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Mobile operator announces plans for IPO

Play Communications S.A., the owner of Play, one of the biggest mobile network operator brands in Poland, announced its intention to go for an IPO. This is going to be the biggest debut Warsaw Stock Exchange has ever seen. The company is planning to apply for listing on the main market of WSE.   From the moment of its launch, Play has been steadily increasing its market share, gradually becoming the second-biggest mobile network operator in Poland in terms of subscribers. Over a quarter o Read more

Government to impose excise duty on e-cigarettes

It appears that Polish government is soon going to reach deeper into its citizens’ pockets. Government Legislation Centre has recently published information that lawmakers plan to work on changes to the Excise Tax Act. The government intends to broaden the group of goods on which the levy is imposed. Experts’ predictions suggest the move may bring 100 million PLN a year to the state budget.   The products the excise tax is to be imposed on are the so-called electronic cigarettes (or, Read more

Polish Companies Concerned About The Changes Regarding Transport Put Forward By CE

The European Commission is preparing legal provisions on transport in the European Union. One of the goals is to regulate the issue of drivers’ work in international transport which, as Polish transport companies claim, is to push them off the Western market. The EC explains introduction of the proposed changes is a response to problems concerning social regulations in EU countries.   The problem of Polish transport companies started when Austria, France and Germany adopted regulations Read more

Badly-Implemented IT System Causes Losses To TXM

TXM, a discount clothing chain, lost a big share of its profits due to badly implemented SAP system. As Bogusz Kruszyński, acting as the President of TXM, admits, the level of SAP system complexity and related hurdles had not been taken into account. Because of computer problems, the company appointed a new Management Board and resigned from expanding its operations in the Czech Republic. The company resp Read more

Poland – Israel cooperation

Tomasz Domogała, who manages TDJ holding founded by his father, made an agreement with Pitango (one of the biggest venture capital funds in Israel) and National Centre for Research and Development. The cooperation will lead to the creation of TDJ Pitango Ventures fund with the base in the form Israeli know-how, 210 million PLN in the pocket and focused on the Polish start-up market.   The Management Board of TDJ Pitango Ventures is to be made of two people – Daniel Star with knowledge Read more
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