Last year brought a 7% drop in sales for the brewing industry. While in 2018 Poles drank around 37 million hectoliters of beer, the first two years of the pandemic brought a drop of 2 million hectoliters. Interestingly, a drop of this size was also recorded in 2023, year-on-year. The ...
When going to the Balkans, it is worth bringing rakija with you. Grappa produced using traditional methods on Italian farms is a delicacy. Even Greek ouzo bought outside of liquor stores tastes different. Polish distillates in various versions are in no way inferior to the above drinks and as such ...
At the beginning of our conversation, let’s go back in time a bit. If you had the knowledge you have today six years ago about what the work of the SME ombudsman would look like, how officials would approach the Constitution for Business, etc., would you agree to become that ...
According to the report on activities in 2023 published by the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection in April, the Office imposed fines on entities causing payment backlogs last year in the total amount of over PLN 41 million. This is four times more than in 2022. The highest fines, ...
The fact that things are not easy in retail is evidenced by the growing arrears. According to data from the BIG InfoMonitor Debtors Register and the BIK database, entities offering food, beverages and tobacco products in retail had PLN 884 million in unpaid liabilities at the end of February this ...
According to Fitch Solutions, the IT sector will grow by 19.2% in 2024 compared to last year. This is more than in 2023, when the IT market in our country grew by 12.4% compared to the previous year. The IT sector will also become increasingly important for the domestic economy. ...
Source: provitabona.pl The issue of “protecting the rule of law” in Poland reminds the author of “The German Dream of Empire” of “the case of so-called religious dissidents, which was a convenient propaganda pretext for open interference in the affairs of the Republic of Poland”. In turn, “Adolf Hitler carried ...
Poland 2050 has proposed its version of health insurance contribution reform for entrepreneurs and employees. The rate would depend on revenue. Poland 2050 wants to introduce 3 health insurance contribution thresholds for entrepreneurs and full-time employees, depending on income. MP Ryszard Petru admits that his group’s proposal would cost the ...
Tax Freedom Day is a symbolic moment when we stop working for the government and start working for ourselves and our families. During the year, we work, earn and pay taxes and contributions without separating these activities. However, if we were to pay all taxes paid during the entire year ...
All indebted consumers entered in the National Debt Register have almost PLN 45.8 billion to repay. There are almost 2.1 million such people with debts in our country, which means that the average debtor must repay PLN 21,940. With an average salary of PLN 5,968 net, you have to work ...