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Renewable Energy Seminar and Conference in London 26th January

Michael Clay - Thursday, January 20, 2011

Renewable Energy Conference London January 26th


To kick start activities for the New Year, the British Polish Chamber of Commerce (BPPC) in partnership with the Conservative Friends of Poland (CFoP) will be hosting a seminar:

Renewable Energy & Carbon Reduction
What is Poland and the UK doing about EU recommendations

The event will take place at the Radisson Blu Portman Hotel at 22 Portman Square. London W1H 7BG on Wednesday 26th January 2011 and will be attened by the UK Minister for Energy and Climate Change who will be the main speaker.

This seminar will review renewable energy sources and look at carbon reduction in both Poland and the UK and compare the developments in each country as well as the Government and EU incentives that are in place. As new and sustainable energy sources have the potential to provide energy services with almost ZERO emissions of both air pollutants and greenhouse gases, the popularity is gaining huge momentum in both the UK and Poland. The seminar will endeavour to examine the progress in each country and examine the various options that are in place.

A number of prominent speakers will talk about the new innovations in Renewables and carbon Reduction
Tickets are £40 (+20% VAT) for members and £55  (+20% VAT) for non members.

Please click HERE to download the event programme.
 
Please complete the registration HERE and make payment to reserve your place.
Please see :- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEQJP_cUo_c
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Retail Sales Likely to Grow Record High Ahead of VAT Hikes

Michael Clay - Thursday, December 30, 2010
Retail Sales Likely to Grow Record High Ahead of VAT Hikes

Polish retail sales in December may be 13.1 percent higher year on year, which would be the best monthly result since mid-2008, the daily Rzeczpospolita writes citing stats office GUS' and Invest-Bank's forecasts.

The high spending is mainly the result of consumers' haste in purchases ahead of the VAT hikes expected next year, Invest-Bank economist Jakub Borowski told the daily.

Can such increases in spending just be attributed to the proposed increase in the VAT rate - after all it will be a 1% increase - hardly a real hike in final retail pricing.

Perhaps this is just an increase in the business which naturally takes place every December due to the Christmas spending spree and the fact that Poles are generally better off now than ever before.


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Polish Businessmen Take Their Businesses Out of Poland

Michael Clay - Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Polish Businessmen Take Their Businesses Out of Poland

The number of Polish companies deciding to register companies outside Poland grew 20% y/y to over 4k annually, the daily Puls Biznesu writes citing Polish trust companies association SPP's data.

Poles register their business abroad to save on taxes or take advantage of better conditions for business, trust company Opustrust CEO Agnieszka Rzepecka told the daily.

Perhaps Polish companies realise the potential of exporting and trading overseas more than their British counterparts do at the moment. The ease with which Polish companies can set up in the UK is just one example of why Polish exports are on the increase and British exports to Poland are reducing year on year.

Why is it that the British Exporter FAILS to see the opportunity that is staring themin the face by exporting to Poland? With sterling at such a low value the opportunity is sitting there for the UK companies to grab with both hands - yet they fail to do so. WHY?

Perhaps the new ' Business Incubator' service which Export Poland has just started will help to resolve this. With the Business Incubator, British and overseas companies can be trading in Poland within 48 hours of setting up with a Company, Bank account and all relevant tax registrations. They will look after every aspect of the incubation and create the business opportunity for the company as well.

Contact Michael Clay for more details:-
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Poland CEE Region's Leader in Attracting FDI: Ernst &Young

Michael Clay - Monday, November 23, 2009
Poland CEE Region's Leader in Attracting FDI: Ernst &Young

Poland has become the CEE region's leader in attracting foreign investments, having taken over Russia and Romania, consultancy Ernst & Young's report on European attractiveness for investors in 2009 showed, Puls Biznesu writes.

The accumulated FDI in Poland amounted to USD 161.4 bln by end-2008, a value higher than the one in the Czech Republic or Denmark, UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report 2008 revealed.

This is just one more example of how Poland has become one of the SuperPowers in the European market and a recent report by HSBC clearly shows how well Poland has coped with this recession.

 As more and more evidence accumulates of the success of Poland and her economy, with rising GDP throughout the last 12 months, the more the rest of europe begins to find great respect for the Polish attitude to the crisis.
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The BPCC Annual Dinner Dance - Ball 2009

Michael Clay - Sunday, October 25, 2009
The BPCC Annual Dinner Dance - Ball 2009

Last Saturday the BPCC held its sell out 17th Annual Ball.  300 guests gathered for the 1920s themed evening, sponsored by Jones Lang LaSalle and co-hosted by InterContinental Warszawa.  Coverage of the ball will be in the next issue of Contact magazine but we are so proud of the fundraising achievement that we wanted to shout about it now! Said Caroline Cook.

Every year the BPCC supports a charity at the BPCC Annual Ball and this year we organised two fundraising activities in aid of the Eugeniusza Dutkiewicza SAC Hospice in Gdansk which helps people who have progressive and life-threatening illnesses.  We are delighted to announce that a record amount was raised.

The first activity was our annual raffle and thanks to the superb prizes donated by BPCC members and the generosity of guests at the Ball, this raised an amazing 7,610PLN.  Second was an auction for a unique, anonymously donated prize – a rugby ball signed by Lech Wałęsa and the entire Polish national rugby team plus a photograph of Jan Kozlowski, president of the Polish Rugby Association and President Wałęsa signing the ball. The auction was open online as well as taking place live at the Annual Ball so non-guests could also take part.  Expertly orchestrated by professional real estate auctioneer, Michael Clay of Davidoff Kleeberg & Maresch and Export Poland, bidders battled it out, pushing the price higher and higher until it finally sold for an astounding 10,000PLN.

“We are thrilled to have raised a total of 17,610PLN which is more money than ever before and for such a worthy cause and I would like to thank all members who donated prizes and took part in the fundraising. A superb achievement!” said Martin Oxley, BPCC CEO.

“We would like to thank the BPCC and its members for their huge generosity and support for the hospice. We provide free of charge care to over 1,000 patients every year and therefore donations like this are invaluable to us,” added Aneta Puszko, Fundraising Manager, Eugeniusza Dutkiewicza SAC Hospice.

The entire event was wonderfully hosted by the BPCC and David Thomas - Chairman of the British Polish Chamber of Commerce welcomed all of the guests before Ric Todd HM Ambassador to Poland spoke in both Polish and English to everyone also.

An excellent dinner and 1920's themed dance then took place and a fantastic evening followed. There is no doubt that everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
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EC Approves Public Assistance for Polish Dell Plant

Michael Clay - Saturday, September 26, 2009
EUROPEAN COMMISSION Approves Public Assistance for Polish Dell Plant

The European Commission okayed 54.5 million euros of regional aid for establishing Dell Products Poland's computer manufacturing plant in Łódź, yesterday.

The Commission decided that the investment project will significantly contribute to the regional development and job creation in a disadvantaged region of Łódź province, and that these benefits outweigh any potential negative effects of the aid on competition and trade.

The total value of Dell's investment in Łódź amounts to 189.6 million euros.

This is fantastic news for the Łódz region as Dell has already proved themselves to be one of the largest employers in the region making Łódź a huge centre for electronic manufacturing and assembly

We now need more and more companies from the UK and Europe taking up the opportunities that exist in Poland's second largest city.

The British Polish Chamber of Commerce have a Business Point Centre in Łódź which enables new busnesses to easily start up with a complete serviced office for next to nothing. Enquiries should be sent to us at Export Poland on the contacts form.
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EU Funds For World’s Most Modern Aircraft Engine

Michael Clay - Tuesday, September 01, 2009
The Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP) signed an agreement last Friday with Avio Polska under which the company will be granted EU Funds within the Innovative Economy Operational Programme.

Avio Polska will use the funds to construct a production technology line of a module for an aircraft engine GEnx-2B, the most modern device of the kind in the world.

The new engine is planned to be used in the long distance aircraft family of Boeing 747-8, which is to substitute the so called Jumbo Jet - the biggest passenger aircraft produced by the American Boeing.

The overall value of the project hovers around 100 million zloty. European financial aid should cover 33million zloty.
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