Analysts of the Delovoy Kvartal magazine came up with a top list of Yekaterinburg’s leading banks for the first half of 2011. The credit institutions were rated on the basis of several criteria, with SKB-Bank topping all the ratings. The main criterion behind the rating was the private individuals lending portfolio in Yekaterinburg and Sverdlovsk Region. SKB-Bank, with its portfolio of 14,35bn RUR, proved No. 1 among the Yekaterinburg-based banks. It was also the bank with the largest volume of loans offered to private individuals between July 1, 2010 and July 1, 2011 (the figure for the

Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court supported the ruling pronounced by Sverdlovsk Region division of Rospotrebnadzor: the consumer rights agency imposed an administrative fine upon Koltsovo Airport of Yekaterinburg for violating the sanitary and epidemiological requirements in the field of food and catering, Rospotrebnadzor’s press service reports. After a scheduled field inspection of the airport had been carried out, it was detected that the airport’s catering service did not meet the existing sanitary and epidemiological regulations. For on, the baking department’s knives did not have a

On October 18, 2011, the assets of Avto Land will be sold by auction in Yekaterinburg. The announcement to this extent was carried by Oblastnaya Gazeta. The auction is coordinated by the company’s trustee in bankruptcy Vladimir Sivoplyasov. The debtor’s assets will be sold by auction in Lot No.1. The debtor’s assets are all located at 50 Blukher St in Yekaterinburg. The objects offered for sale are the tires and automobile spare parts for Jaguar, Ford, Mazda, and Volvo, as well as tools, supplies, and equipment for car repairs. Avto Land was declared bankrupt in November 2010. The company had

Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Alexander Misharin informed Head of Russian Government Vladimir Putin of preparations for the world fair EXPO 2020 application in Yekaterinburg. The exhibition will probably be dedicated to Global Mind and the Humanity in a Universal Dialogue. This theme reflects the uniqueness of the Urals and of Russia on the whole as a country of educated people contributing to the scientific and cultural development of society,’ Alexander Misharin said. The Head of Government asked the Governor to complete all the application preparation activities and said he was positive

В 10.00 в выставочно-экспозиционном зале объединенного государственного архива Челябинской области (ул. Васенко, 45) откроется выставка «Зодчество: от уездного города до мегаполиса». В 11.00 в пресс-центре газеты «Аргументы и факты–Челябинск» (ул. Российская, 67) состоится встреча с министром строительства, инфраструктуры и дорожного хозяйства Челябинской области Виктором Тупикиным. В 11.00 в пресс-центре «Комсомольской правды» (ул. Красная, 4) пройдет прямая линия и пресс-конференция депутата ЗСО и одного из авторов закона «Об организации перевозок пассажиров и багажа легковым такси на

21-23 сентября в Челябинске пройдет международный выставочный проект «Business in Motion 2011 — Бизнес в Движении 2011». 23-24 сентября в Челябинске состоится IV Южно-Уральский форум по недвижимости.