Agnieszka Bulus-Trando talks to Jarosław Retmaniak, Country Manager Finance & Support Poland, Immofinanz How does your company understand that the ESG trend is a win-win for everyone ? We implement our activity for sustainable development through specific projects from the entire Immofinanz portfolio – i.e. in the office, commercial and residential sectors. We have already…
Sylwia Ziemacka talks to Christian Wencel, Head Eastern Europe at Snowflake. According to the report “The cloud computing market in Poland 2021. Market analysis and development forecasts for 2021-2026”, published by PMR in December 2021, the value of the cloud computing market was growing in Poland in 2021 at a rate of more than 30%…
For over three decades, Władysław Grochowski, entrepreneur, owner and president of the board of Arche, has been successfully combining business successes with philanthropy. “Helping others should be a constant ‘part of the game’ in business,” Grochowski says. Arche, his developer and hotel management company, is providing thousands of accommodation units for the needy, mainly mothers…
Sylwia Ziemacka talks to Courtney Fingar, editor in chief of Investment Monitor, about the prospects for FDI into Poland as the war in Ukraine continues to rage. How are international investors looking at Poland now in the context of the war in Ukraine? What are the factors being considered? Poland has been an FDI star…
Author: Rafał Strzelecki, CEO CashDirector Head of Digital CFO R&D Polish Fintechs are close to repeating the global success of the domestic video game industry – they are successfully conquering foreign markets and effectively influencing the world of finance by creating solutions tailored to individual customer needs. Their competition has to be faced by banks,…
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…