After year of running trial shop in Warsaw, Muji’s representative announces the expansion to other polish cities.
- Commercial results are better and better from month to month, what means that the market has positively accepted the brand. - Tomasz Czerwinski, Muji’s representative says. - We are going to launch three new shops in next five years. We consider Cracow, Poznan, Wroclaw or Trojmiato - he adds.
- Japanese chain sells simple goods, both in design and look. Under the brand we can find stationery, clothing, domestic products and furniture. The word “Muji” translated to English means “good product without a name”.
Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone (WSEZ) plans to attract twice more investments than in 2010. Currently issued permissions are valued at 800 million zlotys and number of declared jobs is counting to 700. The SEZ will improve last-year result by finaliziation of negotiations with Mando Corporation, steering and brake system producer. The Koreans will start building a factory on 13 ha site near Wałbrzych. The factory is planned to launch in 2013. In next two years, it will create 300 jobs.
- Negotiations have lasted nearly 4 years. At the begining the project was to be smaller, but with time plans have grown. - WSEZ president says.
Boeing considers an investment in Poland - plane producer's representatives visited Poland three years ago and now they are back. A real chance for the next factory exists.
- Those were decision-making people, what means that the company treats seriously the investment. So far, they examine what could be placed in Poland. The real chance for plane part factory exists. In 2-3 months the company is going to make introductory decisions - Teresa Kaminska, PSSE president says.
Poland’s capital city ranked 5th in Europe and 12th in the world in the ranking of top cities for business published by CB Richard Ellis!
CB Richard Ellis, a multinational real estate corporation, checked which countries and cities are favored office locations and why.
Out of the 280 big international concerns which were covered by the survey 150 operate in Poland’s capital city (i.e. 54% of the selected companies) what gives Warsaw 12th position in the ranking. Hong Kong which came 1st hosts 192 i.e. 86% of the surveyed companies. Singapore which ranked 2nd was followed by Tokyo. Warsaw was the 5th best from among European cities which ranked high in the ranking and was outperformed only by London (4th position), Moscow (6 position), Madrid (8th position) and Paris (10th position).
Weyerhaeuser starts construction of its first European production facility in Gdańsk. The factory will be the most modern facility of its kind in the world.
On 2 August 2011, the ceremony of laying a foundation stone for the construction of a new modified fibres processing facility took place in the premises of Weyerhaeuser Poland Company located at the MASZYNOWA Industrial and Technology Park. The foundation act of commencing construction works was signed in the presence of the representatives of US Embassy, Gdańsk authorities, the representatives of the Pomeranian Special Economic Zone, and guests. The construction site was consecrated by His Eminence Senior Archbishop Tadeusz Gocłowski.
„I am very happy that in this symbolic way we can start the realisation of our investment. I hope that the plant will start its basic production activity in the beginning of 2013.” said Tomasz Włodarczak, Plant Director of Weyerhaeuser Poland, at the ceremony.
On 22 July this year, the Council of Ministers published the objectives of the Minimum Wage Bill in its schedule of legislative and programme work. The Bill is to transpose Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union into Polish law.
The Bill:
- lays down the rules and procedure for setting and updating the minimum wage,
- appoints the Social Dialogue Council as a consultative body competent in matters related to setting and updating the minimum wage,
- regulates the reporting of the minimum wage,
- lays down the rules and procedure for setting and paying the minimum hourly rate.
Aid for energy-intensive sectors due to prices of natural gas and electricity in 2024. A new round of aid for energy-intensive sectors in connection with increased prices of natural gas and electricity will become available soon.
This will be the third scheme implementing the Act of 29 September 2022 on business aid schemes due to the energy market situation in 2022-2024.
Thu, Jul 25, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM CEST - Reden wir über Whistleblowing in Europa! Treffen Sie Experten aus Deutschland, Polen und Spanien beim Internationalen Experten-Rundtisch, einer Veranstaltung, die ganz dem Schutz von Hinweisgebern gewidmet ist. Erwerben Sie Expertenwissen über die Umsetzung von Whistleblowing-Praktiken in verschiedenen Ländern.
czytaj więcejThe Whistleblower Protection Act was published in the Journal of Laws on 24 June 2024. It introduces new requirements for, among other things, entities hiring at least 50 people. Smaller entities can also implement the solutions foreseen by this statute.
The obliged entities listed in the Whistleblower Protection Act have only three months to establish:
- effective, safe, confidential or anonymous channels for reporting breaches,
- procedure for reporting breaches (whistleblowing procedure),
- records of reports received.
International Expert Roundtable: e-Invoicing System (Poland, Germany, Romania, Turkey)
Event date 20 February 2024 online (the webinar will be in English)
Begin - end 10:00-11:15
A revolution in invoicing is coming. Is your company ready for it?
The e-invoicing system is a revolutionary tool for issuing and sharing structured invoices. Many countries are already using e-invoices in their daily work. How do you prepare to implement the system in your organisation? How does e-invoicing work in other countries?
Join us for a live-webinar where Rödl & Partner experts will describe the implementation of the e-Invoicing System in their countries: Poland, Germany, Romania and Turkey.