In 2017, the modern retail space saturation amounted to 862 m2 per 1000 residents, i.e. over 465,000 m2. In 2017, 63% of the total working population of the enterprise sector worked in the trade and services sector. Total revenues from all activities in the trade sector in 2017 increased by 25.2%. Growth was also recorded in most of the service sectors, ranging from […]
Kategoria: III_Work and entrepreneurship
Urban services and shopping
In 2017 in the Poznań agglomeration there were 20 shopping centres with a total retail area of 692,400 m2. Poznań belongs to the cities with the most developed retail network in the country. This applies to both traditional and large-area trade. A report by Colliers International indicates that the level of saturation with modern shopping centre space in Poland amounts to 292 m2 per 1000 […]
Innovation
At the national level, Poznań is characterised by a high scientific and institutional potential focused on innovation and activities for the benefit of the knowledge-based economy. During the year, the economy’s expenditures on research and development activities in Poznań increased by PLN 0.2 billion and amounted to PLN 1.7 billion (data for 2016), a quarter of which was spent on development works. Nearly 5.5 thousand […]
Achievements of Poznań’s scientists
In 2017, Poznań-based research and development institutions achieved many scientific successes. At the headquarters of the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Centre, a nuclear clock, a so-called caesium fountain, was launched, built in the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, near London, under the direction of Dr Krzysztof Szymaniec. The caesium fountain has joined the group of the most accurate atomic clocks in the world […]
Scientific and innovation institutions
In Poznań, there are about 40 scientific and research facilities, including 18 facilities of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS). Their activity is focused on conducting research and implementation works, among others, in such areas as: information technology, genetic research, immunology, biotechnology, chemical energy sources, scientific and research equipment, new varieties of cultivated plants, logistics strategies. These institutions […]
City and the academic community cooperation
The projects and activities carried out by the City are aimed at building a positive image of the Poznań academic centre in Poland and abroad. Scholarships and prizes To support young talents, in 2017, 32 scholarships were awarded to winners and finalists of the national school olympiads for persons starting their studies in Poznań, 12 scholarships were awarded to young scientists, the Scientific Award […]
Entrepreneurship promotion
In 2017, 238 thousand beneficiaries took advantage from the City entrepreneurship supporting activities. The development of the residents’ entrepreneurial activity is a very important lever for the social and economic development in the market economy, hence the support for this activity is the focus of the City’s attention. Support for the development of entrepreneurship in Poznań in 2017 was provided […]
Business and science cooperation
By the end of January 2017, the City of Poznań in partnership with Poznan’s high schools ran the Wielkopolska Innovation Platform website (WPI). Wielkopolska Innovation Platform One of the projects aimed at developing cooperation between business and science was the portal Wielkopolska Innovation Platform (WIP). From 2008 until the end of January 2017, the WIP website was run […]
Entrepreneurship support
In 2017, the following institutions carried out measures to support entrepreneurship: Ośrodek Doradczo-Szkoleniowy (Advisory and Training Centre), Poznański Ośrodek Wspierania Przedsiębiorczości (“Poznań Centre for Entrepreneurship Support”), Biuro Obsługi Inwestorów (Investor Relations Department), Wielkopolskie Centrum Wspierania Inwestycji Sp. z o.o. (Wielkopolska Investment Support Center Ltd.). Their activities in support of entrepreneurship were aimed at: improving business and managerial competences of […]
Conditions for doing business
In 2017, in Poznań, 8.6 thousand new business entities were registered in the REGON register. The number of newly registered business entities (8.6 thousand) was higher than those registered (6 thousand). Most new business entities were created in the following sections: Professional, scientific and technical activities Information and communication Real estate market service Administration and support activities. As a part of […]
Business entities
In December, there were 209 business entities per 1000 residents. According to the Central Statistical Office (GUS), at the end of December 2017 there were 112.5 thousand business entities in the REGON register, i.e. 2 thousand more than in 2016 (an increase of 1.8%). The number of newly registered businesses (8.6 thousand) was higher than the number of deregistered ones […]
Investment promotion
The total amount allocated to the city’s investment promotion in 2017 amounted to PLN 1.1 million and was higher by 36% as compared to 2016. Participation in international fairs An important form of promoting the investment potential of the city is the participation in international fairs, e.g.: MIPIM in Cannes. The 2017 edition attracted over 2.6 thousand exhibitors and 23 thousand visitors from 90 […]
Poznań’s offer for investors
The strategy of attracting investors to the city of Poznań is aimed at attracting new and supporting existing investors in sectors that generate high added value and create demand for educated and well-paid employees in a knowledge-based economy. Poznań’s priority sectors of the economy include: high-tech manufacturing Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Shared Services Center (SSC) research and development (R&D) congress […]
Investment attractiveness
In 2017 Poznań was once again awarded the title of City Outsourcing Star. Rankings and studies Poznań is an attractive destination for investors, regularly included in prestigious rankings and research, such as: FDI European Cities&Regions of the Future FDI Polish Cities of the Future published by Financial Times Business European Regional Growth Index (E-REGI) by JonesLaSalle investment attractiveness of […]
Industry and construction
In 2017, industry was the source of income for 32.2% of the total number of people working in Poznań in the enterprise sector and provided the largest part, second after services, of the Gross Value Added (GVA) generated in the city. Industry revenues The largest share of total industry sales revenues in Poznań can be found in: generation and supply of […]
Economic potential
The level of GDP in Poznań calculated per capita was 92.2 thousand. PLN and is twice as high as the national average. Poznań is characterized by a very high potential of economic growth on the national scale, it is one of the top Polish economically well-developed cities. According to the Central Statistical Office, the value of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) generated in Poznań […]
Unemployment projects
In 2017, programmes and projects aimed at activating the unemployed and those seeking employment were aimed at supporting the most vulnerable groups of the unemployed. DLO projects Projects implemented by District Labour Offices, including those financed from the European Union funds, were aimed at helping the most vulnerable groups of the unemployed. Jobseekers were able to participate in projects such as: “Aktywizacja […]
Helping the unemployed
In 2017, the City of Poznań implemented a number of programmes and projects aimed at activating the unemployed and those seeking employment. In 2017, the DLO used, among others, the following aid measures for the unemployed: vocational counselling – 1.4 thousand people took used individual vocational counselling services, 3.5 thousand people used individual vocational information, while 0.3 thousand people […]
Unemployment rate
Poznań has the lowest unemployment rate in the country. At the end of December 2017, the unemployment rate in Poznań amounted to 1.4%. Number of unemployed The number of unemployed in Poznań has been declining since 2012 – at the end of 2017 the unemployment rate amounted to 1.4% (compared to 1.9% a year earlier) and was the lowest in Poland, where the unemployment rate […]
Employed persons
Poznań City Hall’s archive According to the latest available data, 340,300 thousand people worked in Poznań’s enterprises and companies in 2016. Number and structure of employed persons In 2016 there was a significant increase in the number of employed persons in Poznań. In total, by the end of the year a total of 340,300 people worked in the city (total employment, including entities employing up […]