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Press info to the fair polis Convention: Duisburg - the investor happy city!

Between the internationally important leading trade fairs for the real estate industry - Mipim in Cannes in March and Expo Real in Munich in October - on April 27/28, 2022, polis Convention the polis Convention, Germany's leading trade fair for urban and project development. The city of Duisburg is also positioning itself as a potential location in the Düsseldorf industrial park Areal Böhler. potential location, together with GEBAG Duisburger Baugesellschaft and Duisburg Business & Innovation (DBI) under the umbrella of "Duisburg Update": duisburg-update.de is the relaunched, interactive news and discovery portal for the future projects of our city.

Duisburg Real Estate Market Report: Logistics and Office Properties Strong Again

The real estate market radiates stability - with rising real estate investments and prices. As in most German cities, the corona-induced economic situation has not had any negative effects on the Duisburg real estate market in the last two years.

"garage DU": The new Start-up Challenge for Duisburg

In this workshop, ideas for the future are being screwed together: "garage DU" is the name of the new competition that aims to develop the smart city of Duisburg into a start-up city. With the "garage DU" project, the initiators - Sparkasse Duisburg, GEBAG, Wirtschaftsbetriebe, Duisburger Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft, and the City of Duisburg itself, under the auspices of Duisburg Business & Innovation together with sponsoring partner Volksbank Rhein Ruhr - are pursuing the idea of turning the entire Duisburg location into a space for innovation and start-ups.

First "Social Economy Industry Report" for Duisburg published

Never before has it been as valuable as it is today: working with people. The social economy is a decisive economic factor and employment driver for the city of Duisburg - this is shown by the Social Economy Sector Report published by the Office for Economic, European and Subsidy Affairs. For the first time, the regional economic effects of this employment-intensive sector in Duisburg are examined in this report.

Balance sheet city voucher: profit for Duisburg

The premiere was a success: a total of 4435 city vouchers were sold at the first attempt, resulting in total sales of over 390,000 euros - a win-win situation for Duisburg. The voucher is the result of an initiative by the City of Duisburg and the municipal companies Duisburger Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft (DVV) mbH, GEBAG Duisburger Baugesellschaft mbH, Duisburg Kontor, Sparkasse Duisburg AöR and Wirtschaftsbetriebe Duisburg AöR.

Europe-wide active construction specialist opens further location in the Ruhr area

New Goldbeck office in Duisburg

Duisburg. Close to the water, in the middle of an attractive environment with gastronomy, park and museums as well as within walking distance of Duisburg's city centre, there has been a new Goldbeck office for a few weeks now. The Bielefeld construction and service company has moved into modern premises in a commercial building at the inner harbour.

Secure access solution for retail and Christmas market

A free "2G access wristband" with different colours every day gives visitors easy access to shops and stands for the day in question. Those who can show the wristband on their arm no longer have to produce their 2G proof again before entering the shops.

Coalition agreement clear strengthening of hydrogen economy

The association Hy.Region.Rhein.Ruhr expressly welcomes the clear target in the coalition agreement for hydrogen as the decisive energy carrier of the future. The coalition agreement thus ensures support for hydrogen technology up to market maturity, creates added value and strengthens the future viability of German industry in a global comparison.

Lead project "Urban Future Ruhr" launched

Initiativkreis Ruhr GmbH has launched the flagship project "Urban Future Ruhr" together with Duisburg. At the plenary meeting of Initiativkreis Ruhr GmbH (IR) at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, the moderators of the economic alliance, Rolf Buch, CEO of Vonovia, and Dr. Andreas Maurer, Senior Partner of the Boston Consulting Group, presented the new flagship project: "Urbane Zukunft Ruhr" focuses on Duisburg-Hochfeld, a quarter in the Ruhr region with challenges and development potential in equal measure.

Previews Expo Real: New Duisburg update strategy and own real estate market report

The City of Duisburg, Duisburg Business & Innovation (DBI), GEBAG Duisburger Baugesellschaft and other cooperation partners (Aurelis Real Estate Service GmbH, DD Planquadrat Architekten GmbH, duisport, Wirtschaftsbetriebe Duisburg, Sparkasse Duisburg) are taking an exceptionally large number of extremely exciting projects to Expo Real in Munich.

International Cluster Conference

How do we want to increase our economic power, secure prosperity and maintain our competitiveness in a globally networked world in the future? These questions will be discussed at the international cluster conference "Clusters and Competitiveness: Building Resilience in Knowledge-Based Regions" in Bochum on 23 and 24 September 2021.

New city voucher presented

Mayor Sören Link today presented the new city voucher together with Head of the Department of Economic Affairs Andree Haack and DBI Managing Director Rasmus C. Beck. The aim of the city voucher is to boost sales and profits in the retail sector. This is especially true for the pre-Christmas business, in order to cushion lockdown-related sales losses. Visitors are expected to revitalize shops, restaurants and cultural institutions.

ruhrSTARTUPWEEK: Duisburg sets accents

"Start-up, growth and inspiration" - this is the motto of the ruhrSTAR-TUPWEEK 2021. In numerous online and offline events from 20 to 24 September 2021, people willing to start up a business will receive the relevant know-how and mental and personal tools for professional independence.

"No cash, no business? Where female founders can raise start-up capital".

Duisburg Business & Innovation GmbH (DBI) invites - in the context of ruhrSTARTUPWEEK - to a discussion round via Youtube on September 23, 2021 from 16:30 to 18:00. The discussion has the deliberately provocative title "No money, no business?" and immediately provides the solution: "Ready to start with female financing".

Complete success: Duisburg investor tour

After last year's investor tour of Duisburg Business & Innovation (DBI) had to take place online due to corona, today potential investors were able to convince themselves on site of the numerous advantages of Duisburg and the specific micro-locations. The interested parties were invited by the Business Metropole Ruhr (BMR), which offers annual tours for players willing to invest.