Polish electromobility market attracts investors

Polish electromobility market attracts investors

Good investment prospects according to the report “Electromobility in Poland: investments, trends, employment 2021 report” created by the Polish Investment and Trade Agency, Bergman Engineering and the Polish Chamber of Electromobility Development. Since 2016, the Polish Investment and Trade Agency has supported nearly 30 investment projects in the electromobility sector, with a total value of…

Pandemic permanently changed consumer’s lifestyle

Pandemic permanently changed consumer’s lifestyle

The latest EY Future Consumer Index survey shows once again that Polish consumers are changing their shopping habits. Online shopping is much more common than before the pandemic.  With the lifting of restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the world’s consumers want a return to normal. In Poland, this is mentioned by 60%,…

Dropbox begins hiring in Poland as part of its Virtual First strategy

Dropbox begins hiring in Poland as part of its Virtual First strategy

Dropbox announced that it has opened a new entity, and begun hiring for the first time in Poland. With this, the company continues to strengthen its presence in Europe as part of its Virtual First strategy, which has seen Dropbox’s employee base become more and more globally distributed.  So far, the company has posted over…

IMPLEMENTING GLOBAL GDPR POLICY IN POLAND – WHAT CAN GO WRONG?

IMPLEMENTING GLOBAL GDPR POLICY IN POLAND – WHAT CAN GO WRONG?

Polish companies that are part of international capital groups often adopt documentation, procedures and records of personal data processing that are globally applicable throughout the group. Such an approach often raises problems in light of the requirements of the GDPR and, instead of easing the company’s task of achieving compliance with the regulation, may expose…

Monika Bronicka, MRICS Director, Head of Valuation and Advisory at Avison Young

Optimistic outlook on the real estate market

Agnieszka Bulus-Trando talks to Monika Bronicka, MRICS Director, Head of Valuation and Advisory at Avison Young How are the current economic and geopolitical changes affecting real estate valuation? Real estate appraisal is an element that is important to investors, banks, developers and property owners during the whole economic cycle. In the changing reality related to…

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Prometheans of the future

How an international team of scientists based in Poland fights a global battle for our eyes. In “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” Yuval N. Harari foresees a human tendence for self-perfection expanding in the society of the future, in a modern reinterpretation of Nietzsche’s philosophy. The usage of bionic organs, the possibility of visual information transfer from…

The wind of change will boost Poland’s onshore

The wind of change will boost Poland’s onshore

Poland desperately needs to speed up investments in the renewable energy sector, both to meet the EU’s tough decarbonisation targets as well as to find new sources of energy to replace its dwindling coal-fired power capacity and avoid the risk of blackouts. Wind farm projects, both onshore and offshore, along with the rapidly developing solar…

Hybrid working increasing in popularity

Hybrid working increasing in popularity

Cushman & Wakefield has published the results of its second occupier survey in its report “What’s the future of the office?” The events of the past two years have caused profound social, political and economic changes. Real estate, including the office sector, continues to feel the consequences of the shifting landscape. Companies are reorganizing their…

Marshal of the Wielkopolskie Voivodship and Akio Miyajima, Japanese ambassador to Poland during the inaugural debate of the H2POLAND Hydrogen Techonology Forum Photo credit: PAP
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Why are the Japanese investing in Poland?

Within a short span of years, Poland strengthened its regional leadership in attracting Japanese investors and there are currently 356 Japanese companies in Poland, employing around 40,000 people. Well-known Japanese companies such as Toyota, Sharp, Panasonic, Funai and Toshiba have long been present in Poland.  “Poland prides itself on its dominant position as a main…