British Polish Chamber of Commerce

The BPCC's Tax & Finance Reform policy group met on 26 June for a meeting held in collaboration with PNO Consultants, on the subject of EU funds. Subtitled "Who said that were no more EU funds available", the event was intended to prove otherwise. CEO of PNO Consultants, Thomas Hoffmann, presented the EU-funded programmes that were still currently available.

The BPCC's Transport Infrastructure and Logistics policy group met on 10 June at the British Polish Business Centre for a meeting with Zbigniew Rynasiewicz , under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development.

The BPCC's Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) policy group met on 22 May at the British Polish Business Centre to discuss the practical aspects of outsourcing IT services to external service providers. In particular, participants had the chance to take a close look at the legal and practical aspects of cloud computing. The meeting was organised tby the BPCC together with law firm CMS and IT services provide Atende SA.

The BPCC joined British and Polish governments in celebrating 10 years of Poland's EU membership in London with a British-Polish trade and investment forum. The two-day event, which started at the Guildhall on 21 May, with opening addresses from Fiona Woolf, the Lord Mayor of the City of London, and Poland's deputy foreign minister Katarzyna Kasperczyk.

The BPCC's CleanTech policy group met on 17 April to hear about Poland's state of works over the draft of laws on renewable energy and the co-firing of renewable feedstock along with coal.

On 23 April, the BPCC's Technology, Media and Telecoms policy group met at the British Polish Business Centre to discuss issues surrounding the processing of personal data within a group of firms. The subject is of particular interest to multinational firms with operations in Poland, headquarters in another country, and data processing centres in a third.

Members of the BPCC's CleanTech policy group had a chance to speak directly to Maciej Grabowski, who was appointed Minister of the Environment last November, at a meeting held at the British-Polish Business Centre on 13 March.

The UK section of the British Polish Chamber of Commerce headed by Michael Clay in London has announced a brand new development for fashion and creative industry - a working group gathering members and supporters of this multi billion pounds business in the UK. This is certainly a welcome response to a growing demand on both sides to bring the best of fashions and designs from Poland and the UK.

The International Christmas Mixer organised by BPCC Kraków is the most prestigious business event in the City's pre-Christmas meeting schedule. This year’s edition was held on 5 December at the Park Inn by Radisson Hotel.

The latest PBlink and BPCC event for Polish entrepreneurs in the UK was held in Leeds Town Hall on 20 November, bringing together over 40 people running their own businesses to learn about entrepreneurship in Britain. The event was judged a huge success, from the point of view of the high quality of business informational provided, the inspirational case studies and the networking that followed.