Lublin Info Centre

A short while ago, the government program Poland.Business Harbor thanks to its great popularity among foreigners has been extended to include all countries in the world. There are numerous success stories of companies that managed to relocate their operations to Poland due to the facilitated visa path available within the program. Today we will take a closer look at one of them – ‘Productive Edge’ that even though it has only recently entered the Lublin market, it's already thriving! 

The largest groups of foreign students in Lublin include young people from Ukraine and Belarus, followed by Taiwan, Norway and Nigeria. At the same time, Thailand boasts the highest share of female students in the total pool. These are just some of the conclusions from a research conducted by the Lublin City Hall in partnership with local universities. The project “Analysis of the influx of students to Lublin” started in April 2021 and covered the period of the last 10 academic years. Outcomes of the research have been just presented in a special report.

Access to highly qualified and ambitious talents, modern infrastructure, support of the local government, and high quality of life are among the most intriguing aspects that attract investors to our city. It is also a place where the IT sector is still insatiable and open to new challenges. One of the companies that recognized this business and economic potential is Uptime Development. Read the interview with the CEO of the company, Michał Jankowski who shares with us how as JMMJ they encouraged Uptime to invest in them but also why they decided to open one of their offices in Lublin.

They started as a small group of a few people, now it is a team of nearly 100 programmers, testers, analysts, developers and managers. CODEMA Software House has been thriving in Lublin since 2020 and from that very moment, the founders set themselves a specific goal: to satisfy their customers with perfectly designed software. Have they succeeded? Read an interview with the company's management: Jakub Kiszczak, Paweł Kosz and Marcin Kiszczak, who reveal, among other things, what the beginnings of the company in Lublin looked like, how much has changed since then, and what their plans for the nearest future are.

Process Solutions is a Business Outsourcing Group that provides services of accounting, tax reporting, HR and payroll to some of the largest international corporations in the world. Since its launch in 1999, the company has grown significantly, and currently has over 500 clients that it serves from its offices in 5 countries: Czechia, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary and Poland where beside Warsaw, the company can reach its clients from a new branch in Lublin. In a conversation with Invest in Lublin Managing Director of Process Solutions, Tomasz Tąkiel will reveal more details on what were the reasons behind this idea and how the process of entering Lublin market looked like from his perspective.

The government programme “Poland. Business Harbour”, which facilitates IT specialists, start-ups, and other companies to relocate to Poland trouble-free, has been extended to all countries in the world. Initially, the scheme was available only to Belarusian specialists and companies from the ICT sector, later, it was also expanded to include experts from Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine. From now on companies operating in the IT industry and strategic areas related to the transfer of new technologies, may apply for support under the programme regardless of their citizenship.

One of Lublin's key assets as an investment location is a high quality of life in the city. Excellent condition of the natural environment, rich cultural offer, living costs, access to well-developed medical services, sense of security and low traffic density are areas in which Lublin performs strongly in various quality of life rankings. Another important component that our city is taking care of while improving residents' lives is the creation of advantageous conditions for non-motorised transport like cycling, which is currently gaining in popularity.

Due to the war in Ukraine, a growing number of companies look for a new location for settling down and continuing their business activities. Proximity, economic growth, access to qualified human resources, lots of funds and other forms of support for business makes Lublin one of the top destinations for Ukrainian citizens to migrate to.

Airports are so much more than places to catch planes or do some duty-free shopping, they are among the largest investments a city can make. They facilitate trade, create jobs and generate revenue for the local economy. Today together with the commercial director of Lublin Airport, Marek Pierściński, we will take a close look at how the Lublin airport affects the economic growth and development of our city and region.  

Lublin voivodeship currently has the lowest unemployment rate (5.2%) since 1990. To a large extent, this is a result of constant efforts made by the Lublin Municipal Labour Office that for years has been implementing programmes and activities to promote employment, mitigate the effects of unemployment and assist investors in setting up a business through various financial and non-financial forms of support.

Two of the best Lublin entrepreneurship promotion projects, 'Entrepreneurial Kids' and 'Business Mentoring Sessions', have been qualified in the national selection of the competition 'European Enterprise Promotion Awards' initiated by the European Commission and carried out by the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology. This means they will represent Poland in a final!

A vocational education system plays a significant role in skill development and employability as it’s designed to make students ready for work in their profession right after graduation. The ‘college for all’ mentality and false prejudice around vocational and technical schools led to neglect of other possible career paths. Meanwhile, in today’s world, solid practical skills are the need of the hour. The Polish labour market has undergone significant changes, creating lots of challenging, well-paid, highly skilled jobs for those with the abilities to do them.