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Better Energy has just published the company’s integrated annual report for 2022, which shows solid growth. Revenue almost doubled to DKK 2.9 bn (390 million euros), with ten solar parks connected to the electricity grid in Denmark and two in Poland. In Poland, the company increased its revenue to 123 million euros in 2022. In…
Takeaways from the 7th BSS Forum Poland is still an attractive place for international companies to locate their shared services offices and business process outsourcing operations, according to speakers and participants attending the BSS Forum organized by Pro Progressio in Warsaw last month. According to PAIH (the Polish Investment and Trade Agency) there were 71…
The capital city of Lower Silesia hosts 17% of all Polish Artificial Intelligence startups. Wrocław is the fourth biggest city in Poland, with a population of 640,000. It also hosts 17% of all Polish Artificial Intelligence (AI) startups, surpassed only by the capital city of Warsaw with 23%. The startups are rapidly developing solutions to…
IBM Quantum Network & Poznań center become first quantum hub in CEE. In February 2022, the IBM Quantum Network was joined by the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center to become the first quantum hub in Central and Eastern Europe. It is affiliated to the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry at the Polish Academy of Sciences and…
Appreciating the multidimensionality of each person helps to build truly inclusive workplaces – ones where we feel safe and can fulfill our potential, which also contributes to the success of the organization. On May 9, 2023, the nationwide social campaign #PowiedzCześćRóżnorodności was launched. Its initiators – the DEI Alliance Foundation and Better – joined forces…
Anglo-Polish relations date back as far as the 11th century, when the first contacts were made during the reigns of King Ethelred II the Unready and Bolesław I the Brave. Things have moved on since then. With trade turnover having grown systematically since the 1990s, the UK is now Poland’s third most important trade partner….
One of the largest business events in Europe closed on April 26 in Katowice. The European Economic Congress (EEC) is undoubtedly a big event in Central Europe. Each year, several hundred panelists participate in over a hundred sessions and discussions. The congress was three days of debates and meetings, attended by more than 15,000 visitors…
Poland ranks first as the most attractive investment location for business among the countries included in this year’s survey (Central and Eastern Europe as well as China and Russia). In addition, 92.7% of respondents would choose Poland as their place of business again. These are the conclusions of the economic survey “Poland in the eyes…
This year’s 11th edition of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising social-educational campaign, also known as the ‘Daffodils campaign’ will mark the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising outbreak. The campaign is hosted yearly by POLIN Museum, 1000-year history of the Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland. It encourages communities around the world to learn about the…
Sylwia Ziemacka talked to Wouter Barmentloo, Managing Director of The Netherlands – Polish Chamber of Commerce. How are you performing in Poland? Today, the Netherlands Polish Chamber of Commerce has about 200 members. Most of those members are located in Poland, but all of them have a roots or connection with the Netherlands.We are very…
Poles, Czechs and Slovaks prefer full-time employment, while Croatians and Hungarians prefer self-employment. Eurostat asked young Europeans what they thought about starting a business. Among all EU Member States, the highest percentage of supporters of self-employment was recorded in Cyprus – 64% (the EU average is 39%). In Central Europe, Croatians (57%) and Hungarians (52%)…
In 2023, 100 jobs for innovators will be created at Łukasiewicz – Poznań Institute of Technology. The unit in Poznań is implementing the program of the Łukasiewicz Research Network, which intends to employ up to 2,000 scientists throughout Poland. “The market needs innovations based on scientific knowledge. This is evidenced by, for example, the Łukasiewicz…
