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Gdynia: Where quality of life attracts investors

The Chwarzno-Wiczlino district opens opportunities for companies interested in collaboration on ‘15-minute city’ development. Data collected by Investment Monitor show that the quality of life and the cost of living are closely related and correlate with the attractiveness of a given country for foreign investments. Housing options, schools, recreational and cultural amenities, and healthcare systems…

Aneta Rusiniak, Director, ESG – Europe at Invesco Real Estate

All in the data

Poland Week talked with Aneta Rusiniak, Director, ESG – Europe at Invesco Real Estate, about the ESG strategy implementation in the real estate sector. Everyone is talking about ESG on the real estate market. So looking at the process of implementing ESG criteria, are we moving from talk to action? Yes, much is being said…

labor market in Poland

Employment Outlook

24% of Polish companies want to hire new employees from October to December, but simultaneously, many companies are considering job cuts – these are two findings of the ManpowerGroup report published this week, presenting companies’ recruitment plans for the last quarter of this year. The net employment forecast for Poland for the fourth quarter of…

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…