Polish BPO Market

A new trend in the Polish BPO market

Over the past decade, there has been a rapid growth of the BPO/SSC sector in Poland, which resulted from the development of existing companies and the emergence on the market of new business players investing in Poland. However, in recent times a new trend has emerged in the field, namely investors taking over existing operating…

Brief summary of the Polish road transport market

How many haulage carriers operate within the Polish market? According to the most recent data of 30 June 2014, the Polish statistical register (REGON) includes 3,643,117 active companies. As many as 224,355 entities have been enlisted in section ‘H’ (“Transport and warehouse management”) according to the Polish Statistical Classification of Economic Activities (PKD), which constitutes…

Polish worker

5 basic rights of employees in Poland

Every person in Poland employed pursuant to an employment contract is entitled to exercise certain basic rights, including the right to remuneration and the possibility to take annual leave. If these rights are contravened, the employer may be financially penalized and in severe instance, their freedom may be restricted. The Polish Labour Code explicitly specifies…

invoices

Every third Polish company does not pay invoices in time

Over one third of Polish companies declare that they experience delays in invoice payments – show the results of the First National Research on Circulation of Cost Invoices. The delays mainly result from the problems with financial liquidity, the large number of invoices and inappropriate invoice management practices. Delays in payments also result from low…

Polish BPO Market

Poles do not believe that an honest business is real

In the Eurobarometer research, Poland took the second place in entrepreneurship. In fact, 83% of the Poles take no enterprising action nor do they plan to start a company – as shown by a MillwardBrown SMG/KRC study, released today. High taxes, excessive bureaucracy and too much competition, do not inspire establishing a company. As the…