Covid-19 has done something that two world wars failed to achieve. It closed cinemas. The loss of the global film industry already counts billions and is expected to grow further.

Pursuant to the final version of the state budget for 2021, the Georgian government is going to borrow an additional US$ 1.6 bln (GEL 5.3 bln) from multilateral and bilateral donors and partners in external debt in 2021.

Scotland is due to receive an initial delivery of 320,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine in December.

For non-residential (commercial) consumers, except for bread enterprises, natural gas prices will increase from January 3, 2021. As it turns out, the tariff will increase from 0.86 GEL to 1.10 GEL today. BMG offers you a statement by Tbilisi Energy.

The Government of Georgia has submitted an updated draft budget for 2021 to the Parliament. According to the document, the state budget volume will increase by 2.46 billion GEL compared to 2020, and it has increased to 18.38 billion GEL.

Arcadia, the retail empire owned by Sir Philip Green and family, has become one of the biggest business casualties of the Covid-19 pandemic to date. On Monday the business filed for bankruptcy in London, following a weekend of speculation that Green’s companies were on the brink of collapse.

"The banking sector has already announced its readiness, and we are talking about a deferral of at least 3 months," said Alexander Dzneladze, President of the Banking Association, while talking about the deferral of loans in "Business Morning."

The pandemic has radically changed the situation in hazelnut-producing or processing companies. Mamuka Beriashvili, the NutsGe hazelnut processing enterprise director, stated about it during his visit to "Business Morning."

vWith the support of the agency "Enterprise Georgia," one of the most famous chocolate companies globally - Camille Bloch will cultivate hazelnut plantations in Georgia.

Facebook Inc said on Monday it would buy customer service startup Kustomer, as the world’s largest social network adds tools to attract more sellers to its platforms.

Former spokesperson of the Central Election Commission, Ana Mikeladze, confirms that she officially left the CEC.

Tikaradze says that the agency has purchased 900 oxygen concentrators and COVID hotels will be equipped with them.

"We are pleased that, the Swiss company expressed such confidence and after several years of cooperation, has decided to invest in Georgia, "- states the CEO of Enterprise Georgia, Mikheil Khidureli.

"Now, it is important to follow all the measures that have been published and have been established since November 28," Ekaterine Tikaradze said.

Andrew Torre, Visa’s regional president for Central Europe, Middle East and Africa, shares perspectives on how post-lockdown retail trends are creating new opportunities for online merchants on the path to recovery.

According to the founder of the Union of Entrepreneurs, small businesses find it difficult to sell their products and entrepreneurs are asking for exhibition space in order to sell products and earn a small income.

Turnava said that the country has already purchased 10 new large power generators, a byproduct of which is oxygen. Each of the machines produces one tonne of oxygen per day.

The project’s investment value exceeds $10 million.