The City of Poznan offers the following forms of support to investors who locate their investments in Poznan:- Support from the Investor Relations Department:

 

1.  Providing the investor with the necessary information and data,

2. Organisation of the investor's visits to Poznan,

3. Organisation of meetings with the Mayor, representatives of various offices in Poznan, explanation of the role of particular offices, facilitating contacts with offices and public administration bodies in the City of Poznan and the Poznan conurbation,

4. Assistance in establishing contacts with companies and organisations in Poznan - recruitment agencies, property brokers, universities, developers, etc.

5. Customised services for key investors, provided by the so-called "investment pilot" - an employee responsible for handling a specific investment project, assistance throughout the entire process of investment preparation and execution.

6.  In the case of investments involving the construction of new buildings

7.  assistance in choosing the best location for the investment in Poznan; assistance in the process of obtaining administrative decisions required in the construction process.

8.  Support in recruitment: o Assistance in establishing relations with universities and career offices run by universities,

9.  Supporting the investor's cooperation with universities, e.g. development or adjustment of academic curricula to the investor's needs,

10.  Free help of County and Regional Employment Offices.

11.  Supporting the investor in finding the most suitable office space.

12.  Cooperation with the investor as regards the promotion of the investment project executed in Poznan. Cooperation with the investor after the project has been launched, assistance with clearing formalities at CityHall and other offices, depending on the investor's needs.

 

Property tax exemption programme, as part of the "de minimis" aid scheme

 

 Resolution of the Poznan City Council No. XXX/292/V/2008 of the 15th of January 2008 on the property tax exemption programme under the "de minimis" aid scheme:

 

The Programme is valid for entities conducting business activity within the Poznan Technology and Industry Park at ul. 28 Czerwca 1956r. nr 398 and 400, as well as the Adam Mickiewicz University Foundation Poznan Science and Technology Park on ul. Rubież 46. Land, buildings and their parts used for conducting business activity within the above mentioned parks are exempt from property tax until not later than the 31st of December 2013. Assistance provided within the framework of the programme is considered "de minimis" aid, i.e. its gross value, together with the value of other "de minimis" aid received by the investor over the last three years preceding the day of receiving the planned aid, cannot exceed EUR 200,000.

 

 

The Resolution:

http://bip.city.poznan.pl/bip/public/bip/uchwaly.html?co=print&uc_id_uchwaly=20886&p=

 

More information available from:

Financial Department, Division for Property Tax of Natural Persons, Agricultural and Forestry Tax - tel. (+48 61) 8784634 Financial Department, Division for Property Tax of Legal Persons- tel. (+48 61) 8784710

 

http://bip.city.poznan.pl/bip/public/bip/sprawa.html?co=opis&sp_id=1726

 

Property tax exemption programme under regional aid for supporting new investments or creating new jobs related to the new investment - Resolution of the Poznan City Council No. XLIV/554/V/2008 of the 4th of November 2008 on property tax exemption as part of regional aid for supporting new investments or creating new jobs related to a new investment:

 

Buildings and constructions which constitute a new investment and those related to it are exempt from property tax, with the exception of investments related to commercial activity, petrol stations, organisation of trade fairs and exhibition, as well as logistics, forwarding and warehousing activity. The aid programme determines the minimum required investment outlays or the number of new jobs which entitle an investor to such a tax exemption (requirements differ depending on the size of the company):

 

- Micro-enterprises - outlays exceeding the equivalent of EUR 100,000 or at least five new jobs created,

- Small enterprises - outlays over EUR 500,000 or at least 25 new jobs created

- Medium-sized enterprises - outlays of EUR 2,500,000 or 100 jobs

- Large enterprises - outlays of EUR 5,000,000 or 300 jobs.

 

Resolution:

 

http://bip.city.poznan.pl/bip/public/bip/uchwaly.html?co=print&uc_id_uchwaly=26438

 

More information available from:Financial Department, Division for Property Tax of Natural Persons, Agricultural and Forestry Tax - tel. (+48 61) 8784634

 

Financial Department, Division for Property Tax of Legal Persons- tel. (+48 61) 8784710

 

http://bip.city.poznan.pl/bip/public/bip/sprawa.html?co=opis&sp_id=1726

 

"Top skills for Wielkopolska - training programmes for employees of innovative high-opportunity sectors in Wielkopolska".

 

The Wielkopolska Agency of Entrepreneurship Development, together with partners from Poznan City Hall and the Poznan School of Banking, organise free training courses for professionally active, employed people or job seekers in the sector of modern services - service centres, or call centres. The project is co-financed from the European Social Fund. Foreign language, accounting and finance, SAP, IT, communication and customer service courses will be held between November 2008 and June 2010. The project aims to raise the qualifications of people working in the sector of modern services.

 

More information available from:  http://www.top-skills.wlkp.pl/

 

Project finished.

Traineeships at companies executing innovative investments in Poznan.Resolution No LI/687/V/2009 of the Poznan City Council of the 17th of March 2009 on the rules and regulations of granting traineeships for higher education students preparing to be employed in the City of Poznan.

 

Traineeship funds are granted to students who hold a traineeship offer from an employer involved in innovative investments in the field of manufacturing or modern services (shared services centre, IT centre, outsourcing services centre or an R&D centre) in Poznan. The traineeship allowance may be earmarked for covering the full or partial cost of a traineeship in Poland or abroad, and especially the costs of training, travel, accommodation and sustenance. We estimate that the cost of one traineeship may amount to ca. PLN 4,000.

 

The Resolution:

 

http://bip.city.poznan.pl/bip/public/bip/uchwaly.html?co=print&uc_id_uchwaly=29194

 

More information available from:Investor Relations Department - tel. (+48 61) 8785428, 8785404

 

In cooperation with the Starost of the Poznan County, we offer the assistance of the County Employment Office in co-financing for employers creating new jobs for the unemployed.

 

The County Employment Office can offer:

 

- Assistance of consultants related to selection and recruitment of candidates from among the registered unemployed,

- Organising and financing of training programmes required by the employer for candidates to be recruited,

- Organising and financing traineeships for graduates (trainees work for the investor, and get a grant from the District Employment Office),

- Partial reimbursement of the costs of equipping new workplaces,

- One-off reimbursement of the costs of social security premiums,

- Organisation of intervention works.The assistance is aimed at employers employing the unemployed registered in the County Employment Office in Poznan.Information,

 

contact:http://www.pup.poznan.pl/kat/id/8

 

1. EU funds for investments - including Measure 4.5 of the Innovative Economy Operational Programme - support for investments of great significance for the Polish economy. Moreover, there are many support programmes for research and development activity.

2. Long-term Support Programmes - grants from the state budget for investments of great significance for the Polish economy. One of the priority sectors supported within the framework of these programmes is the sector of modern services.

3. Exemptions from corporate income tax in special economic zones, and the possibility to locate investments in the existing zone, or expand the zone to an area indicated by the investor.

 

         More on:http://www.paiz.gov.pl/invest