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The Biggest Threat to Business? New Regulation

Union of Entrepreneurs and Employees asked Polish company owners about the new regulations and, in their opinion, obstacles entrepreneurs face today while doing business in the country. The vast majority of the poll takers indicated unstable legal provisions as the main source of their concerns. The research, conducted by Maison & Partners in cooperation with Ariadna's research panel, was carried out among 282 SMEs. It is the second time such research has been conducted. The same poll was ta Read more

Ursus Forges Cooperation With the Technical University of Munich

Ursus, a producer of agricultural equipment, announced it wants to create an Intelligent Industry Centre. The facility is to be situated in the city of Lublin, in the East of Poland, 170 kilometres off Warsaw. Due to this, the company wants to forge cooperation with the Technical University of Munich. This is a big step towards developing electromobility solutions in Poland. Ursus announced its plans in Read more

One-Time Use Of The Anti-Tax Avoidance Clause

The anti-tax avoidance clause, introduced in 2016, allows to question of tax benefits obtained through pretended actions leading to decreased taxation. During the nearly a year of the clause being in effect, there was merely one case of proceedings initiated with its use. As the Ministry of Finance explains, the number of proceedings is determined by the short period of time the clause is in force. Due to the fact, it mainly concerns income taxes and it came into effect in the middle of last yea Read more

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit Poland

The most famous British royal couple – Prince William and his wife Kate also known as Duke and Duchess – visited Poland this week. They flew to Poland on a diplomacy tour that lasted five days and included Poland as well as Germany. The royals were accompanied by their children: Prince George and Princess Charlotte. Plans for the visit had been announced in March. The short Read more

Taxi Drivers Protests Eesult in Uber Getting More Clients

Taxi drivers protests against unfair competition in the market of city transport took place at the beginning of June in several Polish cities. They called for the government to regulate the legal issues related to the transport of people so that the competition would operate on equal terms. One of the biggest adversaries of regular taxi corporations is Uber. As Zbigniew Wrona from the Poznań Association of Taxi Drivers ex Read more

International Monetary Fund Says Polish Economy Will Remain Strong

International Monetary Fund experts in their annual report on the economic situation and outlook for the Republic of Poland declare that the economy of the country is “operating above potential” and remain positive about its GDP growth in the near future. They also note that the official unemployment rate is record low and the economy is reaping the benefits of hefty funding from the EU. The authors of the re Read more
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