Economy
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Brandenburgs Main Advantages
Qualified and Motivated Labor Force
- Highly educated, motivated, flexible and competitive labor force
- Attractive price-performance ratio
- Costs for highly qualified personnel are up to 30 percent lower than in other major cities of Germany
- Labor costs in Brandenburg 37,6 percent lower than in western Germany
- Flexible working hours (working on three levels and 7 days a week)
Source: ZAB 2006.
2. Brandenburg’s production level* is higher
- 101,6 % in businesses with over 500 employees
- 103,4 % in businesses with over 1000 employees
- 120 % in some top businesses, e.g. Auto-, Chemical-, und Aerospace Industries
*In comparison to West-German States
3. Brandenburg’s investment conditions are among the best in Europe
- Leading Investment Support in Europe (EU Target 1 and 2 areas)
- Investor receive the highest possible support:
- Investment premium for large scale enterprises 10 %, Total promotion with capital investment grants up to 35 %
- For small and medium – sized enterprises investment premium up to 27,5 %, Total promotion with capital investment grants up to 50 %
- Labour costs 25 to 30 % lower than in West-German States
- Most favourable prices for property, real-estate as well as office space compared to the rest of Germany
Source: ZAB 2006.
4. Brandenburg guarantees quick service of requests**
- 3 months in normal cases
- 6 months in exceptional cases.
**building permits, promotion requests
5. Location advantages
- Quality „Made in Germany“
- Qualified and motivated employees
- Favorable labor costs
- Flexible working hours and high productivity
- Modern infrastructure
- Reasonably priced office and commercial space in all locations
- Highest concentration of R&D in Germany
- Efficient commercial networks and business centers
- Competent partners in universities and research institutions
- Lowest local business tax in Germany
- High quality of life
- State of Brandenburg is located in the heart of Europe
Structure-Defining Enterprises And Industrial Core-Areas in Brandenburg
Increasing Future-Enterprises
- 4.900 Jobs in Mediabranche
- 1.100 Biotech-Jobs
10% of the turnover of the industry, more than the „Neue Bundeslaender“ average are due to high-tech products
Gross Value Added Of The Economic Sectors
Sector |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
1010 |
850 |
1071 |
846 |
Industry |
10110 |
10324 |
10828 |
10790 |
Manufacturing industry excluding construction |
7255 |
7588 |
8217 |
8523 |
Construction |
2855 |
2736 |
2612 |
2266 |
Trade and Transport |
8211 |
8228 |
8370 |
8406 |
Financial renting and business service activities |
10239 |
10751 |
11093 |
11164 |
Other public and private services |
12432 |
12431 |
12511 |
12182 |
Total |
42002 |
42582 |
43873 |
43387 |
Demographic development of population and change
- Since 2001 decrease of development caused by decreasing suburbanization
- Peripheral area around Berlin benefits most from positve population-trends
- Until 2020 further decreasing in population is expected, especially in far reaches
For further informations:
http://www.zab-brandenburg.de/en/18.aspx
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