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Direct sales in the Czech Republic have been thriving, despite door to door sales being prohibited in some municipalities, the daily Hospodářské noviny reported. The upturn in business has been mainly driven mainly by the good economic situation in the country.

European steel producers for the most part are doing well with key sectors such as construction and the car sector booming. But uncertainty over reforms of the emissions trading system have caused investments to be put on hold.

Czechs are expected to spend on average 10,000 crowns for Christmas presents this year, which is an increase by about one fifth on the previous year, suggest a survey carried out by the agency Nielsen Admoshpere for Profi Credit, a company providing financial and credit services.

One of the most significant corporate deals in the Czech Republic has been announced with the purchase of Central Europe’s biggest transport engineering company, Škoda Transportation. And the winning bidder appears to be PPF Group.

A new boost to the so-called Eastern Partnership was due to be given by EU leaders meeting in Brussels on November 24.

Unions at Volkswagen’s Czech manufacturer Škoda Auto are threatening to go on strike, claiming that the company doesn’t show enough interest in its employees, the daily Hospodářské noviny reported on Thursday.

Around seven out of 10 Czechs are getting discounted rates for Internet mobile phone use compared to than those being officially offered by the main providers, according to the business daily Hospodářské Noviny. The article puts a broad figure for the first time on the discounts whose extent had previously not been mapped or made public.

E-shops in the Czech Republic are gearing up for Black Friday, the first major load test ahead of the Christmas shopping frenzy. E-shops are becoming increasingly popular with clients and this year their sales figures are expected to cross the 100 billion mark for the first time ever.

The financial sector in the Czech Republic is one where some of the top paying jobs are to be had. But there’s a reverse side to the coin as well with some back office and low level jobs earning relatively poor wages. And that’s one of the main reasons for a strike threat by workers from Czech in the financial sector.

The shared economy is already making waves in the Czech Republic, as continued demonstrations in the Czech capital about the Uber taxi platform, due again to take place on Wednesday, prove. But the bark is in some sense bigger than the bite it has taken out of the traditional economy or made elbow room for on its own merits.