Craftsmen's reception in Landsberg: Ernst Höss is an honorary district master craftsman. 81 percent of craft businesses still rate their situation as good or satisfactory.
Together, the 79,300 craft businesses and their 310,200 employees achieved sales of over 51 billion euros. The number of employees fell for the fourth year in a row (minus 0.8 percent). In contrast, there was a “small increase in apprentices” of 1.6 percent. The demand for a reduction in bureaucracy ran like a common thread through all the greetings and speeches.