Construction entrepreneurs are ready to give unheard of bonuses to clients, who purchase real estate with cash. Recently the following offers have become a hit - when purchasing an apartment of at least 100 square meters and payment is made instantaneously, the client is given as bonus a small 1-bedroom apartment of 40-50 square meters.The aim of entrepreneurs and apartment owners is to quickly regain the invested money and to receive fresh money. още »

The Chair of the Bulgarian Association of producers and importers of clothing and textile Valeria Zhekova forecasted a 30% decrease of orders and the same amount of people laid off in the next 4-6 months. She pointed out that there are already bankrupt firms, while other are being restructured and work on anti-crisis programmes.Among the urgent measures, which have to be accepted, Zhekova pointed to aid for firms, in order for them to improve their liquidity and to create conditions for flexible work hours. още »

“The textile industry and the world crisis” - this is the leading topic of the Seventh international conference “Development and perspectives for the Bulgarian tailoring industry”, organized by the association of the producers and exporters of clothing and textile. The conference in which this year more than 80 companies from the textile field will take part, will make an analysis of the situation in Southeast Europea and will determine measures for reduction of the negative effects of the world crisis on the Bulgarian enterprises. още »

The number of people searching online for overseas property has increased substantially compared to this time last year, reports SmartNewHomes.com, as more consumers look to the overseas market for their next property purchase.SmartNewHomes.com, the new homes website, reported a 45% increase in users clicking through to view overseas property in the three months from July 2008 compared to the same period last year, with September seeing the biggest increase so far this year. още »

Central heating will increase in price in January, but might decrease after April 1. This was forecasted by the Chair of the State commission for energy and water regulation Konstantin Shushulov, cited by BNR.What will be the price change of heating energy will depend on whether or not natural gas will increase in price, Shushulov said.He added that no later than March 31 CEZ, which supplies electricity to Western Bulgaria, will have to start using monthly reading of electrometers. още »

Main instrument for combating the crisis in Bulgaria are the investors, claimed the minister of economy and energy Peter Dimitrov at the award ceremony for “Investor of the year” yesterday, informed BNR. According to Dimitrov, Bulgaria ranks second in investment attractiveness in the world. The country is outpassed only by Hong Kong. The government will put efforts in preserving these positions, promised the minister of economy. още »

The new prices for the distribution and supply of natural gas of "Burgasgas" become effective today. They were approved with a decision of the State commission for energy and water regulation.The prices of natural gas for private consumers decrease on average by 3 percent beginning today.In the private usage sector 1 kilowatt energy, produced with natural gas will cost 9,9 stotinki, while the price of electric energy for private consumers is 15,3 stotinki per kilowatt. още »

The Commission on competition protection imposed a property sanction for the amount of 150 000 levs to "Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile" EAD, with the commercial name "Globul", for a violation of member 34 of the Fair competition act. The case has been started in connection with the promotional game "100/100".Through this game Globul sells the service SMS, as the participation requires the sending of minimum 2 SMS messages for a total of 2,4 levs, which gives the right for participation in the distribution of Mercedez Benz automobiles. още »

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