A joint UK Trade & Investment and British Polish Chamber of Commerce Annual Trade and Investment briefing at the British Embassy, Warsaw, confirms Poland’s position as the leading British export destination in Central Europe and the EU's highest potential growth market. Poland is a Top 6 EU market; British Polish trade has grown 350% since EU accession; the country has sustainable, strategic growth potential as it continues to rapidly converges with established EU peers. Poland's economy grew by 4.3% last year and is on track to grow faster than any other EU member state this year. 

Since the global economic crisis started in September 2008 the story for Europe has been one of a stalling engine which has consistently failed to restart. Mired in mediocrity and wading through a bog of single market regulation more than half of Europe’s member states are today less competitive than they were a year ago. Greece is on the brink of meltdown and nearly half of Spain’s young people are unemployed. Europe’s politicians continue to meet, seemingly driven by a merrygoround of media interest yet are failing to address the fundamentals which will once again make Europe a great place to be. Why is growth so important?

Again and again market participants may be heard talking about the need to regulate the law of groups of companies in a complex way. This need, which is very clear for everyone dealing with company law on a day-to-day basis, seems to gain no recognition in the eyes of the legislator.

The seminar will relate to the "Retirement System in Poland".  Specialists invited will explain the best ways to secure our future.  Three basic pillars of Polish retirement system will be presented and discussed, with special emphasis on the 3rd pillar which will give you a possibility of multiplying your funds and provide for your old age.

Date of the seminar: 14th March 2012 at 9.00 
 

Dear Friends, 
You are most welcome to read the January issue of the Bulletin of the Financial Institute for Corporate Treasurers FISK.

In this issue:
1. “Recommendation S and amendments to the Act on Consumer Credit’’ article of TGC Corporate Lawyers
2. FISK presents Global Reach Partner – new business partner in 2012
3. Calendar of seminars

The World Bank cut its global growth forecast by the most in three years, saying that a recession in the euro region threatens to exacerbate a slowdown in emerging markets such as India and Mexico.

The International Monetary Fund is proposing a $1 trillion expansion of its lending resources to insulate the global economy against any worsening of Europe’s debt crisis, according to an official at a Group of 20 nation.

Investors are again downgrading the decision-making of Standard & Poor’s.

The euro zone crisis seemed to vanish from the headlines for a brief moment as 2011 ticked over into 2012, but it is about to return with a vengeance.