Metinvest’s network of steel service centers in Ukraine, Metinvest-SMC, has donated steel to the Pivden Operational Command as part of Rinat Akhmetov’s Steel Front initiative to manufacture mobile buggy vehicles, which are in high demand at the frontline.
According to the press release, a buggy is a small light vehicle with high cross-country ability with open wheels, used for off-road driving. There are no such vehicles in service in Ukraine. Activists, volunteers and representatives of some military associations manufacture and supply them.
It is noted that buggies are compact, fast, maneuverable, have high cross-country ability and are easily camouflaged. They are relatively inexpensive and are indispensable in reconnaissance missions, able to attack in small groups and make quick raids behind enemy lines. That is why the buggy is a good alternative to a conventional wheeled vehicle on the front lines.
Metinvest-SMC was recently approached by representatives of the UC Pivden: the military needed equipment for the production of buggies. At their request the company provided 3.8 tons of rolled metal – angles, sheets, and tubes – for the manufacture of 10 front minivans, free of charge.
According to the press service, everyone can also help the defenders of Ukraine: if there are any unused old Zhiguli 01-07 cars, they can be transferred to the AFU (Operational Command South in FB or e-mail coll-centr_ok_pivden@post.mil.gov.ua).
It is recalled that Metinvest group has already allocated 1.6 billion UAH for the projects of Rinat Akhmetov’s Steel Front military initiative.
“Metinvest” is a vertically integrated mining group of companies. Its main shareholders are SCM Group (71.24%) and Smart Holding (23.76%) that jointly manage the company.
Metinvest Holding LLC is the managing company of Metinvest group.
Insurance Group “TAS” (Kyiv) in February 2023 collected UAH 212,43 mln of insurance premiums, which is 19,1% more than in February of last year, according to the web-site of the insurer.
Thus, under CASCO contracts the insurer collected UAH 53,21 million of payments, which is 25,05% of the total monthly receipts of the company and is 43,5% more than in the accounting period of 2022.
Besides 34,19% or 72,63 mln UAH of the received payments fell on motor third party liability insurance (+19,8%), 22,44% or 47,66 mln UAH on “Green Card” (+41,4%), 7,56% or 16,06 mln UAH of payments on voluntary medical insurance.
TAS IG has attracted UAH 5,05 mln on property insurance contracts in February – it is 5,3% more than the corresponding figure for the second month of the last year.
TAS IG has collected UAH 17.82 mln of payments under other insurance contracts during the reporting period.
State Ukreximbank (Kiev) on March 21 signed an agreement with the Entrepreneurship Development Fund (EDF) to attract on three programs to support Ukrainian enterprises 250 million UAH, the press service of the bank reported on Tuesday.
According to the message, credit resources for Ukreximbank will be provided at the expense of both own funds of the FRD, and the means of the project “SME support”, funded with the support of the German government through the German Development Bank KfW and the EU within the initiative EU4Business.
It is indicated that a significant portion of credit funds is planned to support the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises engaged in export operations, which will contribute to the expansion of national production in world markets.
Ukreximbank was founded in 1992. The only owner of this financial institution is the state.
According to the National Bank of Ukraine, as of November 1, 2022 Ukreximbank by total assets was in 3rd place (267.423 billion UAH) among the 67 operating in the country.
The Verkhovna Rada on March 20 passed a law “On Amendments to the Code of Ukraine on Bankruptcy Procedures” (No. 4409), under which bankruptcy filings will now be considered in simplified proceedings without summoning the parties, the Ministry of Justice said.
“The bill also simplifies the work of bankruptcy trustees. It provides for the creation of an automated information system “Bankruptcy and insolvency,” uniting the necessary registries and databases and which will include an electronic office of the trustee in bankruptcy,” the Ministry of Justice said in a press release on Wednesday.
The department reminded that the bill number 4409 was adopted as a basis back in June 2021. In preparation for the bill for the second reading of 248 amendments were filed, of which 112 were proposed to take into account.
Deputy Minister of Justice Valeriy Kolomiets thanked the head of the profile subcommittee of the Rada Oleksiy Movchan “for persistence and for being in crime” in the difficult process of adopting the document and wished a little more patience, because the adoption of the bill on “military bankruptcies” and the implementation of EU Directive 2019/1023 until September this year.
Number of unemployed people registered in public employment service as of 01.01.2023 (thush people)
Source: Open4Business.com.ua and experts.news
JSC “Retail Group”, that manages the food network “Velika Kishenya” and “Velmart”, on the basis of 2022 net loss increased by 18% – up to UAH 704 thousand.
According to the announcement of the company in the information disclosure system of the National Commission on Securities and Stock Market, its assets for the year increased 2.7 times and amounted to UAH 653,5 mln.
According to preliminary data, the uncovered loss in 2022 amounted to 33 thousand UAH, the total accounts receivable – 519.5 million UAH, while in 2021 it amounted to 1.5 million UAH. Current liabilities by the end of the year amounted to UAH 570.2 mln. compared with UAH 154.3 mln. in the previous year. Long-term liabilities amounted to 523.9 mln UAH.
During the meeting the shareholders intend to approve significant contract actions for 2022 for the total amount of more than 3.6 billion UAH.
According to the NCCFM, as of the fourth quarter of 2022 the shareholders of Retail Group are Hazinart Limited (Cyprus, 87.4%), Aeroholding LLC (7.8%). The beneficiary is Roman Lunin.
The Retail Group holding founded in 2005 manages the retail chains Velimart, Velika Kishenya, VKExpress and VK Select in Ukraine, and the supermarket chain Green Hills Market in Moldova. The company also owns the chain of seven shopping and entertainment centers “Equator” in Ukraine.
According to Forbes Ukraine, the revenues of the retail direction of the holding in 2021 amounted to 12.2 billion UAH.
