Business news from Ukraine

Business news from Ukraine

OFFICIAL RATES OF BANKING METALS FROM NATIONAL BANK AS OF APRIL 23

Official rates of banking metals from national bank as of April 23

One troy ounce=31.10 grams

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UKRAINE RECEIVES 2ND BATCH OF ASTRAZENECA’S VACCINE

Ukraine has received 367,200 doses of the AstraZeneca-SKBio coronavirus vaccine made in South Korea and delivered by the UNICEF and the WHO within the COVAX facility’s framework.
This batch will be used for vaccinating priority groups and people aged 65 and up, Ukrainian Deputy Health Minister, chief public health official Viktor Liashko told Interfax-Ukraine.
According to the UNICEF press release, Ukraine will receive vaccines for the inoculation of 8 million residents by the end of 2021 via the COVAX facility.
The UNICEF noted that all vaccines supplied via the COVAX facility complied with the WHO safety and efficacy criteria.
“Importantly, against the backdrop of fierce competition and struggle for access to vaccines in the world, COVAX has been confirming in practice the fulfillment of tasks for which this global partnership has been created – to ensure fair opportunities for all,” the press release quoted Liashko as saying.
As reported earlier, the UNICEF delivered 117,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Ukraine last week via the COVAX facility.

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METAL HOLDING REDUCES NET PROFIT BY 23% IN 2020

Metal Holding Trade LLC, one of the metal trading companies in Ukraine, in 2020 reduced its net profit by 23% compared to the previous year, to UAH 13.838 million.
According to the annual report of the enterprise in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission, the company in 2020 reduced its net income by 3.4%, to UAH 35.754 million.
Retained earnings over the last year amounted to UAH 123.036 million.
Metal Holding Trade LLC (Kyiv) is engaged in the wholesale trade of metals, and the production of metal structures.

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AVERAGE MONTHLY WAGE BY REGION IN Feb 2021, UAH

AVERAGE MONTHLY WAGE BY REGION IN Feb 2021, UAH

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UKRAINIAN COMPANY OPENS FIRST BAR IN ROMANIA

Holding !FEST has opened the first bar Piana Vyshnia (Drunken Cherry) in Bucharest (Romania), the head and co-owner of the holding Andriy Khudo has said.
“We opened a business in Romania. The first project, of course, is Piana Vyshnia in the capital of the country, Bucharest,” he wrote on Facebook.
According to him, during quarantine restrictions, the institution is open on weekdays until 20:00, on weekends – until 18:00.
According to the information on the site, the Piana Vyshnia bars chain, in addition to Ukraine, is also represented in Poland (Warsaw, Krakow, Wroclaw) and Moldova (Chisinau).
Holding of emotions !FEST was founded in 2007 and develops a network of creative restaurants, coffee houses and shops in Ukraine.
The owners of the holding !FEST are Khudo, Yuriy Nazaruk and Dmytro Herasymov.

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MCDONALD’S OPENS FIRST RESTAURANT IN IVANO-FRANKIVSK

Enterprise with foreign investments McDonald’s Ukraine Ltd. (Kyiv), which develops the American fast food chain McDonald’s in Ukraine, opened a restaurant of the chain at 2, Ivan Mykolaichuk Street in Ivano-Frankovsk on April 17.
According to the press service of the company, the new McDonald’s is designed for 185 seats in the hall and 82 seats on the terrace. The restaurant is equipped with two McDrive lines, delivery areas and express orders. The hall includes 12 self-service terminals and sorting stations for separate waste collection.
In addition, in May, it is planned to launch a robot transporter for the quick delivery of finished orders from the kitchen to the express orders window.
The company said that in addition to this, the opening of new McDonald’s restaurants is planned in Bila Tserkva, Lutsk, Khmelnytsky, Kropyvnytsky and Mariupol.
“Also, in the next two years, the company aims to open the first establishments in Chernivtsi and Uzhgorod, and to increase its presence in cities with a population of one million, such as Kharkiv, Odesa, Dnipro and Lviv,” the company said.
The first McDonald’s in Ukraine was opened on May 24, 1997 in Kyiv.
The McDonald’s restaurant chain in Ukraine has 99 restaurants in 22 cities.
According to the data of the unified public register of legal entities and private entrepreneurs, MCD Europe Limited (100%, London, U.K.) is a participant in the limited liability company.

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