Poland News

Around 6 million m2 of new GLA is planned to be completed in Central European countries through to 2013. Most of the shopping centres openings will occur from 2012.

In January 2010, SGS Industrial Services was awarded two contracts to provide Design Documentation Appraisal and Power Plant Construction Supervision for the expansion of the Underground Gas Storage Plant in Wierzchowice, Poland.

Radisson Blu hotel in Krakow has announced its success in the "Leaders of Sustainable Development" contest that was organised by Forbes Magazine in Poland.

The clothing and footwear market in Russia was worth $56bn in 2010, according to estimates by the PMR research firm, and in the next few years it is expected to further increase, by 10% on average.

After the crisis, the IT market in Poland recorded a significant rebound last year. Gradually increasing IT demand and a bigger volume of orders from the business sector allow forecasting the market growth at more than 10% this year.

“Although banking sectors in CEE are doing a good job of withstanding the global crisis, a number of troubled Western European banks will need to abandon the region to raise cash in 2011” says Marcin Mazurek, director of Intelace Research

The Russian IT market is experiencing a strong bounce back after a sharp decline observed in 2009. Forecasts for the whole of 2011 are optimistic and assume that the market will jump by another 20% year-on-year.

Po okresie kryzysu rynek IT w Polsce zanotował w ubiegłym roku wyraźną poprawę wyników. Wzrost liczby zamówień z sektora przedsiębiorstw pozwala realnie ocenić możliwości wzrostu rynku w tym roku na ponad 10%.

Baker Hughes unconventional gas expert Adrian Topham says he sees the European unconventional gas market develop primarily in Poland in the next 12 months, “through steady exploration and appraisal, but with a few wells in other countries.”

NetBlink, has just launched a new car hire search engine called YummyBunny. The search engine allows its users to do a better research before booking a vehicle and compare the offers in a way that was not possible before.

qcadoo MES is a manufacturing management system for small and medium companies. It lets you replace those paper notes and spreadsheets that are flying around the production line and gain benefit from having them all in one system.

The market for clothing, footwear and accessories in Russia, including an impressive luxury merchandise segment, is large, complex and brimming with opportunity.

Companies are taking advantage of opportunities created by growth and change in the marketplace and are busy creating an exciting future. PMR has prepared a new report that provides all the details.

The development of the private healthcare sector has been curtailed in all of the six countries analysed in the report.

Market trends are beginning to support a western orientation for companies as they meet standards and prices enabling them to compete with recent industry leaders in India and China.

With new regulations on the horizon for prescription medicine in Poland and rising consumer demand, companies are marketing OTC preparations that support a healthy, energetic lifestyle.

XTRF™ is a comprehensive system that supports the operation of translation companies and corporate departments in all aspects of their activity. The expanded CRM offering assistance to sales and customer service departments, is a new functionality.

W środę 24 sierpnia w Cafe Foto 102 o godz 19.00 odbędzie się pierwszy z cyklu SEOcamp adresowany do wszystkich osób, których praca i wyzwania związane są z wyszukiwarką Google.

Infinite Dreams, award-winning mobile games publisher informed today about worldwide premiere of Android game "Shoot the Birds". Polish developer declare the Birds hunting season is open!

Two senior ExxonMobil executives are heading up a high-level panel of industry experts at the upcoming European Unconventional Gas Summit in Krakow from 28-29 September.

New 2011 research targets preferred software, services and infrastructure updates

At present, only a few companies based in Central Europe and the Balkans emphasise their contract manufacturing and API sourcing services. There is relatively strong competition from companies from the Far East and from Western Europe.

Report reveals sectors charted for greatest development to 2016

The E-commerce working group of IABPoland has developed a joint document that presents good practices every e-store should bring into effect: Good rules of e-commerce. Document was prepared by experts, who professionally operate on e-commerce market.

15 sierpnia startuje nowy serwis świadczący usługi w internecie www.zleceusluge.pl Misją portalu jest połączenie innowacyjności z bezpieczeństwem i profesjonalizmem na rynku usługowym on-line.

IT product and service sales in Ukraine stabilised and even began to grow in 2010. In interviews and opinions expressed publicly, company managers have become more optimistic and confident in sales growth in 2010 and 2011.

Co-authoring books or academic papers is pretty common today. Unfortunately, during such undertakings a lot of time and effort is wasted in the process by using the wrong tools.

The Romanian construction market experienced substantial contraction during the period from 2008-2010. As this year began, however, the number of new projects began an upward trend.

Lata 2011-2012 będą szczytowym okresem koniunktury w budownictwie drogowym. Dzięki pokaźnym inwestycjom ze strony GDDKiA, wartość zrealizowanych robót drogowych już w 2011 r. przekroczy 30 mld zł.

Poziom wzrostu gospodarczego w 2010 był wyższy niż rok wcześniej, co pozytywnie odbiło się na dynamice rynku odzieży i obuwia w Polsce. Pomimo odczuwalnej atmosfery kryzysu branża odzieży i obuwia odnotowała wzrost wartości sprzedaży.

Poland hosts a dynamic road construction sector funded by the General Director for National Roads and Motorways, National Road Fund and EU subsidies, with many projects dedicated to Euro 2012.

After a recent period of decline, the construction market in Hungary appears as though it may be poised for recovery in 2011.

Big companies in Poland increasingly use portable computers, whose share in the total number of computers used constantly grows. Over the last few years, replacement cycles of hardware in large enterprises in Poland have remained almost unchanged.

Duże firmy w Polsce w coraz większym stopniu korzystają z komputerów przenośnych, których udział w całkowitej liczbie wykorzystywanych komputerów systematycznie rośnie.

Ukrainian IT market increased by approx. 30% last year. In Euro terms its value crossed €1bn, which is comparable with the level recorded in 2005 and it represents a half of the value from 2007.

Infinite Dreams, award-winning mobile games publisher informed today about worldwide premiere of "Talking Jelly Clock". This unique and 100% FREE utility app passes the Apple approval process and is available to download.

Public acceptance and assurance of the safety of the unconventional gas industry are just some of the market challenges that will be discussed at the European Unconventional Gas Summit in Krakow from 27-29 September.

The Government Protection Bureau (GPB) announced its selection of the best bid in the proceedings for awarding a public contract for telecommunications services within the satellite communications system.

TS2, a Polish company providing satellite services, has joined the group of authorized distributors of Inmarsat. With the agreement the offer range can be extended with highly advanced Inmarsat satellite communications technologies.

TS2 satellite network operator now introduces to the global market telecommunication systems dedicated to foreign correspondents, photo reporters and journalists.

XTRF Management Systems Ltd. has totalled up its financial result for the first quarter of 2011 – the company reached the best half-yearly result ever, exceeding the 2010 annual receipts within the first six months of this year!

“The asset management sector in Poland, worth 447 billion PLN (US$151 billion) as of 2010, will grow by more than 25% until 2013. ” explained Marcin Mazurek, Director of Intelace Research

On the back of an excellent start into 2011, the full year’s construction output will increase by around 11%, mostly driven by dynamic implementation of large civil engineering projects.

Our days are filled with a lot of tasks that we must accomplish. Some tasks are carried out at work, while other in private life and we seem to deal with them quite well, but are we really?

Pharmaceutical distribution has been liberalised further in Central Europe in 2011, with Bulgaria making the online sale of medicines legal in March.

Despite a very weak 2010 and a poor start to 2011, the Hungarian construction market will begin its recovery from 2012 onwards. Public infrastructure projects will be the main driver of this growth.

The Russian construction industry recovered some semblance of stability in 2010 and gradually began to pick up again after the downturn. This upturn in fortune was achieved despite the tight budgetary situation.

On 1 July 2011, LIDO-LANG Technical Translations moved to a new, larger office, located on Kamieńskiego Street in Krakow.

Aster Biznes commissioned a study to gain a better knowledge of the telecommunications services model which Poland’s small and medium-sized enterprises expect from their providers. PMR Research team interviewed representatives of 600 businesses.

SGS Industrial Services was assigned a contract to conduct complex Owner’s Representative services for a new flue gas desulfurization (FGD III) installation for unit no. 10 at the Kozienice Power Station in Poland in May 2009.