In Thuringia, more women have started new businesses.
The number of new founders rose in the first eight months of the current year by 272 compared to the same period in the previous year to 2072, as the State Office for Statistics announced on Thursday in Erfurt.
While 14.7 percent of these women founded their businesses in the field of services such as hairdressing and cosmetic salons, 30.3 percent dared to take the step into self-employment in the field of trade, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles.
Erfurt - In the first eight months of the Corona year 2020, there were only 1,800 start-ups by women, significantly fewer than in the same period of the previous year when 2,060 women went into self-employment.
This year the level of 2019 up to and including August was reached.
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The tourism industry in North Rhine-Westphalia also lagged significantly behind the number of overnight stays in the pre-Corona period in July.
The accommodation companies counted around 3.5 million overnight stays, as the State Statistical Office announced on Thursday.
That was 10 percent more than in July of last year.
Compared to July 2019, however, it means a decrease of almost 30 percent.
More overnight stays by guests: Further below pre-Corona level
Creep and shots in the air: the wedding parade ended
The Bremen police ended car corsions of participants in two wedding celebrations and also seized a alarm gun.
According to the information on Sunday, ten vehicles had sneaked on the A27 the day before, although other cars were unable to overtake.
Later, residents in Blumenthal reported another “wedding parade” with even more cars - here a man also shot a pistol through the sunroof in the air.
Creep and shots in the air: the wedding parade ended
Tiefensee: Demand from the USA spurs Thuringian exports
According to Economics Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee (SPD), the Thuringian export industry is benefiting from increasing demand from the USA.
There and also in Canada the signs are currently pointing to growth, he said on Wednesday at the official start of the transatlantic discussion platform "Transatlantic Circle Thuringia" (TACT) in Ettersburg near Weimar.
Tiefensee: Demand from the USA spurs Thuringian exports
A total of 7476 businesses were registered by men and women in the first eight months - more than in the same period of the previous year when 6833 businesses were registered.
However, the level of 2019 has not yet been reached.
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