Finance

A hurdle has been taken: the change in the land use plan for the "edelgraben" business park in lonnerstadt is in dry cloth after the fifth interpretation. At the meeting, a resolution was passed that will – so the council and the administration hope – bring the never-ending story to an end.
Now it is a question of drawing up a development plan for the new "edelgraben 2" commercial area to be set up. "The process is already underway, engineer georg schreiber from the hochstadt office of maier reported at the meeting. Not to be confused with the opposite "edelgraben 1", for which there is already a development plan from 2006. For economic reasons, this has not yet been realized. Even now, no one knows if and when this will happen.
Mayor stefan himpel () had invited businesses interested in locating in the area to the west of lonnerstadt to the meeting. 10,000 square meters of the 3.8-hectare site are to be made available to the municipality for companies wishing to locate there. 20,000 square meters remain in the hands of herbert krafft. The local entrepreneur, who wants to build three halls on his flat, has, according to his own words, "also initiated the whole thing".
As mayor himpel announced, four companies already established in the municipality have made concrete commitments to purchase commercial sites. "They want to grow and move away with their company if they don't get a plot of land", third mayor johann hops (CSU/burgerblock) added. Mayor himpel is not least concerned with creating new jobs.

Access not yet optimal

However, the development of the commercial area is possible only from the south – in extension of the main road. For an access road from the district road ERH 18 the district administration office demanded a left turn lane, the planner explained. This solution is unsatisfactory for some rates. The district should rather "think about a holistic solution in the intersection area", demanded gerrit hoppe ().
The model of a heat supply by a block heat and power plant for the industrial area was presented by graduate engineer friedrich schafer. According to schafer, the main reason for this is the CO2 savings of 300 to 350 tons per year. Woodchips save the environment and resources, and the money stays in the region. The near-warmth also brings advantages for the companies willing to settle in the town. No need for boilers or fireplaces and no dirt in the house. Since the price of oil is expected to rise in the future, the wood-fired power plant is a cost-effective source of heat. As schafer explained, due to the favorable primary energy factor, there are also much lower requirements for the construction of the buildings. At the same time, however, the engineer made it clear that the model would only work if a connection obligation was imposed.
Herbert krafft thinks of the local heating network as a "citizens' project. The developers then had the opportunity to join the operating company. He also showed the possibilities of the demand. He offered the possibility of visiting a similar plant to the councils.

Even the escalation of the debt crisis in cyprus has not been able to put a lasting damper on consumer sentiment in this country, the market research institute gfk announced in nurnberg on tuesday. "Consumers appear to be very relaxed about their own economic situation in view of stable labor market figures and income increases."

Consumers’ buying mood in april was correspondingly buoyant. However, the burgers were less optimistic about the economy. Nevertheless, the consumer climate index for may, calculated by the gfk, rose to its highest level since october 2007: it climbed from a revised 6.0 points in april to 6.2 points today.

"What will happen next year is insane. The situation is already extremely tense, and it will get worse next year."What gabriele morath, social counselor at caritas, is aiming at is the announced increase in energy prices in general and electricity prices in particular: "there has been a frighteningly large need for advice and help." in the last time alone, six families with children were with her, where the power cut actually took place. And she knows of many cases in which a threat is issued. "It wasn't this massive last year."

Electricity supplier shuts itself off
Of course gabriele morath cannot pay the electricity bills of all these families and individuals. She can help people to find realistic payment models with the electricity suppliers. "One can still talk to the public utilities. But E.ON won't let anyone get close to them. There one lands always only in call centers with always different coworkers. And e-mails and faxes are left lying around." as a result, it happened several times that the electricity was cut off at families' homes, even though gabriele morath had sent the company an assurance of payment. "These are very difficult circumstances for the affected people." they can't just move into the hotel during the time without electricity.

Only just under 7 percent, on the other hand, can imagine remaining gainfully employed until the future retirement age of 67. This is the result of a survey conducted by the opinion research institute gfk on behalf of "welt am sonntag". Meanwhile, the skilled trades brought up the issue of retirement at 70 because of the growing shortage of skilled workers.

But the people of germany apparently don’t want to know anything about such a late start to retirement: according to the survey, a good 53 percent of germans would like to retire before the age of 60. The central association of the german skilled trades has a different view of the situation. What is also striking, however, is that even if money was not a factor at all, only just under 10 percent of the respondents were still in the market before the 49. Wanting to retire at the age of 20.

The volkach city council’s schedule is being pushed through vigorously. The vacation committee, planned for 1. September, fall under the table. Likewise, the city council meeting of 15. September. On the other hand, the city council meets on 10. September, an unusual wednesday: "this is about awarding the escherndorf village square project," says mayor peter kornell.

Kornell wants to press the accelerator on this project. After all, the people of escherndorf have been waiting a long time for the realization of this project. The whole thing is not cheap: including demolition, the church forecourt, which is to have barrier-free access, will cost around half a million, estimates kornell.

"Franc for philippines – it was a spontaneous idea for a benefit concert, and the balance turned out neatly. The city of eltmann and committed groups from the district provide aid in the philippines, which were devastated by the typhoon: almost 6000 euros were collected.

For relatives and compatriots
With a benefit event, young philippinos from the habberg district wanted to support relatives and compatriots in the pacific who lost their belongings and some of their families as a result of typhoon haiyan. Young artists from the region – including one from munich – performed for free.

Allegedly ignorant prosecutors, a biased judge and unacceptable conditions at the district hospital in bayreuth: gustl mollath from nurnberg, who has been held against his will in a psychiatric hospital for seven years, used his appearance before the state parliament's investigative committee on tuesday for a general reckoning with the judiciary, tax authorities and psychiatry. Despite the committee members' request that he concentrate on answering the questions, mollath repeatedly took a roundabout approach.

Mollath complained that neither tax investigators nor public prosecutors had reacted at the time to his conclusive indications of black-money transactions by the hypovereinsbank. "No one has contacted me in response to my letters", criticized the 56-year-old. Even his 106-page explanation of the bank's illicit money transfers to switzerland, which he had uncovered, apparently did not interest the investigators.

Commerzbank coburg grew last year in terms of both private and corporate customers. Market share in real estate financing and securities business also expanded. "In coburg, we increased the net number of private customers by 461 and the number of corporate customers by 166, said branch manager susanne blob at a press conference on wednesday. An excellent year in 2017", said stefan hock, head of corporate customers in coburg, also spoke. Blob and hock see one reason for the good business development, also of the entire group, in the further expansion of digitalization. "In two years, 80 percent of all banking processes are to be digitalized", according to susanne blob. On the other hand, the personal advisory service currently provided by 27 employees at the commerzbank branch in coburg is not neglected. "90 percent of customers want this."

Heiber's tip: invest instead of save

Another reason is the fee-free checking account "that is the basis for all customer relationships". The bank branch in coburg serves a total of 11,141 private and 1,268 corporate customers in the region. Lending business also boomed thanks to real estate financing. "For this, the new credit volume amounted to almost 53 million euros in the past year", said susanne blob, which represents an increase of 41 percent. For their branch, they put the volume of customer assets under management at 112 million euros (+ 7.5 percent). What is positive in real estate financing, the currently very low interest rates remain unsatisfactory for savers. According to commerzbank economists, this development will continue for at least two more years. "If you invest your money instead of saving it, you can increase your wealth now at a manageable risk", blob stated. Even with a conservative, i.E. Low-risk investment, a 3 percent return could be achieved. More than half of the customers were treated in this way "while 46 million euros are currently lying unpaid in our savings accounts. Inflation is reducing this asset".

After failing to pass the budget statutes and the budget plan in december, the weisendorf municipal council dealt with the extensive set of figures in its first meeting of the new year. As the chairman of the meeting and second mayor karl-heinz hertlein (CSU) explained, the main, finance and culture committee had discussed in detail and taken note of the draft budget statutes and budget plan including annexes for the 2020 budget year. By eight votes to one, the council was recommended to approve the 2020 budget and the 2020 budget statutes.

As expected, the parliamentary group of alliance 90/the greens rejected the budget, including the financial and staffing plan, and christiane kolbet made a sweeping statement in which she did not mince words about the council’s past decisions. As in the past, kolbet criticized the fact that the renovation of the town center, which was started in 2012 at the instigation of grunen, is only progressing slowly and that not much has happened above the palace garden.