Business Environment
Business advantages for entrepreneurs in the Košice Region
Strategic location and accessibility in central Europe
- Centre of a cross-border region (North Hungary, South Poland, West Ukraine)
- Košice – cosmopolitan capital of the Region, 2nd largest city in Slovakia
- Lower cost of living, plenty of sporting and leisure activities
- Good access to major traffic corridors between EU, Ukraine and Asia
- International airport in Košice handling high-capacity airliners
- Good railway connections - AGTC railway from Poland to Hungary
- Dual gauge railway with rail freight logistic terminals
- Transit territory for high – capacity transit oil and natural gas pipelines
- Quality high-voltage network infrastructure
- Network of industrial, business, logistic, science and technology parks
Highly qualified workforce
- Regional population – 780,000 with average age of 37.4
- Over 71% of population in productive age (15 - 64 years)
- Low labour cost and good mobility
- High working productivity and engagement comparable to EU
- Highly skilled and flexible workforce available in IT, electrical and machine engineering
- 80.7% of workforce with secondary or higher education
- Employees open to retraining
- 3 Universities (Technical, Natural Sciences, Veterinary Medicine) in Košice
- 12 Vocational Training Centres
- Large academic community – 40,000 students, 10,000 employees in science
Tradition and diversity of industrial branches
- Tradition in engineering, automotive (production of tin plates, automotive cold rolled plates, organic coated plates, gears, cooling compressors, robots, car components), steel structures, electronics, constructions and food industries
- IT hub and start-up ecosystem for high-tech innovation and development
- Fast expanding creative economy
- Long tradition in mining, chemical industry, textile and furniture production
- Regions’forests - basis for wood-processing.
- Mineral sources of European importance including magnesite, soapstone, rock salt
- Hot geothermal energy sources
Other advantages
- One of most pro-business locations in Slovakia
- Attractive investment incentives
- Tax allowances (income tax relief) and programmes of state support
- Contribution for new jobs and training programmes for employees
- Investment incentives up to 55% of the cost of land, buildings, machinery and other investment assets
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Archív KSK
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Hlavny Administrátor
Erstellt:
24.05.2016 15:39
Geändert:
14.02.2017 08:35
