SMEs provide training for 1.2 million apprentices and trainees – 90% of total Training intensity varies across states – Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland are leaders Microenterprises have few trainees or apprentices Frankfurt am Main, 31-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The number of trainees … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Germany, Small Business
Tagged KfW Group, SMEs, vocational training
EUR 200 million global loan agreement signed The “Innovation Finance 4.0” promotional programme offers low-interest loans Exemplary pooling of Federal Government and state development funds Frankfurt am Main, 02-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — On 1 August 2017, KfW Group and L-Bank, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Germany, Technology
Tagged innovation loan, KfW Group, KfW's ERP digitalisation, L-Bank
SME business confidence was down slightly in May but remained on a very high level Large enterprises are more optimistic German economy continues to run smoothly Frankfurt am Main, 13-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — In May sentiment among Germany’s small and medium-sized … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Germany, Small Business
Tagged Dr Jörg Zeuner, German SME, KfW Group
Application phase runs until 1 August 2017 Companies founded as of 2012 can submit applications online Awards will be presented to one company from each of the German federal states and to one national winner A special prize and a … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Germany, Small Business, Technology
Tagged "Start-up champions" KfW award, Dr Ingrid Hengster, KfW Group
KfW promotional business volume rises to EUR 81 billion (+2%) EUR 55.1 billion for domestic promotion Strong demand for the promotion of energy efficiency in the home (EUR 15.5 billion) and at companies (EUR 5.2 billion) Very good year in … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Germany
Tagged Dr. Ulrich Schröder, financing products in Germany, KfW Group
Commitments up by 6.0% to EUR 50.5 billion Increase in international financing to EUR 27.9 billion (+9.7%) High demand for climate and environmental financing amounting to EUR 29.5 billion (+11.0%) Refugee accommodation promoted with EUR 1.5 billion Commitment in the … Read the full press release
Total commitment volume of EUR 41.5 billion (+31%) Domestic promotional business volume rises to EUR 25.7 billion (+21 %) Strong demand for SME financing after hesitant start of the year (+10%) Demand in international business increases more than 50 % … Read the full press release
SMEs: pessimists prevail Large companies: current situation is deteriorating significantly Weakness threatens to impact domestic economy FRANKFURT, 12-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — For the first time since December 2012, the majority of German SMEs take a pessimistic view regarding the business … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Germany, Small Business
Tagged Christine Volk, Dr Jörg Zeuner, German SMEs, KfW Group, KfW-ifo SME Barometer
KfW and BNDES sign an agreement worth EUR 250 million for a wind farm programme Construction of systems with an output of 330 MW — around 10% of Brazil’s wind power Avoidance of 5.6 million tonnes of CO2 FRANKFURT, 23-7-2014 … Read the full press release
Motto: “Row House Renaissance” Ten prizes with a total value of EUR 30,000 Winners from Berlin, Schleswig-Holstein, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony BERLIN, 04-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The KfW Group has presented the 12th annual KfW Award … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Construction, Financial, Germany
Tagged 12th annual KfW Award, Anja and Frank Müller, Caroline Eggel, Construction and Housing in Berlin, Cornelius and Yvonne Boy, Doris Theisen, Gerhard and Roswitha de Buhr, Holger Braack, Jeroen Jacobs, KfW Group, Lucio Auri, Maschke-Wezel family, Matthias-Claudius-Sozialwerk, Michelle Howard, Prof. Hans Kollhoff, Reinhard and Uta Priebe, Schulte Kellinghaus family, Sigrid Strehler
Washington D.C., United States, 15-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Yesterday (2013-10-13), on the occasion of the 2nd annual meeting of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC) the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon met with IDFC CEOs. During their meeting IDFC members discussed … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Germany, Investment, Management, Politics
Tagged 2014 Climate Summit, Ban Ki-moon, climate financing, Dr Charis Pöthig, Dr. Ulrich Schröder, green finance commitments, IDFC, KfW, KfW Group, Secretary-General of the United Nations, The International Development Finance Club, UN Secretary-General, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Washington
Main areas: export finance, strategic controlling and municipal finance Agreement on staff exchanges 18-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today (2013-07-11) Franco Bassanini, Chairman, and Giovanni Gorno Tempini, Chief Executive Officer at Italy’s Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), and Dr Ulrich Schröder, Chief … Read the full press release
Signed memorandum of understanding on cooperation in environmental finance Cooperation between two partner banks of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC) 18-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today KfW and the Russian state corporation Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank, VEB) … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Russia
Tagged climate protection, Dr. Ulrich Schröder, energy-efficient modernisation, environmental finance, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, IDFC, International Climate Protection Initiative, International Development Finance Club, KfW, KfW Group, Vnesheconombank, waste management
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