https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) have told the BBC that if the UK were to leave the EU it would be disastrous for both countries. https://www.thelocal.de/20150529/german-industry-brexit-would-be-disastrous Fri, 29 May 2015 16:04:30 +0200 german-industry-brexit-would-be-disastrous The German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) warned on Thursday that a fresh burst of economic confidence might be unfounded, even as they raised their growth projections for 2015. https://www.thelocal.de/20150528/business-leaders-warn-economy-doing-too-well Thu, 28 May 2015 13:57:01 +0200 business-leaders-warn-economy-doing-too-well The federation of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) said on Friday that strikes by train drivers' union GDL have cost Germany over half a billion Euros. https://www.thelocal.de/20141121/businesses-say-train-strikes-cost-over-500m Fri, 21 Nov 2014 10:00:17 +0100 businesses-say-train-strikes-cost-over-500m The expansion of the European Union eastwards ten years ago was a “godsend” and has created one million jobs in Germany, the head of the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140430/eu-eastern-expansion-created-one-million-german-jobs Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:37:00 +0200 eu-eastern-expansion-created-one-million-german-jobs One of Germany's top commerce experts warned on Monday that there were so many young people at university, and so few in traineeships, that the country's economy would suffer. https://www.thelocal.de/20140203/expert-too-many-germans-go-to-university Mon, 03 Feb 2014 15:50:00 +0100 expert-too-many-germans-go-to-university German business chiefs believe their country could overtake the USA this year to become the world’s second biggest exporter. https://www.thelocal.de/20130816/51437 Fri, 16 Aug 2013 12:38:00 +0200 51437 Germans are increasingly taking on jobs rather than deciding to become their own bosses, with the number of new start-up businesses this year expected to be the lowest since reunification. https://www.thelocal.de/20120412/41899 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:21:00 +0200 41899 With one in every three German firms fearing a growing shortage of skilled workers, the head of the governmental industry group has called for marginalised workers to be brought back into the workplace. https://www.thelocal.de/20110524/35219 Tue, 24 May 2011 14:11:00 +0200 35219 Germany's top industry body launched an unusually frank attack on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government on Tuesday, openly calling it directionless and demanding it pick up the ball on much-needed changes such as tax reform. https://www.thelocal.de/20110426/34627 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:06:00 +0200 34627 Entrepreneurs with foreign roots will likely create 150,000 jobs in Germany this year, according to the German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK). https://www.thelocal.de/20100913/29791 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:40:00 +0200 29791 A leading advocate of skilled labourers came to the defence of young people on Monday following recent studies that have up to half of them “unfit” for job training. https://www.thelocal.de/20100412/26485 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:29:00 +0200 26485