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    VIII Silesia Beer Fest

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    VIII Silesia Beer Fest
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    Over thirty exhibitors – craft breweries from all over Poland – will present both their classics and beers prepared especially for this festival. Several hundred different beers in one place in Katowice. This is an incredible opportunity! To complete the taste experience, a food truck zone will be set up on the premises next to the hall.

    Silesia Beer Fest is a craft beer festival held since 2015 in Katowice. The event brings together polish craft breweries and multitaps breweries from Katowice. The first edition of the festival took place in the former Giesche Porcelain Factory on 2-4 October 2015. The rapid growth of the event caused the initiative to be moved first to the Wilson Shaft Gallery and finally to the heart of the culture zone – the iconic Spodek.

     

    Silesia Beer Fest is a project combining a festival part open for everyone, during which polish craft breweries present their beers. Additionally, since the first edition of the festival, workshops, presentations, and discussion panels devoted to brewing, the work of brewers and their achievements as well as the history of beer have been organized on the premises.

     

    After a two-year break, the eighth edition of the festival will take place on 24-25 September in Spodek, Katowice.

    Coffeedesk has launched the issue of shares

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    Coffeedesk has launched the issue of shares
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    All Good SA, the owner of Coffeedesk – a coffee omnichannel from Kołobrzeg – has launched the second issue of shares through equity crowdfunding. The company wants to raise PLN 4.4 million for, among others, integration of eCommerce tools, expansion of showroom network, and purchase of assortment. In 2020, the company reported a growth of 44% y-o-y and gained 523 shareholders in its first crowd investing issue. This year, 112 thousand Coffeedesk shares will hit the market – each valued at PLN 37.

    Coffeedesk, the leader in coffee eCommerce in Poland with a growing network of showrooms, is now 10 years old and has a strong foundation for further rapid growth. Diversification of sales channels has worked well for this coffee company, as well as business flexibility in building a portfolio of B2B and B2C customers and ways to reach them through eCommerce and a network of stationary showrooms.

     

    “The customer crosses channels, it makes no difference to them where they encounter the brand – they always want the same products, they expect the data and preference information once provided to be available throughout the system and they expect the highest level of service. Omnichannel is a good way to loyalize, build brand awareness and reach new customers,” says Łukasz Wichłacz, CEO of Coffeedesk.

     

    Since September 22, the second issue of Coffeedesk shares in the equity crowdfunding model is underway. The campaign is being promoted by Crowdway. More than half of the PLN 4.4 million that Coffeedesk wants to raise from social investors is to be spent on achieving the so-called “omnichannel excellence”, i.e., the development and integration of the company’s sales channels. Investments will be made both in online (B2B and B2C platforms) and offline (showrooms) channels.

    Poland cannot close down the mine in Turów

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    Poland cannot close down the mine in Turów
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    We hope that the negotiation with the Czech Republic on Turów, which is still ongoing, will soon end with the signing of the agreement, government spokesman Piotr Müller said on Thursday. He added that Poland could not agree to close down the mine and cause an energy crisis for Polish citizens and entrepreneurs.

    Warsaw: the new street named after the composer Weinberg

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    Warsaw: the new street named after the composer Weinberg
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    The new street in the Wola district was named after Mieczysław Weinberg, an outstanding composer and pianist, the author of music for the film awarded at the Cannes festival “The Cranes Are Flying”, informed the capital city hall.

    On Wednesday, the new Wola street crossing Chłodna Street at the point of number 36 was named after Mieczysław Weinberg.

    “We symbolically restore the figure of Mieczysław Weinberg (Wajnberg – Polish form of the surname – editor’s note) to Warsaw and his former neighbours, because Weinberg Street is located in the immediate vicinity of the musician’s family house at 66 Żelazna Street. Although he left Warsaw at the age of 20, Warsaw never got out of his head,” Artur Jóźwik said, the director of the Cultural Office of the City of Warsaw, quoted in the release.

    Mieczysław Weinberg was a composer and pianist. He died 25 years ago in Moscow but grew up in Warsaw, where he was born in 1926. As a child and a young boy, he attended music schools at the Warsaw Conservatory. He left behind an amazing legacy, incl. 22 symphonies, as well as chamber works of as many as 70, incl. for string quartets and many other orchestral, solo and vocal works. He composed song cycles in three languages: Polish, Yiddish and Russian.

    He composed for theatre, radio, circus, and also for films, the most famous of which was certainly the war drama “The Cranes Are Flying”, awarded with the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1958.

    National Reading 2021 in New York

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    National Reading 2021 in New York
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    The president and his wife are currently visiting the United States, during which Andrzej Duda takes part in the 76th of the UN Assembly. According to tradition, the First Lady joined Polish youth in the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland during the National Reading. The reading of this year’s edition of the event is “The Morality of Mrs Dulska”.

    “This is the third edition of the National Reading to be organized at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York with my participation, and the 10th edition of the National Reading in Poland,” recalled Agata Kornhauser-Duda.

    The First Lady expressed her joy that despite the pandemic break, the tradition of reading together was continued. National Reading in New York is becoming more and more popular among students.

    According to Agata Kornhauser-Duda, “The Morality of Mrs Dulska” speaks to a large extent about Polish society and the soul of a Pole from the beginning of the 20th century, “also one who will one day live in free Poland”.

    “Zapolska’s play is timeless and universal because it presents the vices attributed to the bourgeoisie in the early twentieth century, a double morality. Zapolska stigmatizes evil and injustice, double-dealing and mendacity in her tragedy: features that we can always observe and in every society,” she noted.

    Play will acquire the UPC network. “The group can snarl the market up”

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    Play will acquire the UPC network. "The group can snarl the market up"
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    The French owner of Play will spend PLN 7 billion on the vice-leader of the Polish cable TV market. The merged group may snarl the market up – writes Thursday’s “Puls Biznesu”.

    “PB” reminds that at the end of July the French group Iliad, which controls the Play company, announced that it had made a non-binding offer to acquire UPC Poland from the American LibertyGlobal. “Now the agreement has been signed – by virtue of it, the Polish network of UPC will be acquired by the French for PLN 7 billion. The transaction must be approved by Competition and Consumer Protection Office (UOKiK),” the daily stresses.

     

    “The integration of Play and UPC Poland will create a unique opportunity for Play to grow at the next stage. Play and UPC will join forces to create a strong convergent operator in Poland,” says Jean-Marc Harion, Play’s CEO, quoted in the company’s announcement.

     

    “PB” explains that the deal marks the merger of the second largest player on the Polish mobile market in terms of customer numbers with the second largest player on the cable TV market. He recalls that Play had over PLN 3.6bn in revenues and PLN 1.7bn in EBITDAaL (operating profit plus depreciation and amortisation after lease costs) in the first half of the year, supported by 12.3m active customers.

     

    Meanwhile, UPC – as the newspaper adds – generated less than PLN 900 million in revenue in the same period thanks to its 1.53 million client bases. “A total of 3.6 million households are within the reach of its fixed-line network,” writes “Puls Biznesu”.

    Belarusian services help transport migrants. There's evidence!

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    Belarusian services help transport migrants. There's evidence!
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    “We are seeing an attempt to build a permanent route across the Polish border. This is an artificial creation of migration pressure on our country,” reveals a spokesman for the minister coordinating the special services, Stanisław Żaryn. At the same time, he adds, Poland has evidence that unequivocally shows that those are the official Belarusian structures that are heavily involved in transporting groups of immigrants to the Polish-Belarusian borderland. “They are even guides for the migrants to the border,” Żaryn says.

    Asked about the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border in an interview with Radio Three on Thursday, Stanisław Żaryn revealed that there are around 200 attempts to illegally cross the border every day. He pointed out that almost every day people who were involved in organizing illegal immigration were also arrested.

     

    A spokesman for the Minister Coordinator of Special Services notes that there is a high risk of an attempt to build a permanent migration route across the Polish border. 

     

    “The figures clearly show that we are dealing with the creation of artificial migration pressure on Poland,” – added Żaryn.

     

    As he said, there is information that officers of the Belarusian service help groups of immigrants to enter the territory of Poland. 

     

    “We also have evidence that official Belarusian structures are very strongly involved in transporting specific groups of migrants to the Polish-Belarusian border area.  They are even the guides of migrants to the very border.  This all indicates and proves that the Belarusian state services are involved in creating this attempt to destabilise the Polish-Belarusian border,” – Żaryn said.

     

    A spokesman for the Minister of the Coordinator of Special Services stresses that the way Polish services operate at the border ensures a very high level of detection of attempts to cross the border and of people who have already crossed it illegally.

     

    According to Żaryn, we are dealing with the beginning of an operation to destabilize Poland by using the migration route. The traffic situation at the border is becoming an ongoing priority issue, he added.

     

    Since the beginning of September, the Border Guard has recorded almost 5,000 attempts to illegally cross the Polish border with Belarus.

     

    Asked whether Frontex offers assistance on the Polish-Belarusian border, he replied that the agency does not have its officers who could be sent to the border. 

     

    “Frontex is a way for different national formations to work together to support each other.  We, as Poland, are in constant contact with Frontex, but for now, we are securing our border, in the sense of physical presence, with our forces,” – added a spokesman for the Minister Coordinator of Special Services.

    DB Cargo Polska is changing the face of rail transport in Europe

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    DB Cargo Polska is changing the face of rail transport in Europe
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    During the TRAKO International Rail Fair, DB Cargo presented a new, multifunctional modular railcar. Thanks to innovative construction solutions, such as the possibility of length adjustment, the same car during several decades of operation will be able to carry any goods, depending on the current needs of the customer. The cars produced at DB Cargo’s Rybnik plant may soon revolutionise the rail transport market throughout Europe.

    During the presentation of the multifunctional modular railcar at the TRAKO 2021 International Rail Fair in Gdansk, Marek Staszek, CEO of DB Cargo Polska, compared the vehicle to the popular Lego bricks, from which, using the same elements over and over again, a variety of different constructions can be created.

     

    “Until now, the car has always been a rigid and monolithic structure, serving to carry one particular commodity. DB Cargo has decided to change this paradigm by creating a multifunctional modular car that can be adapted at any time to transport any load – steel, timber, grain, etc. We believe that the cars produced in Rybnik, adjusted to the changing needs of our customers, will set a new standard and direction for the development of rail transport in Europe,” said Marek Staszek.

     

    The length of the car is not defined – it can be freely changed with millimetre precision. The braking system was installed under the front part to allow for flexible adjustment of the centre beam. It takes just 24 hours to convert a car and adjust its length for the next load. 

     

    “For our customers, using this type of car will mean saving time and money. It has a full load, volume and tonnage homologation and is approved for traffic, which means that changing the length of a car or the type of goods transported will not require any additional permits or documentation. For 50 or 60 years of the life of a car in such a dynamically changing world, the customer will be sure that his cargo will arrive safely, on time and without unnecessary formalities at its specified destination,” said Łukasz Stokłosa, Head of DB Cargo Poland Production and Maintenance Plant in Rybnik.

     

    Marek Staszek also reminded that the development of railway transport is part of the Europe-wide policy to reduce emissions as it is the most ecological solution. About 20 per cent of Poland’s total CO2 emissions come from transport, but rail transport is responsible for only about 0.5 per cent of them.

     

    “It’s worth moving your freight to rail – for the sake of the environment and our shared future. With solutions such as multifunctional modular railcars, we are combining support for business by offering a safe and flexible means of transporting goods with genuine concern for the planet,” said the CEO of DB Cargo Polska.

     

    DB Cargo Poland has been present on the Polish market since 2009, providing national and international transport and logistics solutions. Using its long-standing know-how and vast experience, it remains a leading logistics provider in Central and Eastern Europe.

    The food industry still do not use e-commerce potential

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    The food industry still do not use e-commerce potential
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    According to the survey of companies in the food production and trade industry, the digitalization of B2B sales in this sector is much less advanced than overall in the surveyed companies.

    Among all surveyed entities from different industries, the percentage of companies selling online was 41%. The figure for the food sector is 19%. Interestingly, the impact of the pandemic on e-commerce development was assessed by companies as relatively weak. The acceleration of e-commerce development was noticed by 42% of companies – in other industries, the percentage was as high as 66%. Still only every fifth of B2B grocers uses e-commerce.

     

    The study showed a significantly lower penetration of e-commerce solutions in the food industry. This is by no means the result of a difference in overall digitization, as evidenced by data on B2B purchases made online. In this respect, the food industry does not differ significantly from others: 64% of food companies buy online and 69% of other companies.

     

    “Among grocery companies, there is some reserve towards e-commerce. Not even a pandemic, after all, obviously prompting the launch or development of online sales, has changed that. In the grocery industry, more than half of the companies did not see the pandemic accelerating e-commerce growth. In other sectors such acceleration was observed by as many as 66% of companies,” says Renata Dutkiewicz, Head of the Food Sector at Santander Bank Polska.

     

    The report “B2B E-commerce – the perspective of the food industry”, prepared for Santander Bank Polska by Mobile Institute, shed new light on the impact of the pandemic on companies in the food production and distribution chain.

     

    Digitization of B2B sales in the grocery industry may accelerate. According to our research, 3/4 of food companies that do not yet operate in e-commerce intend to enter this channel within the next 3 years, and every second wants to do it within a year. On the other hand, those who already operate online most often needed up to 3 months (45%) to implement new solutions.

     

    Encouragement to expand into e-commerce can come from the positive experiences of those who have chosen to do so before. Of the grocery companies operating in the online channel, 73% rate their entry into e-commerce as a success.

    Main Market Square in Krakow

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    Main Market Square in Krakow
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    The most beautiful. The most delightful. The most important public space. The most expensive Market Square of medieval Europe. Simply the best!

    The Main Market Square of the Old Town in Kraków is regular and square. It was situated on the so-called Royal Route (leading from the Barbican to Wawel). 

     

    Almost all townhouses and palaces around Market Square are historical buildings that are several hundred years old, and house, among others, the Historical Museum of the City of Krakow and the International Cultural Centre as well as shops with exclusive goods. 

     

    The most famous restaurants are Wierzynek (no. 15) and Hawełka – Tetmajerowska (no. 34). Café Vis a Vis at no. 29 was the favourite place of Piotr Skrzynecki, the founder of the “Piwnica pod Baranami” (Piwnica pod Baranami) cabaret. His statue in a distinctive hat is still in the café garden of the premises.

     

    On the Main Market Square there are:

    – monument to Adam Mickiewicz,

    – Pod Jaszczury Mansion (Pod Jaszczurką, sometimes called Under the Lizard),

    – Bonerowska Mansion,

    – Piwnica pod Baranami (also called Pod Baranami Mansion or Under the Rams),

    – the Cloth Hall,

    – Rynek Underground,

    – Town Hall Tower,

    – St Mary’s Church,

    – St Adalbert’s Church,

    and many more. 

     

    For more information visit the Kraków Travel.

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