Deutsche Post to open accounting centre in Poland

The inter-ministerial team for foreign investment is considering whether to support the investment of Deutsche Post. “The company plans to open a centre providing financial services and take on 500 people. It plans to situate it either in Wroclaw, Poznan or Gdansk,” said a high-ranking official. The centre is to offer accounting services. It would not only allow the company to make savings, but also help it to enter the Polish market. It is difficult to tell if the government wants to support this investment. The inter-ministerial team does not grant help to all applicants. Most recently, ABN Amro, which is opening a competence centre in Warsaw employing 590 people, was refused help. According to the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (PAIIZ), by 2010 there are to be 50 similar centres with a staff of 550,000. The more centres are constructed, the less willing the government is to support them