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88 to lose job, many affect as UPM ends negotiation talks
Finnish forest-based bio-industry company UPM will cut up to 88 jobs while many others employees are facing risk of possible layoffs.…
Turnover of construction drops by 2.1% in Oct Y-on-Y
The working day adjusted turnover of construction enterprises decreased by 2.1 per cent in October 2024 compared to the previous year,…
Trade balance posts €270m surplus in Sep
The trade balance showed a surplus of EUR 270 million in September 2024, according to the international trade in goods statistics…
Google buys €27m land in Finland for data center expansion
U.S. search engine giant Google has acquired about 1,400 hectares of land worth 27 million euros at Muhos and Kajaani in Finland to…
154 staff to affect as UPM to close Kaltenkirchen factory in Germany
Finnish forest-based bio-industry company UPM has decided to permanently close its Kaltenkirchen factory in Germany, said the UPM in a…
Business confidence on rise but still weak: EK
Confidence in major business sectors, except for retail trade increased in November, said the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK)…
Consumer confidence remains very weak in November
The balance figure of the consumer confidence indicator (CCI) stood at minus 7.4 in November, having been minus 6.8 in October and…
Number of unemployed jobseekers rises in Oct
The number of unemployed jobseekers was 285,200 in Finland at the end of Ocrober and the number is 29,100 more than a year earlier and…
Median monthly earning in Finland was €3,564 in 2023
The median for monthly earnings of full-time wage and salary earners was EUR 3,564 per month in 2023, according to Statistics Finland.…
Industrial Union warns of strike on Dec 10
The Industrial Union (Teollisuusliitto) on Thursday submitted a new strike warning to the Technology Industries Employers’ of…