The PPCC is recruiting
The Polish-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce (PPCC) is recruiting for two positions in our office in Warsaw. Please find both offers below:
The applications should be sent to info@ppcc.pl
Wybór Konsumenta has launched its new edition in Poland.
Wybór Konsumenta has launched its new edition in Poland.
The market research process in Customer Satisfaction happens during September and October, with winners on the different categories being publically announced later.
The independent award and market research Escolha Do Consumidor (www.escolhadoconsumidor.com) keeps the international development in Poland.
Inscriptions for the award 2017 are open and are free of charge, through e-mail: info@wyborkonsumenta.com.pl.
Bank Millennium is celebrating half million Konto 360°accounts
Since its launch in May 2014, Konto 360° accounts have enjoyed unyielding interest of our Clients. Number of Konto 360° accounts at our bank has just exceeded half of a million. The person who opened the five-hundred thousandth account received from the bank a very special present – for the upcoming year, every month the bank will transfer onto this newly opened account 360 PLN.
– For me and our clients, half million accounts means half million reasons for joy and celebration. Konto 360° account continues to be the most popular and most frequently opened account at our bank. It has been particularly liked by those from medium-sized and large cities, with more-than average income, who appreciate free-of-charge ATM service in Poland and abroad, low costs and perfect online and mobile banking. Konto 360°account holders are highly active – 97% of them use their account card, their lion’s part make online transactions and one third uses our mobile application. Also Blik payments and transfers to e-mail and mobile phones are increasingly more popular. – says Przemysław Dukiel, Head of the Current Accounts Sub-unit at Bank Millennium.
Konto 360º account is an offer for the entire family. Apart from standard account there are also special versions geared to the needs of the young: Konto 360º Junior account for children and youth up to 18 years of age and Konto 360º Student account for those aged 18-26 years. Account fees have been limited down to zero and they are as follows:
- 0 PLN account fee,
- 0 PLN card fee,
- 0 PLN for ATM withdrawals.
They are guaranteed upon joint fulfilment of two simple conditions. You just need total account deposits of minimum 1000 PLN and at least 1 payment with your account card or BLIK a month, and for Konto 360º Junior and Student accounts – 1 payment with your account card or BLIK a month. Moreover, irrespective of fulfilment of these conditions, clients pay 0 PLN for standing orders and direct debits, 0 PLN for domestic PLN online and mobile transfers and 0 PLN for e-mail or transfers to mobile phones.
For more information about Konto 360º account offer visit Bank Millennium branches across Poland, call our TeleMillennium info-line (801 331 331) or go to www.bankmillennium.pl.
OCDE divulga novo estudo sobre a Polónia
O estudo foi apresentado ontem (22 de Março) em Varsóvia, pela Economista-Chefe da OCDE, Catherine L. Mann, e pelo Vice-Primeiro-Ministro da Polónia, Mateusz Morawiecki, e serviu para celebrar o 20º aniversário da adesão da Polónia à OCDE.
Polish economic growth remains solid and unemployment is decreasing, but further investments in infrastructure and skills will be essential to sustain a continuing improvement in living standards, environmental quality and well-being, according to the latest OECD Economic Survey of Poland.
The Survey, presented in Warsaw today by OECD Chief Economist Catherine L. Mann and Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, marks the 20th anniversary since Poland joined the OECD. It underlines the tremendous progress made toward convergence with higher-income countries over the past two decades, but also points out the challenges remaining to, strengthen employment and job quality, improve the business environment and boost infrastructure, as well as ensure sound public finances.
“Poland has made remarkable progress over the 20 years since it joined the OECD, delivering levels of well-being and quality of life that have never before been experienced,” Ms Mann said. “During the time when most countries have been struggling to bounce back from the global economic crisis, the Polish economy has reported strong growth, driving down unemployment. The challenge going forward is to find the policy mix to promote the transition to an economy based on higher technologies and skills, making growth stronger, greener and more inclusive.”
This reform agenda and the new government’s policy priorities – including a new child benefit – involve higher spending. To help finance this, the Survey proposes options for wide-ranging tax reform, including the withdrawal of reduced VAT rates and exemptions, increased use of property and green taxes and strengthening the tax administration. Boosting skills will lead to higher productivity and employment growth, according to the Survey. Continuing the expansion of access to early childhood education, strengthening support for weaker students and better integrating workplace training into vocational education will be key.
Better opportunities to combine professional and family lives are needed to allow more women into the workforce. In addition to more childcare facilities, long-term care services are also needed. The ongoing reform raising the statutory pension age in stages is needed to strengthen employment of seniors and avoid old-age poverty. Envisaged possibilities to retire early should be equal for men and women and should not involve financial incentives for take-up.
To improve infrastructure investment, Poland should better integrate environmental and health criteria to the project selection and evaluation process, ensure stable financing for public transport infrastructure investment and maintenance, and improve framework conditions for investment in renewable energy. Providing support to local governments running infrastructure projects and strengthening local governance capacities would improve infrastructure delivery.
Source: AICEP Portugal Global
Bank Millennium: Leasing Eko Energia PRO – negócios energeticamente eficientes com bonús crescente no financiamento
In March Millennium Leasing launched Leasing Eko Energia PRO – a new release of a long-standing programme promoting energy-efficient business in Poland. It allows getting up to 5% bonus in financing energy-efficient machines and equipment. The product was developed in cooperation with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Leasing Eko Energia PRO offers financial benefits resulting from engaging in energy-efficient business. By choosing machines and equipment, which use little energy, representatives of micro, small and medium companies can get a flexible bonus of 3, 4 or 5%, growing over the years depending on financing maturity. The decision regarding financing of assets worth up to PLN 350,000 is lightning-fast – it can be taken seconds after gathering information about the transaction. The Leasing Eko Energia PRO programme is also supported by Surety Funds available practically anywhere in Poland (in 13 Voivodeships). They offer additional financing support, eliminating i.a. the requirement to provide downpayment.
Leasing Eko Energia PRO involves simple procedures, quality of service and care for the environment. – We aim to support Polish businesses in financing technologies, which contribute to reducing consumption of energy. We keep monitoring not only the amount of energy saved but also the quality of service. We have introduced i.a. new procedures, thanks to which a decision concerning financing of assets worth up to PLN 350,000 is available already in a dozen-or-so seconds. Investing in energy-efficient machines and equipment does not only help reduce costs. Ultimately it makes Polish companies more competitive in a business environment, in which striving to improve the quality of the environment is not just a postulate. – Wojciech Rybak, CEO of Millennium Leasing said.
The company began promoting energy-efficient solutions for Polish businesses back in 2011 with the Polish Sustainable Energy Financing Facility (PolSEFF) programme. At that time 461 projects were implemented with the total value of signed agreements standing at 50 million euro. The success of these efforts can be calculated in terms of the spectacular savings attained, equivalent to average annual consumption of electricity by more than 26,000 households (approx. 50 000 MWh). Reduction of CO2 emissions was equivalent to average annual emission by more than 18,500 cars (approx. 36 tons of CO2).
Vídeo oficial do Flavours of Portugal 2015
Em preparação para a edição deste ano do Flavours of Portugal, a PPCC lança agora o vídeo oficial da edição de ano passado. Esperamos que gostem e que partilhem! Vê-mo-nos em Maio, no Flavours of Portugal 2016!