Irina Mikhalyova, marketing director of Alliance Novobud development company, took part in the Ukrainian Building Congress (UBC), which took place on November 21 at the Parkoviy ECC in Kiev, having acted as a speaker and moderator of two discussion panels dedicated to affordable housing and the state mortgage program “єOselia”.
According to the press service of Alliance Novobud, Mikhalyova moderated the panel “Affordable Housing: How to Make Real Estate Affordable for Ukrainians”, which was attended by representatives of development companies, banks and government institutions – in particular, EcoBud Building Group, Ukrfinjitlo, State Fund for Promotion of Youth Housing Construction, Sky Bank and developer Intergal-Bud. The participants discussed the combination of state programs, market instruments of developers and bank products to form an affordable housing market under war conditions.
Special emphasis was placed on the impact of the war on purchasing power, construction rates and financing of new projects. According to Mikhalyova, state support programs, such as “єOselia”, in wartime become not only a financial instrument for the market, but also an indicator of the state’s confidence in the industry. She noted that participation in such initiatives helps developers to stabilize sales and stimulate demand for primary real estate.
In addition, CMO Alliance Novobud was a speaker at the discussion panel “єOsela – the state’s investment in recovery”, where developers and bankers shared their experience of working with the program, assessed its impact on the sales structure and discussed the prospects of reconfiguring the loan product to primarily finance primary housing. Ms. Mikhalyova confirmed the company’s readiness to develop partnership formats with banks for additional support of buyers.
Alliance Novobud is a development company operating in the residential real estate market of Kyiv and Kyiv region for more than 18-20 years, specializing in business class projects in the capital and modern residential complexes in the suburbs. According to the company, under the brand Alliance Novobud projects are realized in Kiev (Montreal House, club house Illinsky House) and Brovary (in particular, Krona Park II, Madison Gardens, “Forest Quarter” and “Lavandovy”).
According to the rating of LUN service and NV edition, at the end of 2024 Alliance Novobud entered the top 20 largest developers of Kyiv and the region, taking 15th place by the number of commissioned apartments, which, according to analysts, indicates the stability of the company in the war conditions. Industry reviews indicate that since its establishment the developer has built more than two dozen residential buildings, and its projects are characterized by monolithic-frame construction technology and medium- and business-class positioning.
State-owned Pakistan Petroleum Ltd. will build an island to create a launch pad for accelerating oil and gas exploration. The artificial island will be located approximately 30 kilometers off the coast of the southern province of Sindh, near the city of Sajawal, PPL’s chief executive officer for exploration and core business development, Arshad Palekar, told Bloomberg. According to him, this will prevent tidal waves from interrupting round-the-clock geological exploration work.
This project, the first of its kind for Pakistan, is based on the experience of Abu Dhabi, where artificial islands for drilling have been successfully built, Paleekar said.
Construction of the island will be completed in February, and operations will begin immediately after that, he added. The company plans to drill about 25 wells.
Drilling operations in Pakistan are gaining momentum after US President Donald Trump expressed interest in the country’s “huge oil reserves” in July. Since then, offshore exploration licenses have been issued to local companies PPL, Mari Energies Ltd. and Prime International Oil and Gas Co.
According to Serbian Economist, Chinese company Haitian International is launching pilot production at its new plant in Ruma (Vojvodina, Serbia), creating one of the largest production complexes in the region.
The project involves the construction of a factory with an area of up to 250,000 m² in the Rumska petlja industrial zone.
The initial phase includes approximately 59,000 m² for a production building, office building, and canteen. During the pilot phase, it is planned to produce up to 2,500 Mars and Jupiter series injection molding machines per year.
The total investment is estimated at around €100 million. In the first phase, the plant will employ about 300 people with salaries ranging from €650 to €1,000.
The city administration of Ruma and the Serbian government noted that the project will make a significant contribution to regional industrial dynamics and create new jobs. The plant will enable the Chinese investor to reduce logistics costs and serve the markets of Europe, the Middle East, and India more quickly.
The Serbian authorities consider the Haitian project to be strategic for the industrialization of Vojvodina and strengthening the inflow of foreign investment. The launch of pilot production in Ruma will strengthen Serbia’s industrial cluster and create the conditions for further technological investments.
Haitian International is a major Chinese manufacturer of injection molding machines, presses, and automated equipment. The plant in Ruma will be the company’s first significant production base in the Balkans.
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Sense Bank has started cooperation with Export Credit Agency (ECA), which opened an opportunity for exporters to get loans under the insurance coverage of the agency without providing collateral, the press service of the bank said.
According to the information, the new model of interaction provides ESA insurance of risks on export credits, which allows financing foreign trade contracts even in the absence of sufficient collateral on the part of the client. Insurance coverage reduces non-repayment risks for the bank and makes financing available to more Ukrainian exporters.
Sense Bank notes that such support is key in wartime conditions, when businesses face limited access to liquidity and external markets. Export credit insurance provides repayment guarantees, allowing companies to fulfill contracts and maintain their position in international markets.
“Sense Bank continues to expand the range of financial instruments to support Ukrainian businesses. Cooperation with ESA is a strategic investment in the country’s economic sustainability,” said Andrey Sokolov, member of the bank’s Board of Directors.
Ruslan Gashev, Head of the ESA Board, emphasized that the agency is committed to empowering Ukrainian companies despite difficult circumstances. “Even in the most difficult conditions Ukrainian business demonstrates strength. Together with Sense Bank we create opportunities for it to grow – providing trust, financial protection and access to new markets without unnecessary barriers,” he said.
In Ukraine, more IT professionals are closing their fops than opening new ones: -7.5 thousand entrepreneurs since the beginning of the year. In general, IT fops are among the longest-lived: the median life span of those who worked in computer programming and closed this year is almost 4 years. The oldest entrepreneur among those who closed this year worked for 34 years.
18,605 new sole proprietorships in computer programming appeared this year, which means that the number of newcomers to the field remained almost unchanged. Instead, existing businesses are closing more and more actively: 26,158 IT entrepreneurs have closed their operations. Overall, losses in the industry tripled over the year: 7,553 FOPs in just ten months of this year.
Traditionally, the largest number of new IT fops was registered in Kyiv (3737), Lviv (2015), Dnipro (1740), Kharkiv (1557), and Kyiv regions (1338). At the same time, only two regions maintained a positive balance – when more opened than closed -: Volyn (+19 fops) and Ternopil (+12).
Men predominate among new IT entrepreneurs – 57% of registrations, while women account for 43%. And in no region does the number of women entrepreneurs exceed the number of men – this is currently an atypical situation for Ukrainian businesses, which are mostly started by women.
The median life of an IT fop that closed in 2025 is 4 years. One in six IT fops ceases operations within the first year, and another third operate for one to four years. The oldest entrepreneur to close this year had been operating since 1991.
However, the closure of fops does not necessarily indicate a crisis in the industry, but rather a change in the way IT professionals are employed. Thus, according to DOU, 57% of IT professionals work as freelancers this year. Comparatively, a year ago, the number was 70%, and in 2022 it was 87%.
At the same time, according to Gini, the number of vacancies in the IT sector has only increased over the past year. Thus, while 72,396 job offers for IT professionals were posted in 10 months of last year, the same period this year has already seen an 11% increase in such offers: 80 297.
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