Poland’s special economic zones (SSE) are continuing to attract fresh capital, the daily Puls Biznesu reports, with a total of 438 business permits issued in those regions in the first half of the year. According to Poland’s Ministry of Economy, companies which started operating in SSE during the first six months of the year will invest more than PLN 21.6bn, adding 20,500 new jobs to Poland’s labor market. NGK Ceramics, ICT Poland, Synthos Dwory, Centrum Innowacji Farmaceutycznych, Centrum Syntezy Molekuł and Volkswagen are driving investment in these areas.
Agata Zając of JLL points out that demand is high mainly thanks to a series of new tax regulations set to take effect on July 1, 2015. “The move to prolong the operations of the 14 special economic zones until 2026 turned out to be a step in the right direction. As they were looking to benefit from the tax reliefs offered by Poland’s SEE, Polish and foreign companies have sped up with their investments,” adds Słowomi Majman of Poland’s Information and Investment Agency PAIiZ.
