Ukrainian companies’ debt reduction exceeded foreign direct investment by 200%. Ukrainian businesses reduced their net debt over 2022-2024 by increasing their liquid funds and deposits and reducing debt to Ukrainian banks by $21B, which is 200% more than foreign investment over t... #ConcordeCapital #investments #nbu #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
In April, businesses evaluated their current economic activity more cautiously, approaching a neutral level, according to the NBU Business Activity Expectations Index (BAEI). Among the reasons for the weakened assessments indicated by respondents are significant declines in weather conditions, ongoing uncert... #BusinessExpectation #nbu #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
Entering the Estonian market will enable Ukrainian exporters to strengthen their presence in the Nordic countries. Ukraine’s Ambassador to Estonia Maksym Kononenko stated that Kyiv and Tallinn possess significant unrealized potential for bilateral trade relations. In this context, he noted that Ukraine’... #agroUkraine #BusinessDevelopment #Estonia #NordicCountries #ukrainianbusiness #VitaliyKoval
IFC and Ukrsibbank will boost medium-sized and larger corporations in Ukraine. The IFC and Ukrsibbank, whose shareholders include BNP Paribas Group and the EBRD, have announced the launch of a new €66M Risk Sharing Facility (RSF) to support medium- and large-sized enterprises in... #CreditRisk #ifc #LoansforBusiness #SupportBusiness #ukrainianbusiness #Ukrsibbank
Ukrainian businesses created over 22,000 jobs last year and raised salaries by 23%. Large businesses with revenues of over ₴1B ($24M) increased the number of full-time employees by 22,200 in 2024, according to the results of a labor market study. It is noted that these enterprises em... #JobInUkraine #LaborMarketUkraine #SalaryUkraine #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
Renewable energy and innovation in the agricultural sector: Who can attract grants for business development? Both state institutions and private companies are eligible to secure funding for the implementation of projects related to renewable energy sources. Priority is being given to solar and wind energy pr... #agroUkraine #GrantsForBusiness #RenewableEnergyUkraine #SupportBusiness #ukrainianbusiness
Every tenth bottle of juice worldwide is produced from Ukrainian fruit concentrates. As stated by Minister of Agrarian Policy Vitaly Koval, these concentrates are produced at TBF Group plants, which process around 300,000 tons of raw material each season. The main markets for these pr... #bioethanolUkraine #JuiceProduction #ProcessingPlantUkraine #TBFgroup #ukrainianbusiness #VitaliyKoval #Westnol
One of Europe’s largest manufacturers of window and door hardware continues to invest in its Dnipro factory. AXOR Industry’s total investment in launching, expanding, and developing its factory that produces window and door hardware in Dnipro has reached €40M. According to Minister of Economy Yulia Svy... #AXOR #investments #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness #YuliyaSvyridenko
Business expectations improved in the first quarter of the year, with more than a third of companies ready to invest. In the first quarter of 2025, the Business Expectations Index (BEI) for Enterprises rose to 108.2%, up from 101.8% in the fourth quarter of 2024. The NBU noted that hostilities and their consequences ... #investments #nbu #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineBusinessExpectation #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
Microenterprises have the most optimistic expectations about future operations in Ukraine. According to the Institute of Economic Research, the index of anticipated changes in business activity in February, as in January, is 0.1. The share of those planning to expand their activities is 15.... #MicroEnterprises #SmallBusinessUkraine #UkraineBusinessExpectation #UkraineEconomicActivity #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
Shelling and business uncertainty slowed real GDP growth in Ukraine to 0.5% in February. The growth rate of real Ukrainian GDP decreased to 0.5% during the same month. This downturn is attributed to the damaging effects of Russian shelling on various industries and heightened uncertainty ... #GDPinUkraine #GVAukraine #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness #WarinUkraine
Ukrainian industry and businesses are reviving as they overcome the consequences of Russian aggression. Rivneazot has fully restored its production of mineral fertilizers and has brought key workshops up to their planned capacity. The loaded ammonia line now has a capacity of 650 tons per day, while unc... #FaktorDruk #HowardBuffett #Kharkiv #Rivneazot #UkraineRecovery #ukrainianbusiness
Ukraine’s business activity index has fallen to zero. According to the Institute for Economic Research, the business activity recovery index in Ukraine also fell to zero in February, marking the worst result in the last two months. Consequently, the bala... #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineBusinessExpectation #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
The EU launches a €1.6B call for proposals to support small businesses in Ukraine. The EU has initiated a new call for proposals aimed at assisting small businesses in war-affected communities and attracting investment for Ukraine’s reconstruction. An initiative through the Uk... #EuropeanUnion #SmallBusinessUkraine #SupportBusiness #UkraineFund #UkraineReconstruction #ukrainianbusiness
In February, Ukrainian businesses upgraded their assessments of their economic activity, although they remained cautious, mostly staying below a neutral level. The business activity expectations index in Februrary 2025 was 46.9, compared to 41 in January 2025 and 47.5 in February 2024, as... #BusinessExpectation #nbu #UkraineEconomicActivity #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
Ukrainians in Poland have established around 89,000 companies over the past three years. During this period, Ukrainians have registered 77,700 individual enterprises in Poland, which represents 9% of all enterprises registered, and additionally, 11,300 companies with Ukrainian capital hav... #Poland #SmallBusinessUkraine #ukrainianbusiness #ukrainiansinpoland
Ukraine’s business sentiment has significantly improved this year. In Ukraine, the percentage of companies expecting their business situation to worsen has decreased to 29%, down from 56% in July 2024. Additionally, the number of those who believe the situation will ... #BusinessExpectation #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineEconomicForecast #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
The war has not halted the Ukrainian M&A market, but it is altering its priorities. The increase in overall activity among international investors last year in the M&A sector may provide an additional impetus for inward investment in Ukraine. Despite the war and the accompanying ... #BusinessDevelopment #investments #MergersAcquisitions #PrivatizationUkraine #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
The state is investing billions in domestic production through Made in Ukraine. The Cabinet of Ministers is financing state programs through the Made in Ukraine economic initiative, which contributed to a 0.64% GDP growth last year. In January the government transferred ₴1.5B to ... #AgriculturalMachinery #IndustrialParks #investments #MadeInUkraine #SupportBusiness #ukrainianbusiness
A Ukrainian developer has summarized the work results on its shopping centers for 2024. Budhouse Group shopping centers welcomed 22 million visitors last year, with attendance remaining unchanged compared to 2023. Attendance at the Nikolsky shopping center decreased due to extensive shel... #BudHouseGroupUkraine #Kharkiv #ShoppingCenters #ShoppingMallsUkraine #ukrainianbusiness #Львів
The Ministry of Economy will increase financing for investment nannies in 2025 and launch around ten new projects with businesses. The Ministry of Economy plans to increase funding for the investment nanny projects in 2025, providing funds to dozens of new projects, said Deputy Minister of Economy Andriy Telyupa. Answering a ques... #Astarta #InvestmentNannies #investments #SupportBusiness #ukrainianbusiness #Буковель
The market for investments and M&A in Ukraine reached $1.2B in 2024. According to analysts, the volume of announced and completed M&A deals in Ukraine, including corporate deals, venture capital transactions in the technology sector, and state-owned property privat... #Creatio #ForeignInvestor #investments #MergersAcquisitions #ukrainianbusiness
Business expectations fell to a 12-month low; what is the cause? The business expectations index fell by 1.3 points to 45.9 in December, which is in line with the figure for December 2023 (45.7). Trade enterprises assessed their business activity results with restr... #BusinessExpectation #ConstructionUkraine #IndustrialProduction #UkraineBusinessActivity #ukrainianbusiness
Activitis Financial Company and VisionFund Ukraine have joined forces to support small and medium-sized businesses. The initiative involves: Expanding access to financing for micro, small, and medium-sized businesses in Ukraine Developing a program to finance franchise businesses Promoting joint initiatives in the ... #Activitis #BusinessSupport #investments #ukrainianbusiness #VisionFundUkraine
Against intensified attacks on the energy sector, businesses worsened their expectations in November. The Business Expectations Activity Index (BAEI) decreased to 47.2 points in November, compared to 49.4 in October and 48.7 in September, the National Bank reported. The following factors had a negativ... #BusinessExpectation #LaborMarketUkraine #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
In Ukraine, more than 1,200 agricultural enterprises have closed since the start of the full-scale invasion. At the beginning of 2022, businesses had almost ceased hiring, and people were not looking for work. According to IMF estimates, Ukraine’s total losses amounted to 35% of GDP, and many companies... #AgroLossesUkraine #agroUkraine #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness #Ukrainianfarmers
The ECA insures an investment project for a Ukrainian food manufacturer, providing ₴92M in coverage against war risks. The Export Credit Agency has insured the second project against war risks for an amount of ₴92M. The project is being implemented by a private enterprise, Vilis, which produces pasta and apple jam. Th... #ECA #FoodProductionUkraine #InsuranceUkraine #investments #ukrainianbusiness #Vilis #WarRiskInsurance
International financial institutions will create $210M in risk-sharing mechanisms for Ukrainian enterprises. The IFC, the DFC, and Raiffeisen Bank Ukraine will create two risk-sharing mechanisms for Ukrainian enterprises worth $210M. Assistance will be allocated to small, medium, and large companies in Ukrai... #BusinessSupport #DFC #ifc #InsuranceMarket #RaiffeisenBankUkraine #ukrainianbusiness
A relocated metal packaging manufacturer will soon open a plant in the Ternopil region. Andrii Nemtsev, co-founder of the Favor company, relocated his operation from Sumy Oblast to Ternopil Oblast, and the construction of a new tin packaging factory in Ternopil Oblast, which began in May... #BusinessRelocation #Favor #investments #MetalPackaging #Ternopil #ukrainianbusiness
A Ukrainian manufacturer of non-ferrous metal products launches a €19M cable production plant in Poland. One of the largest producers of non-ferrous metal products in Ukraine, Electro Cable Group, launched a cable production plant in the Polish city of Zabrze in June. The key argument in Poland’s f... #ElectroCableGroup #investments #MetallurgyUkraine #NonFerrous #Poland #ukrainianbusiness
Ukraine’s investment climate shows signs of improvement. Ukraine’s investment attractiveness index increased to 2.49 points in 2024 (out of a possible five) from 2.44 points in 2023, according to a survey by the EBA, in which 80 top managers of intern... #EBA #InvestmentClimate #investments #UkraineBusinessClimate #ukrainianbusiness
Ukrainian businesses continue to expand despite the war: What new shops and restaurants opened in Ukraine last week? Retailer Varus returned to the development of its network in the Kyiv region, and on November 2 the company opened its first supermarket in the Varus Home format in Bilogorodka. The new store became t... #BusinessDevelopment #FastFoodMarket #KFC #Silpostores #ukrainianbusiness #Varus
Croatian Orbico acquires a controlling interest in one of the largest Ukrainian distributors of food and goods. General Director of Sav Orbico, Andrii Makhovskyi, announced that Croatian company Orbico Group bought a controlling stake (51%) in one of the largest Ukrainian distributors of everyday goods, Savserv... #Distribution #investments #MergersAcquisitions #OrbicoGroup #Savservice #ukrainianbusiness
Through a digital investment portal, KSE and the Ministry of Economy seek investors for projects worth €2.1B. Thirty-one new projects representing a total amount of €2.1B have been added to Ukraine’s investment portal, created by the Ministry of Economy and the Kyiv School of Economics with support from... #DigitalInvestmentPortal #investments #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
Businesses have named key conditions for participation in Ukraine’s reconstruction projects. Olena Shulyak, the head of the Parliamentary Committee on Regional Development, said that Ukrainian businesses are willing to join the reconstruction and restoration processes in Ukraine. The most com... #OlenaShulyak #ReconstructionUkraine #UkraineRecovery #ukrainianbusiness
UMAEF launched a $50M investment program for Ukrainian businesses. Ukraine-Moldova American Enterprise Fund (UMAEF) has announced the launch of a new $50M direct investment program to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ukraine and Moldova. The progr... #investments #Moldova #SupportBusiness #ukrainianbusiness #UMAEF
Ukraine records a business boom despite the war, but challenges remain. One in six Ukrainian entrepreneurs started their current business after the start of the full-scale war. As well, 66% of them had no previous business experience, according to the Mastercard SME Index... #BusinessDevelopment #BusinessExpectation #UkraineEconomy #UkraineExport #ukrainianbusiness
Most Ukrainian businesses invest in building their energy independence. According to EBA research, this summer’s power outages affected the operations of 87% of companies in Ukraine. Among the companies surveyed, 67% had to suspend work, 60% had increased production... #EBA #ElectricityGeneration #EnergyIndependence #energyukraine #ukrainianbusiness
Ukrainian businesses are ready to work in the EU: What forecast do entrepreneurs give regarding the terms of Ukraine’s accession? 31% of the member companies of the EBA believe that they are fully ready to operate in the EU currently, 38% are primarily ready, 26% are partially prepared, and only 5% are not ready. 71% of companie... #EBA #EuropeanIntegration #SociologicalSurvey #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
Despite the challenges of the war, the size of the average deal in the Ukrainian M&A market continues to grow. According to KPMG, activity in the Ukrainian M&A market has remained stable for the second year in a row, indicating cautious investor confidence despite the ongoing war. In the first nine months ... #ForeignInvestor #investments #MergersAcquisitions #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness #UkrainianMarket
The Astarta and Bukovel projects will be the first to receive state support under Ukraine’s investment program. The Cabinet of Ministers approved the signing of two special investment contracts within the framework of the support program for projects with significant investment, known as the investment nanny. T... #Astarta #BusinessSupport #investments #ukrainianbusiness #Буковель
AmCham and Deloitte survey results: How businesses in Ukraine are preparing for winter. The vast majority (88%) of 139 companies, operating in various sectors of the Ukrainian economy, that participated in the survey are prepared for long-term power outages. 33% can provide their own ene... #ElectricityDeficitUkraine #energyukraine #HeatingSeason #UkraineBlackout #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
The National Bank eased currency restrictions for businesses starting September 10. Beginning on September 10, Ukrainian businesses will be able to: Purchase and transfer foreign currency to cover carbon dioxide emissions. State-owned enterprises can buy currency and transfer it to ... #CurrencyRestrictions #foreigncurrency #internationalReserves #nbu #ukrainianbusiness
Grant support for businesses: What is being offered to light industry and eco-startups? To strengthen the competitiveness of Ukrainian enterprises and develop the economy, the USAID Program will provide enterprises in the textile industry with equipment to expand production. Businesses m... #GrantsForBusiness #SupportBusiness #ukrainianbusiness #UkrainianStartUP #USAID
Transcarpathia is turning into an economic hub; what makes the region attractive for businesses? As of July, more than 80,000 entrepreneurs worked in Zakarpattia Oblast. During the war, the number of entrepreneurs has increased by more than 6,000, which indicates favorable conditions for economic... #BusinessDevelopment #BusinessRelocation #SupportBusiness #Transcarpathia #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
One of Ukraine’s largest woodworking enterprises exports products for French winemakers and has continued to develop during the war. Wood International from Khust (Transcarpathia region) manufactures oak rivets (a barrel fastening component) and alternative products for aging wine, spirits, and beer. The primary sales market for th... #BusinessDevelopment #OakRivets #Transcarpathia #ukrainianbusiness #WoodInternational
The business community offers an alternative to increasing taxes in Ukraine. Members of the European Business Association hope that instead of drafting laws to raise taxes for businesses, the government can find other solutions to fund the budget, as the entire burden of the p... #EBA #ReformsinUkraine #TaxesUkraine #UkraineBudget2024 #UkraineBudgetDeficit #ukrainianbusiness
Ukrainian businesses have begun to develop distributed generation; this provide for their needs and additional capacities for the power system. Ukrainian company Energo-Plus plans to purchase a closed thermal power plant with a capacity of 60 MW in a neighboring country and transport it to Ukraine. The project will cost approximately €50M. Th... #EnergoPlus #EnergyDecentralization #Energyefficiency #EnergyIndependence #StanyshivkaVegetablePlant #ukrainianbusiness #Zhytomyr
Ukrainian small and medium-sized businesses will receive €7B in international aid. Last week, the first meeting of the Small and Medium Business (SME) Sustainability Alliance, created in June during URC-2024 with the participation of Ukraine, 12 other countries and 17 development in... #InternationalAid #SupportBusiness #ukrainianbusiness #URC2024
Entrepreneurs note a satisfactory business climate only in the west of Ukraine. Business conditions in other regions of Ukraine are assessed by companies as difficult, and only in the Western region do most entrepreneurs consider them satisfactory, according to a survey by the Eu... #BusinessExpectation #Kharkiv #MobilizationUkraine #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness #Львів
