{"id":25377,"date":"2020-10-06T10:25:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T07:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/?p=25377"},"modified":"2020-10-06T10:30:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T07:30:37","slug":"aibest-companies-high-value-added-business-services-sector-increase-5-employees-nearly-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/aibest-companies-high-value-added-business-services-sector-increase-5-employees-nearly-8\/","title":{"rendered":"AIBEST: Companies in the High Value-added Business Services Sector Increase by 5%, and Employees &#8211; by Nearly 8%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\"><div id=\"attachment_25373\" style=\"width: 459px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25373\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-25373\" src=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Aibest-Annual-Summit-2020.jpg\" alt=\"Image Source: AIBEST\" width=\"449\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Aibest-Annual-Summit-2020.jpg 810w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Aibest-Annual-Summit-2020-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Aibest-Annual-Summit-2020-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Aibest-Annual-Summit-2020-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Aibest-Annual-Summit-2020-219x146.jpg 219w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Aibest-Annual-Summit-2020-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Aibest-Annual-Summit-2020-113x75.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Source: AIBEST<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The Association for Innovation, Business Services, and Technologies (AIBEST) presented data from its annual report on the development of the knowledge economy in the country during the annual meeting of the association on October 2nd.<\/span><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-5db9edac-7fff-adbe-1891-d29ab41c079c\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">According to the survey, the number of companies in the high value-added business services sector is growing by 5% on an annual basis, with 610 companies operating in the industry by 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">More data from the report:<\/span><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8211; Employment in the sector has increased by nearly 8% compared to 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8211; Wage costs amounted to 1.463 billion euros, an increase of 18.3% compared to the previous year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8211; Insurance expenses also follow a growth rate and reach EUR 204.3 million or 19.02% growth compared to 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8211; The companies in the sector generated EUR 2.87 billion in total operating revenues in 2019 &#8211; an increase of 19.4% compared to the previous year.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The full AIBEST report on the development of the economy of knowledge will be published soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The AIBEST Annual Summit was attended by representatives of the country&#8217;s largest technology companies, local authorities, and the government. 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