Competitiveness / Trade and Investment
This section feature research, opinion and progress reports on how the Czech Republic compares to other EU countries economically. It includes analysis of international rankings such as the WEF and World Bank.
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New EU rules on state aid
At the end of April, the European Commission adopted new rules on regional aid to enter into effect on 1 January 2022. The new rules bring significant changes, in particular for applicants for investment incentives, as they also concern the Czech Investment Incentives Act, under which investment incentives are provided.
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News in investment incentives
In response to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the legislative boom did not forget about investment incentives and the sphere of popular state aid saw positive changes. What are the news for which applicants need to get ready?
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Emerging Europe M&A 2020 activity dampened but far from snuffed out
Deal volume in emerging Europe dropped by 12.9% (1,705 deals) and total value by 16% (EUR 60.80bn) in 2020
Czech Republic witnessed 119 deals at a value of EUR 2.74bn and the lowest dealflow since 2012 (102 deals; EUR 1.30bn)
Czech real estate deals decreased from 48 to 27 year-on-year, and is now closely followed by Telecoms & IT as second busiest sector (26 deals)
Private equity deals accounted for 18.7% of total volume of deals in the region
Poland was the sole country in the region to see growth in both deal volume (9.3%) and value (6.6%)
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