Big demand for Altinn
The tax return was launched in Altinn on 20 March 2012. Warnings of queues and a visible message box resulted in big headlines and many changes to the Altinn platform.
The 'Start and Run a Business' pages in Altinn had 3.9 million pageviews in 2012, and many people want to know how to run their business.
The use of electronic forms and services has resulted in big savings in both the private and the public sector, and Altinn acts as the hub in this context.
In 2012, 57.5% more limited companies were registered in the Register of Business Enterprises than in 2011. The number of new registrations of Norwegian-registered foreign enterprises (NUF) was halved in the same period.
Who sits on the executive committee of your local residents' association? Who is the accountant and auditor? You can now find a lot of new information on our site.
The Brønnøysund Register Centre is offering more and more digital services that make life easier for its users. You can now make even more changes for limited liability companies and public limited liability companies online.
'That Norway makes basic information about enterprises and entities available as open data is a fantastic first step. This shows that it understands the importance of making information available to developers and society at large in a usable format,' said CEO Chris Taggart of OpenCorporates when we made information about almost a million entities from the Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities available for further use.
Increased use of electronic signatures in the banking and finance sector is increasing the use of electronic solutions in the Register of Mortgaged Movable Property.
In September, the Brønnøysund Register Centre hosted the Nordic eGovernment Conference It was Norway's turn to host this annual event in 2012.
The Minister of Trade and Industry Trond Giske visited the Brønnøysund Register Centre in September 2012 and announced the government's decision to build a new register building.