Online fitness clothing and food retailer GymBeam (Dalibor Cicman) is acquiring German food manufacturer Kaja Food and plans to increase its production capacity by nearly half. Kaja Food has long produced food and nutritional supplements for GymBeam, which also operates a plant in Košice. Expanding its own manufacturing base will support further growth in Western Europe. With the same goal, the company is moving its headquarters from Košice to Vienna and recently opened a lo

Slovenské elektrárne  will pay out dividends for the first time since 2006, shareholders’ meeting decided. It agreed with the government to suspend dividends in 2008 when it started the completion of the Mochovce nuclear power plant. It spent €6.6bn instead of the originally planned €2.8bn. The Czech EPH (Daniel Křetínský and Patrik Tkáč) controls 66% of the shares and the state has 34%. Dividends will amount to €500m, of which the state will receive €170m. Last year, SE repo

Online predajca fitness oblečenia a potravín GymBeam  (Dalibor Cicman) kupuje nemeckého výrobcu potravín Kaja Food. Jeho kapacitu plánuje zvýšiť o takmer polovicu. Kaja Food už roky vyrába potraviny a výživové doplnky pre GymBeam, ktorý má výrobný závod aj v Košiciach. Vlastné výrobné kapacity pomôžu ďalšiemu rastu na trhoch západnej Európy. S rovnakým cieľom presúva sídlo firmy z Košíc do Viedne a nedávno otvoril logistické centrum v talianskom Miláne. V horizonte piatich ro

Slovenské elektrárne  po prvý raz od roku 2006 vyplatia dividendy, rozhodlo ich valné zhromaždenie. Na zastavení dividend sa firma dohodla s vládou v roku 2008, keď spustila dostavbu jadrovej elektrárne Mochovce. Do dostavby investovala 6,6 mld € namiesto pôvodne plánovaných 2,8 mld €. Český EPH (Daniel Křetínský a Patrik Tkáč) kontroluje 66% akcií a štát má 34%. Na dividendy pôjde 500 mil. €, štát z toho dostane 170 mil. €. Vlani SE vykázali čistý zisk 815 mil. €. ( forbes.s

Mobile operator O2 , majority‑owned by Abu Dhabi‑based e&, acquired TV and internet provider UPC from Liberty Global. The deal value, excluding cash and debt, is €95m. Orange and 4ka were also reportedly interested. UPC’s fiber‑optic and coaxial network covers 650,000 households in 80 cities and serves 150,000 TV and 141,000 internet customers. In 2020-24, it posted a €46.6m loss with flat annual sales  of around €46m. O2 became Slovakia’s largest mobile operator this year w

In the new Civil Code that the Justice Ministry sent for comments, tenants’ rights would be strengthened at the expense of apartment owners . A lease would automatically convert to an indefinite term after five years or three renewals, and terminating it outside the end of the lease term would become difficult. Apartment owners would be required to pay interest on cash deposits, and tenants would gain the right to keep pets in the apartment. Many institutions are protesting t

Ministerstvo spravodlivosti v novom Občianskom zákonníku, ktorý je v pripomienkovom konaní, navrhlo zásadné posilnenie práv nájomcov na úkor vlastníkov bytov . Nájom sa má automaticky zmeniť na neurčitý čas po piatich rokoch alebo troch predĺženiach. V inom termíne ako pri konci nájomnej zmluvy ju bude ťažké vypovedať. Vlastník bytu bude musieť platiť úroky z peňažnej zábezpeky. Nájomníci majú mať právo chovať v byte zviera. Proti návrhu protestujú mnohé inštitúcie a jeho fin

Mobilný operátor O2 , majoritne vlastnený firmou e& z Abú Dhabí, prevezme poskytovateľa TV a internetového pripojenia UPC zo skupiny Liberty Global. Hodnota transakcie bez zahrnutia hotovosti a dlhov je 95 mil. €. Záujem o UPC mali údajne aj Orange a 4ka. UPC opticko-koaxiálnou sieťou pokrýva 650.000 domácností v 80 mestách. Na TV služby má 150.000 a na internet 141.000 klientov. V rokoch 2020-24 vykázal stratu 46,6 mil. € pri stagnujúcich ročných tržbách okolo 46 mil. €. O

Ministers approved 16‑year licenses for EV charging stations  on highways. Contracts were awarded to ZSE, OMV, and Ejoin, which will jointly pay the state €1.5m per year plus €0.02/kWh. Ejoin operates 420 charging stations, is active in Czechia and Austria, and has outstanding tax and levy debts. ( openiazoch.sk )

The Transport Ministry will prepare a tender for a private partner to repair 575 of nearly 1,800 bridges  on first‑class roads by the end of January 2026. The Value for Money Unit did not recommend the PPP model for the €2.7bn project, arguing it is far more expensive than traditional state‑funded repairs. The Ministry claims the PPP approach will accelerate work, scheduled for 2028-32. ( forbes.sk )