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Foxpost, which combines an Estonian licence and Hungarian management and capital, entered a fledgling but dynamically growing market in the mid-2010s. It is predicted that parcel lockers will soon become more popular than home delivery, as it is cheaper, simpler and more environmentally friendly.

Futurmed Vagyonkezelő Kft. currently has 16 active investments, but through its subsidiaries and associates it has interests in more than 20 companies, including some that sell their products in 70 countries around the world. The holding company, part of the Lantos Group, invests mainly in healthcare and so-called life sciences companies, but it has a broad range to choose from: it receives more than 200 enquiries a year.

Ghibli Kft., 25 years old this year, competes with multinational companies in the logistics, freight forwarding and warehousing business. The company offers its customers not only a full range of services, but also of high quality, with managers who are constantly looking for new ways and challenges and are committed to the latest innovations.

The GVC Group, a large company by sales revenue but much more flexible than that, has been operating for more than thirty years. The market leader in catering aims to play a dominant role in the entire food production and supply chain, as well as in many other areas.

The company started out with a love of fish and, to meet market demands, has grown to supply virtually everything a kitchen needs. Market knowledge, flexibility and close contact with customers are essential elements of this operating model.

One of the country’s leading construction companies, Hunép Zrt., is thirty years old, and can now provide references for almost every type of building, from healthcare buildings to sports facilities and recreational centres. The history of three decades has been marked by forward-looking strategic plans and priority investments that have kept the momentum going.

Leaving behind a secure family business, Erik Keszthelyi started in the insurance brokerage business at the age of 21. Thanks to his consistent work over the past 16 years, he has built up the largest insurance brokerage group in the country and is ranked 72nd in the list of the 100 Richest Hungarians. Since then, the initial ambition has remained unbroken; the recent acquisition of a stake in CIG Pannonia and the forthcoming launch of an online retail insurance brokerage company will create an insurance empire with 100% Hungarian ownership in the medium term.

Infogroup, a real estate development and investment group, has evolved from a family-owned company into a major player in the market by not following the typical developer strategy: instead of realising quick returns, the group has a longterm strategy of owning the properties it buys or builds.

The medium-sized software development company, which initially worked in the financial sector, has grown to 70 employees and is now developing solutions that can be sold to several areas of healthcare and the pharmaceutical industry.

The pandemic has thoroughly upended the labour market, but slowly everything is getting back to normal, said Magdolna Mihályi, Managing Director of Jobtain HR Services Kft.