In 2022, despite socioeconomic uncertainty and volatility, boards kept a firm focus on issues such as gender representation and sustainability. That is the main outcome from the latest report from Heidrick & Struggles “Board Monitor Europe 2023”. Sylwia Ziemacka talks to Łukasz Kiniewicz, Partner in Charge in the Warsaw office of Heidrick & Struggles.
It seems, that despite the macro-economic downturn, ongoing geopolitical tensions and supply chain disruptions that characterised much of 2022, the European lodging industry has remained resilient. Sylwia Ziemacka talked to Karin Sheppard SVP & Managing Director Europe at IHG Hotels & Resorts.
Tessa McIver, Host of the “Startup with Poland” series and startup ecosystem builder talks to Tomasz Miłosz is the founder and CEO of Giglike, a startup that supports B2B independent professionals by offering a platform of services and benefits that are traditionally only available to contract employees. Tomek worked in HR in global corporates for…
After the pandemic, we are now facing the war in Ukraine, high inflation, high energy and high construction costs. The list of challenges is actually expanding and it affects both business and consumer behavior. What does it mean for Reckitt and its brands and what’s the outlook for Poland? Sylwia Ziemacka talked to Nikos Tsakalakis,…
Between January and December 2022, the number of layoffs in the world increased by 14 percentage points, according to the latest Deel report. The global economic situation has led to massive layoffs and wage cuts in more developed countries. However, the pace of international remote hiring is accelerating and companies are expanding their talent search…
Building bridges is something that the Dutch companies do very well at. With many economic, business and political challenges it is very important to be able to run effective dialogue followed by real actions. Sylwia Ziemacka talked to Wouter Barmentloo, Managing Director of The Netherlands – Polish Chamber of Commerce. Where do the Dutch see…
Poland is one of the largest and most important economic partners for France in Central and Eastern Europe. Our mutual economic relations have a long tradition and began long before Poland joined the European Union. France, according to the latest NBP data, is the second largest foreign investor, taking into account the origin of the…
According to the data collected by McKinsey Health Institute, today, the vast majority of adults across the world can expect to live decades past retirement age. However, while global society should celebrate having, on average, an additional 20 years of life expectancy since 1960, it has not been as successful in extending the span of…
With the international meeting held in Istanbul in November 2022, the International Committee of Sustainable Thematic Film Festivals (CINETOUR) was established, with the support of UNESCO, Foundation for United Nations SDG and the Council of Europe. The CINETOUR committee, which aims to bring together thematic film festivals, directors, artists, media-culture-art representatives and many important personalities…
ABSL’s Modern Business Services Sector in Poland 2022 report confirms that the sector continues to stand out from other industries due to its high level of innovation. More than 72 percent of the sector’s representatives in Poland declared that they had introduced innovations in the last three years, compared to the enterprise sector average of…
Almost 4,500 km of High Speed Railway lines are planned for the Three Seas Region. The first sections should be launched as early as 2028. During Railway Direction Days in Warsaw, a cooperation agreement was signed by representatives of Centralny Port Komunikacyjny, Rail Baltica and Správa železnic. According to the investor schedules, by 2028, the…
Only 7 per cent of start-ups at the time of the survey felt a decline in foreign investors’ interest in the Polish market. A much larger proportion (38 per cent) had not yet felt such a negative trend. More than one in two startups, however, gave the answer “difficult to say”, which may herald a…
