Sylwia Ziemacka talks to Monika A Debska-Pastakia, circular economy and impact investment adviser, senior real estate executive, CISL, RICS Civil Commercial mediator, PLGBC board member, mentor in Top Woman in RE How are international investors looking at Poland right now? There is a different perspective depending on who you are talking to. Clearly, Poland’s proximity…
Sylwia Ziemacka talks to Miguel Martins, Head Development Northern Europe at IHG Hotels & Resorts How do you see the hotel market today in Poland after two years of the COVID pandemic? What are your observations? What we can definitely state is that the hospitality industry is very resilient, and it has been amazing to…
Agnieszka Bulus-Trando talks to Ewelina Sowa, Team Leader Retail Poland, IMMOFINANZ. Recently, there has been a lot of talk about ESG strategies or ecology itself as a kind of must-have for business. If so, how can the potential of such activities be used in the context of business optimization in the retail sector? We implement…
Sylwia Ziemacka talks to Ewa Kosmala, Global Sustainability Director at Selena Group Is the energy efficiency of buildings a big problem in Poland? 68% of the total area of buildings erected in Poland belongs to the residential sector, of which more than a half was built before 1980. The low energy performance of most buildings,…
Author: Antoni Zbytniewski, Business Development Manager, Fresh Logistics Polska Since February 24, 2022, we have been witnessing events that we perceive as the greatest crisis in the history of 21st century Europe. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is an unprecedented situation in Europe since World War II. The war in Ukraine is primarily a drama and…
Thanks to courage, experience, knowledge and … robotization relief? Interview with Stefan Życzkowski, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from ASTOR, a Polish company that has been providing modern technologies in the field of automation, robotization and digitization for industrial companies for 35 years. Are Polish manufacturing companies ready for Industry 4.0 – both mentally and…
If we look around, most of what surrounds us is “real estate” or space indirectly related to it. No wonder then that this space has such an enormous impact on our private, social, political and economic life. It is estimated that Warsaw takes up 10-12% of the value of all investments nationwide, although the total…
Sylwia Ziemacka talks to Hadley Dean, founder od MDC2 about investing in logistics properties in Poland. In 2021, you established the warehouse development company, MDC2. You aim at leading the change in the Polish marketplace by being sustainable, transparent and behaving with integrity. So you refer to the ESG, which is a priority for the…
On Monday, March 28, 2022, as part of Poland’s economic program, the Polish-African Economic Forum was held at the World Exhibition in Dubai. The event was attended by representatives of state delegations and entrepreneurs from Poland, Africa and the Middle East. The forum was a unique platform for establishing contacts and business relations as well…
A Polish company that creates solutions for electromobility and power electronics is looking to raise over PLN 8 million to fund its development and market expansion. Elimen specializes in the design and popularization of technologies that meet the needs of sustainable development, such as electric vehicles and energy storage. Examples of projects carried out by…
The Polish national football team will play at the World Cup in Qatar! The Biało-Czerwoni (the Whites and Reds) beat Sweden 2-0 in the playoff final at the Silesian Stadium, with second-half goals from Robert Lewandowski and Piotr Zieliński. Trainer Czesław Michniewicz won his first competitive match in charge of the national team. Despite a…
Poland’s macroeconomic situation in the context of war in Ukraine should be analysed from a few perspectives. First, direct economic impact. That is in fact quite limited. Combined export to Ukraine and Russia is around 5% of total Polish export. Belarus does not add much either. Also direct investments in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine were…
