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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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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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PKO BP Sells Over zl.1bn in Mortgages in October

Michael Clay - Friday, November 06, 2009
PKO BP Sells Over zl.1bn in Mortgages in October

PKO BP bank sold over zl.1 billion in mortgage loans in October, vice president Wojciech Papierak told the PAP news agency.
"Both in September and October sales of mortgage loans exceed zl.1 billion," Papierak said.
The bank said earlier that mortgage sales in Q3 totaled around zl.3.2 billion.

Here in the UK PKO BP has new products to offer both UK residents both Polish and British. Being forward thinking, they are able to provide mortgage loans to buyers of property in Poland with excellent facilities of up to 100% LTV.

At a seminar at PKO's offices in London, at which Michael Clay spoke about the property market in Poland, the range of loan facilities was unveiled. These included a service providing mortgages to Employees, Self employed and Directors of Ltd UK companies.

This seems to be a great step forward for PKO in their efforts to increase business with the UK investor market and whilst in PLN the interest rates should prove to be very competitive.

Contact can also be made with DKM Real Estate in London on +44 (0)208 621 4000 and online at www.dkm.pl. They are abe to provide a member of staff free of charge to help potential borrowers to complete bank application forms.
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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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Mayor of Warsaw - Visit a success

Michael Clay - Saturday, July 18, 2009
The Mayor of Warsaw spoke at the Charing Cross Hotel on Thursday evening to a large number of delegates about the City of Warsaw and how well it is doing in these difficult times.

Over 70 delegates attended from the Banking, Industrial and construction sectors as well as many other interested parties all wanting to know more about the Warsaw effect.  Michael Clay, Vice Chairman of the British Polish Chamber of Commerce, acted as Chairman and introduced the speakers:- Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz the Mayor of Warsaw, Pawel Pawlowski responsible for Department of City Investment and Miroslaw Czekaj the City Treasurer.

The host for the evening were represented by Joanna Khan of Price-Waterhouse-Coopers who spoke about PPP projects in Warsaw and in general and speakers from Poland Street Association.

The event ran very smoothly with several poignant questions from the floor, and Michael Clay specifically asking about the Social and Municipality Housing schemes which would solve the housing problems in Warsaw. Several ideas were mooted on this subject which will give a lot of new ideas to Warsaw city.

It was confirmed that the new North Bridge in Warsaw had seen work begun some 4 weeks earlier and a great deal of infrastructure is being done in preparation for 2012.

On Friday, the Mayor was the guest of honour at the Polish Embassy in Portland Place London at which a large number of dignitaries attended from all over the London region. There were about 130 attendees at this event including Television and the press.


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Discover Poland Magazine now has a Link to Export Poland

Michael Clay - Monday, July 06, 2009
Discover Poland, a magazine with 40,000 circulation each month has partnered with Export Poland and now has a link to the web site on their Partner page 

See Discover Poland on Discover Poland and check out this magazine

The magazine has consented to this link up as a number of articles written by Michael Clay has appeared in the magazine on a regular basis during the last year and has proved of great interest to readers

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