Coventry University's Wrocław campus, opened in 2020, represents the first British higher education institution established in Poland. John Dishman, pro-vice chancellor at Coventry University, talks to the BPCC's Michael Dembinski about the British approach to university education, and how it is suited to a global economy driven by digital change and constantly improving skills.

Today’s business is a complex matter, especially if we compare it to business as we knew it a decade ago. Of course, profit, as was the case in the past, remains the main point of focus, but the idea of how to get it has changed drastically.

 
Digitalisation is gradually reaching all departments in organisations in nearly all sectors. Companies are increasingly aware that without a defined and planned strategy it will be extremely difficult to remain competitive. This also applies to the talent needed to implement the digital transformation and carry organisations forward. Meanwhile, in today's labour market, hiring tech talent remains a challenge.

The process of digitalisation is driving all areas of industry and commerce; this article will consider the impact on training in the broadest sense. It will consider the strategic focus of this rapid change and use as exemplars different projects, two of which are funded through the programmes of the European Commission.

The impact of new technologies on employment is increasingly widespread and visible. It is expressed in the automation and algorithmisation of work, as well as in the streamlining of its administrative and organisational levels. Below we discuss some of the increasingly popular applications of innovative solutions in HR.

Tokenisation is one of those terms often heard in the same breath alongside such concepts as web 3.0, metaverse or blockchain. However, tokenisation is not just part of a vague concept, but is already being used in real business projects. Companies such as Taco Bell, Adidas and Polish Tenczynska Okowita are now experimenting with tokens.

The fast-changing economic landscape just a few years ago only spoke of digital transformation as a curiosity or a prospect of the distant future. However, the rapid development of technology, feeding the public with revolution after revolution, boosted by two years of Covid-19, has made digitalisation a reality which every business must embrace.

When we understand digital transformation at a conceptual level, we can start asking questions about how new technologies might apply to our own businesses. After all, the most important point for any leader is ‘how do these changes affect my organisation?’

KSeF (Krajowy System e-Faktur or national system of e-invoices) is an ICT platform for issuing, receiving and storing structured electronic invoices (e-invoices). From the beginning of January 2022, taxpayers can use KSeF voluntarily. However, it is planned to introduce the obligatory use of e-invoices in Q1 2024.

The ongoing digital transformation has become a given across industries, including the real estate sector, which has to keep pace with the rapidly evolving business landscape. The pace of change is so fast that it is hard to foresee how this sector will be reshaped over the next ten to 15 years.

Globally, over 400 million people have diabetes but as many as 46% remain completely undiagnosed and untreated. In fact, diabetes accounts for 12% of the world’s health expenditure, through the vast amount of research, analysis, and treatments, conducted and required today. Artificial intelligence (AI) and its applications such as machine learning (ML) are promising significant breakthroughs in diabetes care. AI advances are   relevant to those with diabetes, those who remain undiagnosed, their families, and their caregivers.

As a result of the pandemic, the digital revolution has accelerated. This acceleration is evident in the extremely dynamic rate of growth in advertising investment, which has not been seen for a long time. Global digital ad spending was expected to grow by as much as 29.1% in 2021 to reach $491.7 billion¹ , which already represents a 63% share of total global ad spending.

Half of service centres will invest in the development of chatbots and a third in mobile applications.

Following a successful series of regional conferences and business networking mixers, the time has come for Warsaw. And so the BPCC held its Doing Business in 2022 conference at the offices of CBRE on 22 June, attracting a good audience of senior business leaders. The aim – as with the events in Poznań, Wrocław and Katowice – was to present the key macroeconomic and market trends that will shape the business environment in the short term.

On Thursday 9 June 2022, after a two-year break caused by the pandemic, the EY &BPCC ferry once again set sail for a leasure cruise on the Odra river in Wrocław, navigating between the city’s most spectacular monuments and further on into the lush green banks and solitude of the city’s rural fringes.

The latest meeting of the BPCC’s Real Estate & Construction policy group took place on 8 June 2022 at the new Warsaw offices of CBRE.

The second of the 2022 season of regional conferences and business mixers celebrating the BPCC’s 30th anniversary took place on 26 May 2022 in in the capital of Lower Silesia, on the campus of Coventry University Wrocław. The conference theme was Investment, Development and Management at a Time of Dynamic Change.

The first of the 2022 season of regional conferences and business mixers celebrating the BPCC’s 30th anniversary kicked off on 18 May 2022 in Poznań, at the offices of the city’s Technology and Industry Park. The conference theme was Investment, Development and Management at a Time of Dynamic Change.