Europeans across 15 countries from Vodafone’s think tank, the Vodafone Institute, conducted by Kantar, 85% of Romanian citizens are aware of the European Union’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). Vodafone, the largest mobile and fixed network operator in Europe, today releases new research revealing the European public’s attitudes […]

New housing has become more expensive in most European countries over the last years, including 2019. Among 23 countries participating in Deloitte Property Index Study, 20 showed growth in prices of new dwellings and only three of them saw a price decrease. Experts in the residential real estate market expected the growth trend to continue in 2020, but they became less optimistic in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, in almost half of participating countries, the residential market is expected to stagnate this year in terms of price and experts in only six countries have positive expectations.

More than half of the European consumers (52%) plan to postpone buying a new vehicle and they will keep their current one longer than originally intended in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Deloitte State of Consumer Tracker, with respondents from Poland being the most cautious regarding the purchasing behavior (68%), followed by the Irish (61%) and the Spanish (60%). At the opposite end, only 32% of the Dutch have postponed their plans to buy a new vehicle. The survey was conducted on 18,000 respondents from 18 countries, including nine European states – Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and United Kingdom -, in the second half of June 2020.