Around 25,300 employees in outpatient and inpatient care facilities across Hamburg are to receive a tax-free bonus from nursing care insurers and employers. Hamburg is paying EUR 8.7 million towards the funds.

Tax-free bonus proportionate to working hours

Employees who work at least 35 hours a...

The coronavirus can multiply in heart cells and alter the gene activity of infected cells, a new study by researchers at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf has found, a press release said Friday (July 10, 2020). Thirty-nine deceased heart patients, who contracted SARS-CoV-2, were examined for...

SMEs can now can now apply for further financial assistance after the German government’s new bridging aid, as foreseen by the EUR 103 billion economic stimulus package, launched in early July. The German cabinet adopted key points of the bridging aid in June for the sectors worst-hit by the corona...

Hamburg has launched two new instruments to help companies, artists and creative people cope with the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The "Corona Recovery Fund" (CRF) targets start-ups and growth-orientated SMEs while the "Neustartprämie or "relaunch  bonus" helps artists and...

The hospitality industry is by all intents and purposes returning to normality after a lull in the spread of coronavirus, a glance at The Fontenay’s fully occupied parking lot reveals. Swiss and Danish vehicles can be spotted near the "Himmelsspiegel-Brunnen" – a huge water sculpture that reflects...