Former special representative of the US State Department on Ukraine Kurt Walker on Tuesday, September 1, became an independent member of the Board of Directors of BGS Rail. This was reported by LIGA. Business with reference to the press release.
It is noted that Kurt Walker will also work as an advisor to the chairman and board of directors of the parent company Avia Solutions Group.
The company said Walker’s appointment would help BGS Rail “succeed in developing and implementing growth plans that would increase foreign direct investment and create new jobs in the Ukrainian market.”
BGS Rail is a Ukrainian subsidiary of Lithuanian Baltic Ground Services (BGS) – an international provider of ground handling, aircraft refueling, logistics services ADR, which is part of Avia Solutions Group – the largest aerospace business group in Central and Eastern Europe with 83 offices and production stations.
BGS Rail provides long-term leases of gondola cars, covered cars and grain trucks designed for transportation of coal, ore, gravel, rolled metal, wood, grain, etc. From August 2020, the company also independently manages the fleet of gondola cars.
In 2018, BGS received a license that allows the company to provide rail freight services in Ukraine.
Lactalis dairy products manufacturer has signed an agreement with the Italian company Parmalat – one of the main competitors of the French group in Europe. According to official information, it is about the acquisition of more than 12.2% of the shares of Parmalat: the value of one security is 2.8 dollars per piece. It should […]
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Hungarian businessmen interested in the wine industry in Ukraine. They are willing to invest and develop the wine industry with a view to the sale of Ukrainian wines in Europe. This interest was announced during a meeting of Taras Kutovoy, the Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine and Industry with Erno Keshkenom, Hungarian Ambassador to […]
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Shares of Lyft, which fell 16.2% since the beginning of the year but jumped 37.4% over the past week, rose 5.8% amid investor reaction to the company’s quarterly report. Lyft reported a loss for the third quarter (ended September 30) at $ 1.46, which is worse than analysts’ forecasts at – $ 0.91 loss per […]
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Editorial office of the analytical business periodical LDaily congratulates readers and colleagues. Let this family winter holiday will bring warmth to your home, give the happiness and well-being to your family and loved ones. From the whole team of our magazine we wish you to leave behind all the troubles and sorrows. Start the year […]
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The Danish government will stop issuing new licenses for the development of oil and gas fields in the North Sea. The country will completely stop hydrocarbon production by 2050, according to Bloomberg. The Danish government reached an agreement with parliament late Thursday night to abandon a previously scheduled eighth round of licensing, as well as […]
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Ukrzaliznytsia resumed cooperation with the German national railway operator Deutsche Bahn and signed an agreement with the engineering and consulting firm DB Engineering & Consulting, which is part of it, to provide consulting services to create an energy management strategy. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Infrastructure. “The energy management strategy […]
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McDonald’s will start producing vegan chops for burgers next year. This was reported by CNBC with reference to the company’s president Jan Borden. According to him, McDonald’s will independently produce vegan chops for its burgers. While we are talking about beef substitutes, but in the future in the restaurants may appear vegan “chicken”. “Vegetarian chops […]
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During the past 5 years was invested about $ 10 million per year in the construction and modernization of the elevators of “Agroprosperis”. This was told by the CEO of the NCH Agribusiness Investment Fund – “Agroprosperis” Group of companies, Igor Osmachko in an interview to the Liga.Business. “For the moment, the structure of the […]
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Wizz Air will start operating regular flights between Kiev and Abu Dhabi from July 1, 2021. This was announced on Monday, May 10, CTS with reference to the information published by the carrier. It is specified that flights from Ukraine will be carried out from the airport in Borispol. “Flights will be operated three times […]
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Mondelis Ukraine company (Kraft Foods Inc.) has invested $ 9 million in the purchase of new technical equipment for Trostiyanetska chocolate factory and started export of its products in 12 EU countries. The company also plans to increase the quantitative measure of the supply on the European market and in the countries of the Arabian […]
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On September 14-18, the National Bank sold $ 71 million in currency on the interbank foreign exchange market. At the same time, the National Bank did not buy foreign currency in its international reserves during the reporting week. Therefore, the National Bank for the first time in the late July sold the currency on the […]
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The car company plans to increase the production of electric and hybrid cars, and in the coming years will be actively engaged in developing new models. Leaders of Ford Motor Company announced that they plan to invest in the production of electric and hybrid vehicles $ 4.5 billion. The CEO of the company Mark Fields […]
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For the three quarters of 2021, the budget was overfulfilled in terms of revenues by 5.3%, or UAH 46.65 billion, from the plan and exceeds last year’s level by 20.8%. This was reported on the website of the State Treasury. In particular, in September the budget was overfulfilled by 6.4%, or UAH 6.2 billion, and […]
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Ukraine’s real estate market throughout 2017 experienced the impact of both economic and political crisis phenomena, under pressure from the economic downturn and lower purchasing power of the population. Despite all the negative trends, construction statistics in the period 2017 recorded positive results, which are confirmed by such an authoritative world ranking of Doing Business […]
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In the National Council of Ukraine on January 5, 2017 it was a briefing, the participants of which were the chairmen of the regulatory body and in result of which special commissioners of tv chanel got the right to broadcast, according to the source Media Detector. According to Uliana Feshchuk – a deputy head National […]
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Lauffer Group plans to increase investment in its bakeries in Kharkiv to 10 million UAH, – writes the press service of the company. According to the head of the business Lauffer Group in Kharkov, Bogdan Alexandrov, in 2015 the company invested in Kharkiv bakeries 4 million UAH. “Re-equipment of the production was carried out in […]
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