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Ministry Wants To Expand Special Economic Zones

Ministry of Finance and Development announced some bold plans with regard to the future of the programme of Special Economic Zones. The existing areas where entrepreneurs may take advantage of a company-friendly business environment and support for setting up and carrying out business operations in the form of such incentives as tax credits and favourable fiscal regulations will cease to exist in 2026. These are the terms in the Read more

Register of debtors from 2018

The Ministry of Finance wants everyone to know whether you meet your obligations towards tax authorities. A public register of debtors – that is the latest idea from the government department chaired by Mateusz Morawiecki. The initiative is to pressure enterprises into settling their fiscal liabilities.   The register of public liabilities may become a thing as early as January 2018. Mariusz Haładyj from the Ministry of Finance announced the government will discuss the project of the r Read more

10 Years Of NewConnect Trading Platform

NewConnect, an alternative trading system, celebrates its 10th year of existence. The platform was launched by the Warsaw Stock Exchange on 30 August 2007. From the beginning, it was intended as a place for young, dynamic, innovative small and medium-sized enterprises that with time would decide to move up to the main market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange. One of the inspirations for creating an alternative market i Read more

Victoria’s Secret Opens a New Store in Warsaw

American lingerie brand, Victoria’s Secret, opened its first Polish store with a full array of products. The opening attracted thousands of fans, fashionistas, bloggers, and journalists, who lined up to see what the world-famous company has to offer to Polish customers. The store is located in Warsaw, at the Arkadia mall, and occupies 1200 square meters of store space. The brand has been building its Read more

Ministry of Development Wants To Help Medium-Sized Towns

2.5 billion PLN – that is the amount of money that the Polish Ministry of Development wants to assign to helping medium-sized Polish towns boost their economies and development. Through various schemes that will be part of the Programme for Development, the government wants to give smaller entities a new life. Currently, in Poland, there are 255 such municipalities.

 

The plan is a response to the report of the Read more

Companies in Poland Experience Staff Shortages

Central Statistical Office published unemployment data or staff shortage for July. The official unemployment rate in Poland in the seventh month of the year stood at 7.1 percent. This means the number of unemployed in the country remained at the same level for two months. Unemployment in June 2017 was also 7.1 percent. This may be found a little bit surprising, as most experts predicted the unemployment rate will continue its downward trend which lasted for a whole five months. Eurostat data sho Read more
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