The Ukrsadprom association has appealed to the Cabinet of Ministers and the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food with the request to increase funding of the program for the development of viticulture, horticulture and hop growing by the end of this year to meet the demand of farmers.
“Ukrsadprom records an extremely high demand on the part of gardeners for state support, the peak of which will be in the autumn planting season. And it is clear today that the demand of gardeners will significantly exceed the supply of existing support,” the association’s press release said.
In this regard, according to the decision of the association council of August 11, 2018, an appeal was sent to the Cabinet of Ministers and the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food by the end of this year to increase funding for the program to meet the demand of farmers and expand the list of priority directions of state support, adding articles related to storage and pre-sale preparation of grown products.
“Considering high demand on the part of gardeners for participation in the support program, as well as the need to attract modern technologies to the industry and ensure sustainable development, Ukrsadprom suggests significantly increasing the amount of financing for the program in 2019 to ensure the rapid introduction of storage and pre-sale preparation facilities for Ukrainian fruits and berries,” the association said.
Bank Credit Dnepr (Kyiv) has increased its charter capital by UAH 1.199 billion, or 78.8%, to UAH 2.72 billion through an additional share issue.
According to a press release of the financial institution, on August 15 the bank registered the new wording of the charter in connection with the increase of the charter capital.
Capitalization was carried out by a private placement of additionally issued shares.
Bank Credit Dnepr was founded in 1993. Its sole shareholder is Brancroft Enterprises Limited, which indirectly belongs to Victor Pinchuk.
The bank ranked 21st among 84 operating banks in the country as of June 1, 2018 in terms of total assets (UAH 9.439 billion), according to the National Bank of Ukraine.
Ukrainian High-Speed Railway Company, a branch of PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia, in July increased its passenger traffic by 5.3%, to 540,000 passengers, the occupancy of trains rose by 4 percentage points, to 100%, the company said.
“High-speed trains are traditionally in a high demand among passengers, their average occupancy was usually more than 90%, which is a high figure for such rolling stock. Today we state a 100% occupancy of high-speed trains,” Acting Chairman of the Board of Ukrzaliznytsia Yevhen Kravtsov said.
According to him, the demand for high-speed trains will be taken into account when approving the strategy for the development of passenger transportation in future.
According to Ukrainian High-Speed Railway Company, 847 trips were carried out in July, the occupancy rate of trains was 100%.
In the seven months of 2018, almost 3.3 million passengers were transported by Intercity+ and Intercity high-speed trains.
The rolling stock of Ukrainian High-Speed Railway Company consists of ten HRCS-2 electric trains manufactured by Hyundai Rotem, two EKS-1 Tarpan electric trains and two trains on locomotive traction produced by Kriukov Car Building Works, as well as two double-deck Czech trains produced by Skoda.
Enterprise with foreign investments McDonald’s Ukraine Ltd. (Kyiv), which develops the American chain of McDonald’s fast food restaurants in Ukraine, has introduced the option of full table service in a restaurant at Pivdenny Railway Station in Kyiv, which became the fifth establishment of the new format.
According to the company, McDonald’s intends by the end of the year to open seven more McDonald’s establishments of the new format.
According to the press service, the restaurant of the network at Pivdenny Railway Station started work at the end of 2016. After reconstruction, self-service terminals were installed in it, table service was introduced, the cash zone was divided into two parts – for ordering and receiving dishes. A hospitality expert will work in the updated McDonald’s, who should notice and respond to customers’ needs.
“In the second half of 2018, another element of the format of future experience will be introduced – a new principle of the kitchen “Cooked for you.” This will allow visitors to add or remove ingredients in burgers to their liking,” McDonald’s said.
According to the press service, the new formats in 2018 were also introduced in four restaurants of the network: two in Kyiv, one in Cherkasy and Boryspil (Kyiv region).
The first McDonald’s restaurant in the country opened in Kyiv on May 24, 1997.
Ostchem’s chemical plants will have to stop work in a week if state-run railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia continues to refuse to send railcars for the shipment of their products, Ostchem’s press service has told Interfax-Ukraine. “Ukrzaliznytsya stopped sending railway cars a week ago. As a result, the products are not being shipped and the plants are forced to stock their warehouses. If the wagons are not sent, in a week the warehouses of the enterprises will be completely filled and the plants will shut down,” the press service said.
Ostchem said the most critical situation was at its Cherkasy Azot plant and at Rivneazot, adding that the situation at its Severodonetsk Azot plant is also precarious.
“If the supply of wagons does not resume, the autumn sowing campaign will be under threat. The chemical producers will stop and bear losses. Farmers are in danger of not receiving the fertilizers they need,” the press service added.
Each plant needs about 20 gondola cars every day. Executives from Cherkasy Azot, Rivneazot and Severodonetsk Azot have written to Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman and Ukrzaliznytsia officials requesting immediate resolution of the problem.
The Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank FMO (Nederladse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelinglanden N.V.) and Cyprus-based Abbeydrift Limited through a specially established company (SPV) can jointly with Cypriot Badoix Investments Ltd. indirectly gain control over Allseeds S.A. (Luxembourg), the holding company of Allseeds Group, a large Ukrainian producer and exporter of vegetable oils. According to the website of the AMC, it provided the relevant permit to FMO and Abbeydrift Limited.
Earlier mass media called Badoix Investments Ltd. one of the founders of Allseeds S.A.. At present, the ultimate beneficiary of the Luxembourg company in the state register are CEO of Allseeds Viacheslav Petrysche and Trade Director Cornelis Vrins (a citizen of Switzerland).
The Cypriot company Abbeydrift Limited was established in late 2014. There is no additional information about it.
The Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank FMO in mid-July this year disseminated information on preparing a project for the issuance of $15 million loan to Allseeds to increase the company’s capacity and achieve maximum efficiency without buying new equipment. However, now information about this project is not available on the FMO’s website.
Allseeds Group was founded in 2010. In July 2015, the group commissioned an oil extraction plant at Yuzhny port with a capacity of processing 2,400 tonnes of sunflower seeds per day (or 1,800 tonnes of rapeseeds, or 1,500 tonnes of soybeans).
