<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>News - Confederation of Danish Industry</title><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/News1219-8253.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div class="manchet">Latest news from The Confederation of Danish Industry (DI). </div>]]></description><language>en-US</language><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 23:25:31 GMT</pubDate><copyright>DI</copyright><item><title>Successful companies in all sectors</title><description><![CDATA[A new DI analysis shows that Danish exports do not have a single winner in a special sector or a certain group of products. For this reason it is meaningless for the politicians to select one winner for the future, according to DI.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Successfulcompaniesinallsectors.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_948</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 08:21:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Businesses want to be more productive</title><description><![CDATA[Danish businesses are increasing efforts to become more productive. High Danish costs and tough competition on the global market make companies look to themselves to see how they can produce more for the same cost.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Businesseswanttobemoreproductive.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_947</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 08:10:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Free trade agreement with South Korea holds major potential</title><description><![CDATA[A new free trade agreement with South Korea means that nearly all tariffs will be eliminated over the next seven years. This will make exports to the South Korean market easier for Danish companies. But Denmark has not really started yet.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/FreetradeagreementwithSouthKoreaholdsmajorpotential.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_946</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 07:09:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Important to reach growth markets</title><description><![CDATA[The Danish government has launched Denmark?s growth market strategy. According to DI, it contains many good and sensible initiatives.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Importanttoreachgrowthmarkets.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_945</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 06:58:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cabotage break ? a financial disaster</title><description><![CDATA[Nordic hauliers will see their respective transport ministers in Denmark, Sweden and Norway to demand that EU rules on so-called road cabotage will be suspended for six months. But the Danish transport Federation warns about such a break.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Cabotagebreakafinancialdisaster.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_944</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:09:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>For Denmark must win</title><description><![CDATA[2020 plans are typically about making government budgets balance, but the ambition must be higher than that, says DI CEO Karsten Dybvad who wants to make Denmark the ?world business champion?.  That requires a comprehensive plan with growth percentages!]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/ForDenmarkmustwin.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_942</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 13:36:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Up with ambition</title><description><![CDATA[Denmark is to resume its position among the 10 wealthiest countries in the world. That is the ambition of DI?s new 2020 plan.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Upwithambition.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_941</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 13:31:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Increasing risk of attacks on production equipment</title><description><![CDATA[With an increasing tendency to connect production equipment and products to the Internet, the threat from hackers is also much wider than previously.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Increasingriskofattacksonproductionequipment.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_940</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 13:25:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Danish energy technology exports growing again</title><description><![CDATA[After several years of declining performance, the export of Danish energy technology is rising again. In 2011, exports grew by 28% to DKK 63.4 billion.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Danishenergytechnologyexportsgrowingagain.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_939</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 13:15:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>China?s grey gold</title><description><![CDATA[For the past many decades, China has experienced declining fertility and increasing life expectancy. These two demographic indicators prove that China is now an ageing society.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Chinasgreygold.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_938</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:02:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Danish exports underperform in affluent Southern Germany</title><description><![CDATA[Germany is Denmark?s largest trading partner, but Danish companies primarily export to Northern Germany while ignoring an uncultivated potential in the more affluent Southern Germany.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/DanishexportsunderperforminaffluentSouthernGermany.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_937</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:25:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Budding optimism in businesses</title><description><![CDATA[Danish companies expect slight progress in turnover and earnings in Q2 2012, according to DI?s company panel.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Buddingoptimisminbusinesses.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_936</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:19:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Copying of Danish brands most often in China</title><description><![CDATA[The Chinese trademark authority (CTMO) has its own special interpretation of international WTO rules. These are meant to protect companies against pirate copying, but the Chinese interpretation enables other Chinese companies to make imitations that are in fact copies.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/CopyingofDanishbrandsmostofteninChina.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_935</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:13:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Product piracy widespread in BRIC countries</title><description><![CDATA[As many as 85% of all illegal copy products confiscated in the EU were produced in China. DI offers advice to Danish companies on how to protect their products against piracy.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/ProductpiracywidespreadinBRICcountries.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_934</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 06:45:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Small businesses employ robots</title><description><![CDATA[There are robots nowadays that are so cheap and so easy to program that even small companies can afford them. This increases productivity.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Smallbusinessesemployrobots.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_933</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:20:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>United business community requests more qualified non-Danes</title><description><![CDATA[Qualified foreign workers are needed. That is why it is positive that the Danish employment minister proposes a reform aimed at meeting this need, according to DI. For foreign workers create additional jobs!]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/UnitedbusinesscommunityrequestsmorequalifiednonDanes.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_932</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:09:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Regrettable postponement of Fehmarn Link</title><description><![CDATA[The construction work for a fixed link under the Fehmarn Belt will start one year later than originally expected. That is regrettable, according to the Danish Transport Federation. The federation hopes, though, that parts of the project can still be sped up.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/RegrettablepostponementofFehmarnLink.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_931</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:55:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Growth continues in Asia</title><description><![CDATA[Europe and the United States will continue to have low growth while Asia will capture most of the growth with China in front, according to a new forecast from the IMF. As it has already been the case in the past 10-15 years, growth will be highest in the developing countries and emerging markets.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/GrowthcontinuesinAsia.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_930</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:47:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Interaction between growth, welfare and environment</title><description><![CDATA[Environmental approaches can create growth if the politicians dare give European companies the right conditions. That was the main message from representatives of Danish and European businesses gathered in Horsens for a unique meeting with the most important decision makers in the European environmental and climate field.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Interactionbetweengrowthwelfareandenvironment.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_929</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:36:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New collective agreements approved</title><description><![CDATA[The private sector labour market has successfully landed new collective agreements. A majority of nearly 70% of the wage earners voted in favour of the agreements that were reached in February. The employers have unanimously accepted the bargaining result.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Newcollectiveagreementsapproved.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_928</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:23:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Upturn in Swedish economy will benefit Danish exports</title><description><![CDATA[A new forecast from the Swedish National Institute of Economic Research (NIER) shows several signs of budding progress in the Swedish economy. Improvement of the Swedish economy is very important for Danish exports, according to DI.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/UpturninSwedisheconomywillbenefitDanishexports.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_927</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:18:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Danish economy slowly recovering</title><description><![CDATA[A great surplus on the current account of the balance of payments and declining industrial production in February after a period with progress indicate that Denmark?s economy is only slowly moving forward. Weak domestic demand and continued uncertainty regarding the economic development are a brake on developments.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Danisheconomyslowlyrecovering.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_926</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:12:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Problematic advance for industrial production</title><description><![CDATA[Weak European markets are partly to blame for the continuing problems of Danish industrial production. The only way to go is to ensure economic progress and stability in Europe and improve the competitiveness of the Danish level of costs, according to DI.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Problematicadvanceforindustrialproduction.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_925</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:09:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chinese companies in Denmark retain Danish culture</title><description><![CDATA[Chinese owners of businesses in Denmark are focused on performance rather than forcing through a Chinese management style. DI expects an increase in Chinese business establishment in Denmark.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/ChinesecompaniesinDenmarkretainDanishculture.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_924</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:05:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Focus on protection against extreme weather conditions</title><description><![CDATA[Denmark should be protected against flooding now, but in a new plan for Danish climate adjustment DI suggests that, in future, prevention of damage from extreme weather should be introduced where the effects are most harmful seen from an economic perspective.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Focusonprotectionagainstextremeweatherconditions.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_923</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:02:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Danish energy agreement noticed abroad</title><description><![CDATA[The political energy agreement from March has been noticed abroad and creates optimism in the energy business. The wind industry, in particular, expects great results.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Danishenergyagreementnoticedabroad.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_922</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:56:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sales potential worth DKK 75 billion</title><description><![CDATA[In 2010, the United Nations purchased products and services worth DKK 75 billion. In cooperation with the Danish Consulate General in New York, DI will be hosting a seminar in Copenhagen in June with focus on the sales potential of all kinds of products to the U.N.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/SalespotentialworthDKK75billion.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_921</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:56:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>India predicts renewed growth</title><description><![CDATA[Following decreasing economic growth, the Indian government now predicts renewed growth; particularly as a result of rising investment in infrastructure. The deficit on government budgets is still high, though.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Indiapredictsrenewedgrowth.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_920</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:50:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Design policy creates growth</title><description><![CDATA[Enterprises that are able to create high quality design generate growth and increase their competitiveness. That is why we need a national design policy, according to DI.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Designpolicycreatesgrowth.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_919</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:46:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Packaging is important</title><description><![CDATA[The Danish Food and Drink Federation, food corporation Tulip and six partners have developed a guide that is meant to do away with one of the biggest challenges in everyday life: poor packaging.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Packagingisimportant.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_918</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:42:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Good Danish initiative increases trust in EU emissions trading system</title><description><![CDATA[The Danish government has decided to improve the security of the Danish CO2 Quota Register as a follow-up to a new report from the government?s auditors. The initiative will heighten confidence in the system and improve the security of businesses, according to DI.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/GoodDanishinitiativeincreasestrustinEUemissionstradingsystem.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_917</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:31:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Broad agreement considers Denmark?s competitiveness</title><description><![CDATA[It has been a main priority for DI that a political multi-year energy agreement would be broadly adopted by the Folketing (parliament) in order that businesses could securely invest in a green conversion. DI welcomes the broad and united majority that is behind the new energy agreement.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/BroadagreementconsidersDenmark%E2%80%99scompetitiveness.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_916</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:45:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Promising energy agreement</title><description><![CDATA[The Danish government has reached accord with basically all parties in the Folketing (parliament) on a new energy agreement. The agreement contains major perspectives for a development and modernisation of the Danish energy supply, according to the Danish Energy Industries Federation.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Promisingenergyagreement.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_915</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:35:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Youth unemployment much lower than in 1980s</title><description><![CDATA[Denmark?s current youth unemployment is much lower than it was in the 1980s and 1990s. DI has studied the statistics.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Youthunemploymentmuchlowerthanin1980s.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_914</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:14:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Growth guarantees take root</title><description><![CDATA[The first two months of 2012 saw 80% more interest in growth guarantees than the same period last year.  According to the state investment fund, the Vækstfond, banks have really adopted the product.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Growthguaranteestakeroot.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_913</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clean slate for schools</title><description><![CDATA[The New Nordic School is a so-called development concept with focus on traditional Nordic school values. DI Deputy Director General Lars Goldschmidt is one of two presidents of the new initiative.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Cleanslateforschools.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_912</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:55:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senior programme to keep older employees on the labour market</title><description><![CDATA[A new senior programme designed to enable older employees to stay longer on the labour market will be a gain for the individual employee as well as for employers and society, according to DI. The programme is a new element in the collective agreements with the industrial and transport workers? unions.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Seniorprogrammetokeepolderemployeesonthelabourmarket.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_911</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:45:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>United States is looking to Danish solutions</title><description><![CDATA[Get the vital tools for success on the American market. Join a three day programme in New York in May and October 2012 when DI and the Danish Consulate General in New York will highlight opportunities and challenges in connection with a launch on the American market.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/UnitedStatesislookingtoDanishsolutions.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_910</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:32:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia ready for massive investment</title><description><![CDATA[There is a massive need for western technology and investment in Russia and this invites some good opportunities for Danish companies, according to the chairman of Business Russia.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Russiareadyformassiveinvestment.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_909</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:19:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Quotas for women to be submitted for hearing</title><description><![CDATA[European Commissioner Viviane Reding has chosen to submit the question of how to get more women into the boards of listed companies for public hearing. DI welcomes the initiative.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Quotasforwomentobesubmittedforhearing.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_908</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:12:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Industrial production slowly picking up</title><description><![CDATA[New indicators from Statistics Denmark show an increase in January?s industrial production of 1.8%. At the same time, the high growth rate recorded in December 2011 has been downward adjusted so that it now displays a smoother, yet slow advance over recent months. The increase is primarily found in the production of investment goods.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Industrialproductionslowlypickingup.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_907</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:54:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Better access to financing strengthens Danish exports</title><description><![CDATA[The Danish export loan programme will be supplied with a further DKK 15 billion, and this will particularly benefit larger export projects with many subcontractors.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/BetteraccesstofinancingstrengthensDanishexports.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_906</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:47:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>EU budget should focus on growth</title><description><![CDATA[Reduce the agricultural programmes and use the money for something that creates long-term growth. This is the message to the EU before it passes the 2014-2020 budget.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/EUbudgetshouldfocusongrowth.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_905</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:01:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Much needed reform of disability benefits and flex jobs</title><description><![CDATA[The Danish government is planning a necessary and ambitious break with disability benefits and the flex job scheme. A new initiative published by the government suggests such a reform, according to DI.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Muchneededreformofdisabilitybenefitsandflexjobs.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_904</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:28:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DI: Need for financing alternatives</title><description><![CDATA[Danish businesses must probably get used to their bank being more expensive and more often refusing their requests. The situation may last for many years yet, and we need to look for alternative sources of financing, according to DI.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/DINeedforfinancingalternatives.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_903</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:23:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Denmark can collect additional export billions in Turkey</title><description><![CDATA[Turkey is in the next wave of promising growth markets. A strong increase in purchasing power in the general population is among the benefits that Danish companies may pursue in Turkey.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/DenmarkcancollectadditionalexportbillionsinTurkey.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_902</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:13:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Settlement on new collective agreement in standard wage area</title><description><![CDATA[3F Transport and DI have reached a new two-year collective agreement in the standard wage area.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Settlementonnewcollectiveagreementinstandardwagearea.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_901</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:12:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New victory for the Danish model</title><description><![CDATA[The Danish model is alive - and kicking! We have now succeeded in reaching agreement on the renewal of the most important collective agreements in the areas of both minimum pay and normal wages. We have bargained with CO-Industri (the Central Organisation of Industrial Employees in Denmark) and the Transport sector of 3F (United Federation of Danish Workers.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/NewvictoryfortheDanishmodel.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_900</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:43:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cloud makes it easier for SMEs</title><description><![CDATA[Let go of all your IT troubles and concentrate on the advantages for your business. DI recommends that small and medium-sized enterprises, in particular, consider cloud computing.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/CloudmakesiteasierforSMEs.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_899</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:42:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DKK 150 million for Mideast investment</title><description><![CDATA[A new foundation is to help Danish businesses gain a foothold in the Middle East and North Africa.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/DKK150millionforMideastinvestment.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_898</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:35:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Prospects of free trade agreement with India</title><description><![CDATA[Thanks to talks during an EU?India summit, the two parties have agreed to finalise details for a free trade agreement before the end of this year. According to DI - Confederation of Danish Industry, the prospective agreement is promising for Danish companies even though Denmark and India are currently embroiled in a diplomatic tiff.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/ProspectsoffreetradeagreementwithIndia.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_897</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:25:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Smart foreigners needed on labour market</title><description><![CDATA[It is important for immigrants in Denmark to have their educations won abroad approved, according to the Confederation of Danish Industry. DI encourages highly qualified immigrants to seek approval.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Smartforeignersneededonlabourmarket.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_896</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:15:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New two-year collective agreements for the industrial sector</title><description><![CDATA[Last Sunday, February 12 2012, workers organised in CO-Industri (the Central Organisation of Industrial Employees in Denmark) and DI (Confederation of Danish Industry) reached settlement on new two-year collective agreements after more than 25 hours of uninterrupted negotiations. Among other issues, the agreements contain new rules on senior schemes and extended working hours.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Newtwo-yearcollectiveagreementsfortheindustrialsector.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_895</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:50:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Colombia heading for new era</title><description><![CDATA[The Colombian market is rapidly developing, offering opportunities for Danish businesses that would like a stronger presence on the Latin American markets. Inflation stays within Central Bank limits , growth is high, purchasing power is increasing, and the political scene is becoming more stable.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Colombiaheadingfornewera.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_894</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:01:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>?You can help us up the technological ladder?</title><description><![CDATA[Chinese Economics Professor Zhang Jun commends the Danes for their creativity and adds that creativity is needed in China today.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Youcanhelpusupthetechnologicalladder.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_893</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:56:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Export increase does not create new jobs</title><description><![CDATA[Even though Danish exports in December 2011 showed distinct improvement with a 4.6% increase compared with the previous month, the increase has not yet recreated some of the jobs that were lost when the crisis broke out in the autumn of 2008.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Exportincreasedoesnotcreatenewjobs.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_892</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:49:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Danish hi-tech may win in Switzerland</title><description><![CDATA[Danish hi-tech companies may be competing for contracts at the European centre for high-energy physics, CERN.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/DanishhitechmaywininSwitzerland.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_891</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:42:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Less paperwork for international employees</title><description><![CDATA[Four central service centres provide such an extensive administrative service to foreign employees in Denmark that they only need to go to one place to fix all their necessary paperwork.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Lesspaperworkforinternationalemployees.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_890</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:32:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Digitalisation can move Europe ahead</title><description><![CDATA[The EU risks lagging behind countries such as Japan, South Korea and the United States if we do not manage to create a genuinely digital Single Market.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/DigitalisationcanmoveEuropeahead.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_889</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:53:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>China?s lost cause is a victory for freer raw materials market</title><description><![CDATA[China must now remove all unreasoned restrictions on raw materials. With its decision, the WTO has found in favour of the EU in a complaint about barriers to access to a number of raw materials on Chinese territory. According to DI, the decision opens the way to a freer market for raw materials.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Chinaslostcauseisavictoryforfreerrawmaterialsmarke.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_888</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:47:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New important tool against global counterfeits</title><description><![CDATA[The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a new international treaty. Its purpose is to provide businesses with better tools to enforce their copyrights and protect their trademarks in a long list of countries. According to DI, the treaty will benefit many innovative companies.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Newimportanttoolagainstglobalcounterfeits.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_887</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:36:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Outsourcing could drive Europe forward</title><description><![CDATA[Greater private involvement may give savings and expand the EU?s Single Market.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/OutsourcingcoulddriveEuropeforward.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_886</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:56:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>EU Single Market can deliver growth worth billions</title><description><![CDATA[The EU Single Market needs to shift to a higher gear if it is going to drive Europe out of the deep economic crisis that threatens prosperity and welfare in the region.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/EUSingleMarketcandelivergrowthworthbillions.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_885</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:00:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Untapped potential in cross-border e-commerce</title><description><![CDATA[A better-functioning Digital Single Market holds the potential to boost the European economy and create jobs.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Untappedpotentialincross-bordere-commerce.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_884</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:13:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lost trial for China is a victory for a freer raw material market</title><description><![CDATA[China is now obliged to remove all unjustified restrictive measures on raw materials. Thus, the WTO ruled in favour of EU on a complaint concerning barriers to access a variety of raw materials on Chinese ground. DI considers this will open up to a freer market for raw materials.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/LosttrialforChinaisavictoryforafreerrawmaterialmarket.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_883</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:49:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Libya is ready for Danish businesses</title><description><![CDATA[There is a great need of foreign investment in Libya. The North African country appears far more stable and peaceful than is the general impression from the media, according to a DI-organised delegation that visited Libya.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/NewLibyaisreadyforDanishbusinesses.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_882</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:55:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Good Danish experiences with modular road trains</title><description><![CDATA[The Danish experiment with modular road trains has been running for three years now, and a comprehensive evaluation of the experiment shows that it has been a major success. DI Transport wants an agreement that can make the programme permanent.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/GoodDanishexperienceswithmodularroadtrains.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_881</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:40:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Growing need for innovation in Danish exports</title><description><![CDATA[Increased competition on the export markets is pressing the service life of Danish products. As many as half of all Danish companies believe that their products have a shorter lifespan than 10 or 15 years ago, and this intensifies the need for innovation and increasing competitiveness.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/GrowingneedforinnovationinDanishexports.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_880</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:34:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>LEGO wants to train Korean school children</title><description><![CDATA[At the visit to DI of South Korea?s Foreign and Trade Minister Kim Sung-Hwan a couple of weeks ago, the agenda mainly dealt with market opportunities in the wake of the new free trade agreement.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/LEGOwantstotrainKoreanschoolchildren.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_879</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:27:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DIBD blows new life into private enterprise</title><description><![CDATA[The Danish model is finding its way to Northern Africa. With financial support from the Danish Foreign Ministry, DI International Business Development (DIBD) is helping to build up sister organisations in countries where the private sector has previously been without political influence.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/DIBDblowsnewlifeintoprivateenterprise.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_878</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:17:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>EU: Online trade to double in three years</title><description><![CDATA[The EU aims for a doubling of online trade?s share of GDP by 2015, and that is a highly positive strategy, according to the Danish Commercial Industries Federation, DI Handel.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/EUOnlinetradetodoubleinthreeyears.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_877</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:39:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Necessary to hold on to foreign students</title><description><![CDATA[A comprehensive strategy is needed if Denmark is to retain foreign students, according to DI. The non-Danish students might love to study in Denmark, but half of them return home after graduation.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Necessarytoholdontoforeignstudents.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_876</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:33:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DI exploring in Libya</title><description><![CDATA[What are the market opportunities for Danish businesses in Libya after the fall of the dictatorship and Muammar Gaddafi? A small group of DI advisors went on a round of reconnaissance in cooperation with DI?s Libyan sister organisation, Libyan Businessmen Council.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/DIexploringinLibya.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_875</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:27:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Welfare solutions are marketable commodities across the globe</title><description><![CDATA[Welfare is an area with major market potential in the form of so-called welfare technologies. The private sector offers service solutions as well as products.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Welfaresolutionsaremarketablecommoditiesacrosstheglobe.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_874</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:07:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Denmark and South Korea boost cooperation</title><description><![CDATA[Since the free trade agreement with South Korea was signed last year, cooperation between Denmark and Korea has been continually reinforced. The increased relations are further strengthened by a recent official Korean visit to Denmark and a later visit by a large Danish business delegation to the south Asian country.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/DenmarkandSouthKoreaboostcooperation.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_873</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:05:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>India?s industry advances internationally</title><description><![CDATA[The large Indian industrial conglomerates are in the process of expanding in the global market while the government is trying to tempt more foreign investment to India.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Indiasindustryadvancesinternationally.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_872</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:26:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bright expectations in uncertain times</title><description><![CDATA[Despite a crisis and recession, a majority of enterprises in Statistics Denmark?s trend survey said they expect increasing production in the coming three-month period. But developments are very uncertain, according to DI]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Brightexpectationsinuncertaintimes.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_871</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:22:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Transport talks underway</title><description><![CDATA[Bargaining in the standard wage area has started after the 3F Transport union and DI last Friday began negotiations for a renewal of the general transport agreement.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Transporttalksunderway.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_870</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:16:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Export increase too modest to create jobs</title><description><![CDATA[Although Danish exports increased in November, they still landed on the same low level as last spring, and that is not enough to create new jobs, according to DI.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Exportincreasetoomodesttocreatejobs.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_869</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:05:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Employers want to change the image of industry</title><description><![CDATA[The Danes? perception of industrial manufacturers is up for revision. Over the next few months, a large-scale campaign, launched by the Federation of Employers in Provincial Industry, will communicate the national importance of production.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Employerswanttochangetheimageofindustry.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_868</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:58:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>EU Commission won?t allow modular road trains as a general rule</title><description><![CDATA[Businesses and haulage contractors in the EU cannot count on help from the European Commission on the issue of large modular road trains.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/EUCommissionwon%E2%80%99tallowmodularroadtrainsasageneralrule.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_867</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:00:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The best place in the world to do business</title><description><![CDATA[Canada has overtaken Denmark and conquered the top rank as the best place in the world to do business, according to the American business journal Forbes Magazine.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Thebestplaceintheworldtodobusiness.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_866</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:56:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Taxes cause consumer price increase</title><description><![CDATA[While raw material prices were previously predominantly to blame for increasing consumer prices in Denmark, political decisions to introduce taxes are now causing consumer prices to rise, according to a DI analysis.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Taxescauseconsumerpriceincrease.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_864</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:43:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Collective bargaining has started</title><description><![CDATA[?We have a few years ahead of us in which we need to restore the Danish economy and competitiveness,? said DI CEO Karsten Dybvad. His statement came on January 4 as CO-industri (the Central Organisation of Industrial Employees in Denmark) and DI initiated the collective bargaining process to renew their collective agreements.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Collectivebargaininghasstarted.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_863</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:32:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>EU-presidency: We have a plan for Europe</title><description><![CDATA[At a press conference for the international media on 6 January, the Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt presented the detailed program of the Danish EU Presidency.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/EU-presidencyWehaveaplanforEurope.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_244</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:53:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Financing programme for energy investment in East Africa</title><description><![CDATA[An East African investment programme now provides an opportunity for private companies to receive contributions or interest-free loans of up to USD 1.5 million for investment in the region.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/FinancingprogrammeforenergyinvestmentinEastAfrica.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_861</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:38:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Unused potential in the Middle East and North Africa</title><description><![CDATA[The Middle East and North Africa hold potential for growth and establishment.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/UnusedpotentialintheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_860</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:03:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DI: Europe must speed up</title><description><![CDATA[Denmark assumes the presidency of the European Union at a time of political and economic crisis. The presidency, however, still provides an opportunity for the Danish government to make an impact in a number of areas with major significance for European and Danish business and industry.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/DIEuropemustspeedup.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_859</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:53:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>China beats the U.S. as DK trading partner No. 1</title><description><![CDATA[On December 11 last year, China celebrated its 10th anniversary as a member of the World Trade Organization. During this past decade, the Chinese economy has rocketed, and so has Denmark?s trade with China.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/ChinabeatstheUSasDKtradingpartnerNo1.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_858</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:32:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Progress takes place locally</title><description><![CDATA[Visionary governments are ready to involve the private sector in green growth. Denmark, South Korea, Mexico and South Africa show the way to Public-Private-Partnerships in the Global Green Growth Forum.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Progresstakesplacelocally.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_856</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:56:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Imported foods popular in China</title><description><![CDATA[The demand for imported foods in China is increasing. Industry analysts predict that China will become the world?s largest market for imported foods in 2018. This is good news for Danish food producers.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/ImportedfoodspopularinChina.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_855</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:49:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Denmark still among the world?s least corrupt countries</title><description><![CDATA[Corruption is widespread in many countries, according to Transparency International. In the organisation?s annual index of corruption in the world, important growth markets such as the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) are found at the ?bad? end of the index.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Denmarkstillamongtheworldsleastcorruptcountries.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_854</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:43:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Industry has the solutions</title><description><![CDATA[Despite a somewhat disappointing outcome of the COP17 climate change summit last week in Durban, the meetings were important for businesses because they involved technology transfer, climate adaptations and financing. All these are central issues for the future demand for Danish climate solutions.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Industryhasthesolutions.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_853</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:27:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Businesses are better at tackling the climate change challenge</title><description><![CDATA[Although the outcome of the COP17 climate change meeting in Durban was not ideal, businesses are ready to offer their solutions.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Businessesarebetterattacklingtheclimatechangechallenge.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_852</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:11:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Surprising Durban agreement with shortcomings</title><description><![CDATA[After prolonged talks, negotiators finally succeeded in reaching agreement at the climate change summit COP17 in Durban. DI welcomes the fact that an agreement was reached, but does not regard the result as particularly positive in terms of creating equal conditions for businesses.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/SurprisingDurbanagreementwithshortcomings.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_851</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:45:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DI CEO: New EU treaty central</title><description><![CDATA[A new EU treaty must be designed so that countries outside the Eurozone can easily be included, says DI CEO Karsten Dybvad.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/DICEONewEUtreatycentral.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_850</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:19:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DI: Push Europe's growth further to a global winner position</title><description><![CDATA[On the occasion of the Danish EU Presidency, the Confederation of Danish Industry?s (DI) wishes to encourage our political leaders to strive for continued European success in a globalised world. Therefore, DI presents a new publication containing proposals on how to move out of the crisis and restore European growth and competitiveness.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/DIPushEuropesgrowthfurthertoaglobalwinnerposition.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_849</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:21:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New EU auditing proposal hurts businesses</title><description><![CDATA[The quality of auditing will be reduced and it will be more expensive for companies. According to DI, this will be the consequence of new regulations due to be introduced by the European Commission. ]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/NewEUauditingproposalhurtsbusinesses.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_846</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:39:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Billion euro EU programme for research and innovation</title><description><![CDATA[A new framework programme with funds amounting to DKK 600 billion! With this proposal, the EU Commission is suggesting that a far greater tranche of the EU budget should be used for growth, and that is extremely positive, according to DI.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/BillioneuroEUprogrammeforresearchandinnovation.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_845</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:36:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Danish companies successful in Vietnam</title><description><![CDATA[Impressive growth in Vietnam has once again attracts Danish companies for an export promotion campaign spearheaded by HRH Crown Prince Frederik.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/DanishcompaniessuccessfulinVietnam.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_844</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:33:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Danish exporters more than just green</title><description><![CDATA[Danish export companies have more strongpoints than green technology. Nearly 40% of Danish exports are upmarket products that are sold at a higher price than corresponding products from other EU countries, according to a new DI study.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Danishexportersmorethanjustgreen.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_843</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:23:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Businesses impact on UN climate change talks</title><description><![CDATA[Market forces and national climate plans are the engines for green transition.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/BusinessesimpactonUNclimatechangetalks.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_842</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:18:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Major project to reinvent industry</title><description><![CDATA[Businesses and universities are ready to launch a grand-scale collaboration project on production research that will create thousands of jobs. The hope is that it will make Denmark the production laboratory of the future.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Majorprojecttoreinventindustry.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_841</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:25:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Eurobonds cannot solve Europe?s dire straits</title><description><![CDATA[The European Commission is proposing to concentrate the debt of the entire eurozone and guarantee the debt with Eurobonds. But as long as there is no common financial policy to accompany the strategy, Eurobonds do not offer a relevant solution for debt-stricken countries, according to DI.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/EurobondscannotsolveEuropesdirestraits.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_840</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:06:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Climate tax may increase exports to Australia</title><description><![CDATA[More than 50 Danish companies accompanied the Crown Prince and Crown Princess on their visit to Australia. Here a new CO2 tax may create opportunities for Danish enterprises with competencies in energy and environmental technology.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/ClimatetaxmayincreaseexportstoAustralia.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_839</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:57:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Focus on green energy benefits Danish exports</title><description><![CDATA[When Denmark takes over the EU presidency, green energy will be on the agenda during the six first months of 2012. DI supports this focus since Danish companies have a lot to offer . Last week, businesses met with central political players to discuss the agenda.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/FocusongreenenergybenefitsDanishexports.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_838</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:58:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Only one in two businesses is an exporter</title><description><![CDATA[Half of all small Danish enterprises stick to the domestic market, and only few of them plan to launch an export item. But more SMEs should take the leap, according to DI.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Onlyoneintwobusinessesisanexporter.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_837</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:42:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Danish companies are active investors abroad</title><description><![CDATA[High costs in Denmark and a need to be closer to customers around the globe are the most significant reasons why Danish companies are active investors abroad, according to DI.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Danishcompaniesareactiveinvestorsabroad.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_836</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:33:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New EU patent court may save millions of euro</title><description><![CDATA[In the current situation, Danish businesses pay DKK 150 million annually to take out patents in ?just? 13 EU countries.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/NewEUpatentcourtmaysavemillionsofeuro.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_835</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:44:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Highly qualified immigrants are central to our welfare</title><description><![CDATA[On average, they contribute a quarter-million kroner to the public coffers each year, they use less social and health services, they are rarely in contact with the legal system, and they pay more taxes than the average Dane. Highly qualified immigrants are essential in ensuring Danish welfare, according to a new report.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Highlyqualifiedimmigrantsarecentraltoourwelfare.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_834</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New strategy to increase exports to the growth markets</title><description><![CDATA[The new Danish trade and investment minister does not yet have a plan for a new export strategy. DI suggests that the collective export promotion programme should be strengthened.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Newstrategytoincreaseexportstothegrowthmarkets.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_833</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:18:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>International problems affect Danish industrial production</title><description><![CDATA[Declining international demand and weak Danish competitiveness have affected Danish industrial production negatively, according to DI. DI?s warning is based on new key indicators from Statistics Denmark.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/InternationalproblemsaffectDanishindustrialproduction.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_832</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:06:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Danish exports flunk compared with Euroland</title><description><![CDATA[Globalisation leads to a natural loss of market share to low cost countries, but Danish exports are also losing out in competition with our European competitors, according to DI calculations.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/DanishexportsflunkcomparedwithEuroland.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_831</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:58:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Important win in undercutting purchases of counterfeit products</title><description><![CDATA[Private people can no longer legally buy counterfeit consumer goods without having to answer for their transgression, according to a new judgment. The decision is good news for innovative companies, according to DI.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Importantwininundercuttingpurchasesofcounterfeitproducts.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_830</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:43:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Decent earnings in clean water</title><description><![CDATA[The water market is five times larger than the market for wind. If Danish companies are to make a move in this area, export cooperation is required.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Decentearningsincleanwater.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_829</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:54:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mobile commerce is reaching a breakthrough</title><description><![CDATA[A good many Danes use their mobile telephone to buy goods and services in comparison with other European countries. Young people are particularly quick to use the new shopping opportunity, and the growth potential is major, according to DIBS?s E-Commerce Survey 2011.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Mobilecommerceisreachingabreakthrough.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_828</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:15:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Crisis takes its toll on Danish exports</title><description><![CDATA[Danish exports lose orders as a result of the international crisis. This means that the weak Danish growth is likely to be even weaker. In the United States, the situation is also characterised by consumer pessimism, high unemployment and decreasing growth.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/CrisistakesitstollonDanishexports.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_827</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:10:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Good advice is global</title><description><![CDATA[Corporate needs for counselling change rapidly. Particularly as a result of global competition! That is why consultants must be ready to quickly adjust to new scenarios.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Goodadviceisglobal.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_826</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:06:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nearly 500,000 Danish jobs depend on EU trade</title><description><![CDATA[Nearly 60% of Danish exports land on the markets of the European Union. This corresponded to an income of more than DKK 500 billion last year and meant jobs for 450,000 Danes, according to DI calculations. The debt crisis, however, threatens this vital part of Danish exports.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Nearly500,000DanishjobsdependonEUtrade.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_825</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:00:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Major potential in Danish experience in full energy exploitation</title><description><![CDATA[The Danish energy industry can provide many solutions to the problem that expensive energy is gushing out of the EU amounting to DKK 7,500 annually per EU citizen because electricity and heating are produced separately.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/MajorpotentialinDanishexperienceinfullenergyexploitation.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_824</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:54:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Concentrate research in certain areas</title><description><![CDATA[Danish pupils should be among the Top 5 in OECD PISA surveys in reading, mathematics and science subjects. And six out of ten should preferably take further education.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Concentrateresearchincertainareas.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_823</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:04:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Directive on energy efficiency improvement inspired by Denmark</title><description><![CDATA[The European Union has problems meeting its target of reducing energy consumption by 20% by 2020. As a result, the European Commission launches a new directive on how to increase energy efficiency. DI welcomes the directive and recognises precise matches between the goals of the directive and the competencies of many Danish businesses.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/DirectiveonenergyefficiencyimprovementinspiredbyDenmark.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_822</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:52:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Denmark to open up to non-Danish workers</title><description><![CDATA[Easier access to international schools for children, lower taxes and better networks are some of the amenities that would attract more highly qualified foreigners to Denmark, according to DI.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/DenmarktoopenuptononDanishworkers.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_821</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:46:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>European online shopping growth too slow</title><description><![CDATA[Consumers feel secure about online shopping, according to a new European survey on cross-border online shopping. Nevertheless, a number of barriers still slow down the growth of e-business in the EU, according to DI Handel, the Danish Commercial Industries Federation, which would welcome a European e-business label as an incentive to increase online shopping.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/Europeanonlineshoppinggrowthtooslow.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_820</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:39:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DI: Europe shows the way out of the debt crisis</title><description><![CDATA[The European heads of state and government did not let us down last week when they reached agreement on a comprehensive plan to rescue Europe from the debt crisis.]]></description><link>http://di.dk/English/News/Pages/DIEuropeshowsthewayoutofthedebtcrisis.aspx</link><guid>3edf507e-0107-4c0b-a600-f7688b0505f6_819</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:15:52 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
