Polish Contractors Face Higher Costs and Growing Pressure on Margins

REAL ESTATE
Prices of construction and installation output in Poland increased by 5.5% year on year in June 2026. This was the highest rate of growth recorded in at least 18 months and marked the fourth consecutive month of intensifying price pressure in the construction industry. Compared...

Poland Has 19,000 AI Companies, but Few Businesses Are Ready to Use Their Solutions

Poland is now home to 19,000 companies associated with artificial intelligence, according to data from Dun & Bradstreet. This means that one in every 12 businesses in the country’s IT sector is officially...

Polish Developers Launch More Projects, but Building Permit Waits Reach 485 Days

The first half of 2026 brought a significant increase in the number of building permits issued in Poland, while investor activity remained stable. This is a positive signal for the housing market, but...

European Commission Unveils Electrification Plan with Major Role for Electric Vehicles

The European Commission has published its Electrification Action Plan, a strategic document outlining the measures and targets required to accelerate the electrification of the European economy. At the same time, the Commission proposed a review...

Low-Margin Contracts and Late Payments Weigh on Outsourcing Providers

Outsourcing was supposed to relieve pressure on companies, but the sector itself is struggling under the weight of unpaid liabilities. Cleaning and security companies, office support providers, call centres and employment agencies have accumulated...

Polish Wage Growth Exceeds Forecasts, but Inflationary Pressure Continues to Ease

June wage data from Poland’s enterprise sector confirm that salary growth in the economy is gradually returning to more normal levels. Average pay increased by 5.9% year on year, slightly exceeding market expectations of...

Polish Companies Increase Scrutiny of Sick Leave After Legal Changes

CAREERS
Poles spent a total of 290.5 million days on sick leave in 2025, around 500,000 more than a year earlier. A total of 27.5 million certificates of temporary incapacity for work were issued through Poland’s Social Insurance Institution, or ZUS, while statistically one in two insured people took sick leave. Experts argue, however, that the greatest problem for employers is no longer the total number of absence days. Instead, businesses are increasingly affected by short, sudden and difficult-to-predict absences that disrupt entire teams and generate growing organisational costs. Long-term sick leave can be planned for. Short absences disrupt the entire company According to the latest ZUS report, 9.8 million sick notes issued...

Climate Change Is Becoming One of Europe’s Greatest Public Health Threats

Climate change and the associated pollution of air, water and soil, increasingly frequent heatwaves, rising noise levels and climate-related diseases are among the most...

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The 2026 World Cup Redefined the Business of Sports Marketing

SPORT
The FIFA World Cup is no longer merely the world’s biggest sporting event. It...

More European Workers to Qualify for Support Under Reformed Globalisation Fund

European Union institutions have agreed to expand the scope of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers, known as the EGF. Under the new rules, funding will be available not only to employees...

U.S. Companies Have Invested $30 Billion in Poland and Employ Nearly 330,000 People

The value of direct investment by U.S. companies in Poland has reached approximately $30 billion, while businesses backed by American capital employ nearly 330,000 people. The figures were presented in the report A...
REAL ESTATE

New Clean Air Programme Rules Increase Support for Home Insulation

Increased support for energy-efficiency improvements, a shorter required period of property ownership and simplified documentation are among the changes...

AI and the Labour Market: Poland Is Among Europe’s Most Exposed Economies

NEWS
Poland is one of the economies most exposed to...

Listed Residential Developers Record a Clear Acceleration in Sales in Q2

REAL ESTATE
In the second quarter of this year, contract sales...

Nearly 85% of Business Services Leaders in Poland Are Adopting Generative AI

BUSINESS
Poland’s business services sector has entered a phase of...

Revolut Opens New Warsaw Office and Plans to Hire 300 People

COMPANIES
Revolut is opening a new office in Warsaw’s Rondo...
CAREERS

The Future of Work Is About Supervising AI Decisions

Artificial intelligence is redefining the structure of business, and the IT labour market is changing under its influence. The debate over whether demand for...
SECURITY

Poland Ranks Among the World’s Top Targets for Cyberthreats

Poland ranked first worldwide for the number of detected downloaders—malicious programs designed to download additional threats onto infected devices—and for detections of CloudEye, a...
ECOLOGY

Up to 200 Million Cubic Metres of Sewage May Enter Poland’s Environment Each Year

Poland has a lower proportion of residents connected to sewerage networks than other countries in the Baltic Sea region. Around 2.5 million septic tanks...
TSL

Polish Businesses Feel the Impact of Sharp Fuel Price Increases

Only a month ago, fuel prices in Poland were among the lowest in Europe. Now, however, their day-to-day increase is one of the sharpest...
TECHNOLOGY

Europe Risks Losing the Global AI Race Due to Overregulation

The European Union is launching further initiatives designed to support the development of Europe’s artificial intelligence sector. These include measures to encourage investment, strengthen...

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