Poland - top investment location in Europe

According to FedEE Poland is the top investment location in Europe . More than 5 billion Euros invested in Poland.

At the end of July 2007 foreign firms had invested 5.609 billion Euros into Poland this year. In July alone the value of foreign direct investments (FDI), reached 1.116 billion Euros – the National Bank of Poland reported.

This year’s results are even higher than the flow of investments in the same period last year - and last year was a very successful year for Poland - when the value of new investments stood at 5.110 billion Euros.

The Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (PAIiIZ) ended the first half year having participated in a record 31 projects. The single most important effect of PAIiZ’s work has been assisting in the creation of 10,500 new work places, resulting from the implementation of these projects. The value of the projects realized was 746 million Euros, an increase of 320% on the previous year.

According to Ernst&Young’s report, Poland is in seventh place worldwide as a potential location for foreign investors. While Augusts’ ranking by the Federation of European Employers (FedEE) placed Poland as the top investment location among Europe’s 31 states.

This is all good news for the property market.