NEWS FROM THE LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY
With a name change and a new strategic direction, MK Entreprise has taken a big step towards its ambition to be able to follow construction projects from start to finish. But the journey from a specialized craft business to a broad-based construction company has required thorough consideration, good partners for sparring, and the courage to take risks.
From a one-man business to ten jobs and new markets. Other Kofod has on several occasions dared to take the leap with AK Smedeteknik.
Drawing on decades of expertise in Bornholm, Borncut A/S has in just ten years developed into an international industrial company with customers all over the world. Along the way, the workforce has grown significantly, a Dutch investor has joined the company, and a recent acquisition has created room for even greater ambitions.
For many small and medium-sized businesses, strategy can quickly sound like something that belongs in meeting rooms and consists of long reports and plans that are far removed from everyday life. But at Flemming Svendsen VVS ApS, strategy is not about fine words.
Farmers know their land and know where it makes sense to restore nature. If they are fairly compensated, it can benefit both agriculture and nature, according to farmers on Bornholm.
The municipality's forward-looking efforts to attract investments should include a fast track for investors and startups, and politicians should also think long-term, believes Daniel Barslund, director at Ocean Prawns, who is himself investing heavily on the island.
Bornholm as a brand has been an important contributing factor to the explosive growth gin distillery Wild Distillery has experienced since coming to market in 2019. That is according to owner and gin producer Henrik Nerst, who in 2025 relocated his business and wild visions to larger premises and surroundings in Lobbæk.
