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Ricoh opens a new business services centre in Gdańsk and begins recruitment. The centre will be responsible for tasks delegated by all of the company’s branches in the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa).

Gdańsk was selected because of its access to modern infrastructure as well as highly qualified and educated workforce. Ricoh Business Services will be located within the Olivia Business Center complex in Gdańsk.

Members of the new Ricoh team will enjoy a range of career and personal development opportunities. At Ricoh, they will be able to gain new skills and experience in the implementation of various projects.

“Gdańsk is a recognizable brand for a number of global players, offering enormous potential for the shared services sector. Here we will be able to secure very good conditions for the performance of tasks for our EMEA branches. This new investment will increase the pace of the company’s transformation and its profitability”, said Nicola Downing, Chief Financial Officer at Ricoh Europe. “We are currently in the process of looking for personnel to join our new team and help make the Ricoh business services centre grow”.

“We are happy that Ricoh chose Gdańsk and we hope our cooperation will be mutually beneficial. As part of the Invest in Pomerania initiative, we want to support yet another global leader in creating a modern business services centre in our region”, said Mieczysław Struk, Governor of the Pomeranian Province, adding that “Ricoh is a well-known technology provider and employer in Poland. The company’s decision to create a centre in Gdańsk means that our region offers international companies access to a dynamic, talented and educated workforce as well as modern infrastructure”.

^{| About Ricoh |}

^{Ricoh creates solutions for a modern work environment. For over 80 years, Ricoh has been on the edge of innovation as the leading solutions provider in the field of document and IT services, commercial and production printing, digital cameras and industrial systems.}

^{The Ricoh Group with its seat in Tokyo is active in around 200 countries and regions. In the fiscal year which ended in March 2017, the Ricoh Group recorded a global sales result of JPY 2028 billion (ca. USD 18.2 billion). For more information, go to
www.ricoh-europe.com}

^{| About Invest in Pomerania |}

^{Invest in Pomerania is a regional initiative which helps foreign investors complete their investment projects in Pomerania on a not-for-profit basis. Invest in Pomerania operates within a unique system based on close cooperation between various entities involved in providing investor services in the Pomeranian Province. These activities are coordinated by the Pomeranian Development Agency. Invest in Pomerania offers broad support during the investment process as well as a comprehensive post-investment care package. The entire system follows the one-stop-shop principle.}

^{www.investinpomerania.pl}

On 29 June, an international conference China-Hong Kong-Poland on the New Silk Road initiative was held at Olivia Business Centre. The conference was organized by the District Chamber of Legal Advisors in Gdańsk in cooperation with: the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Berlin, the Consultative Office of the Hong Kong Trade and Development Council in Warsaw, HSBC Bank Polska S.A., the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk, Olivia Business Centre in Gdańsk and Pomeranian Employers.

The aim of the conference was to strengthen the contact between the business community and the legal advisors in the context of future cooperation in providing business and legal services for Chinese investments in Poland.

Therefore, entrepreneurs interested in economic cooperation with China and Hong Kong were invited to participate in the conference. We were able to listen to, among others: the representative of the Hong Kong government Ms. Betty Ho, the Vice President of the Shenzhen Bar Ms. Heather Jun Han, the Vice President of the Hong Kong Bar Association Mr. Amirali Nasir and many others.

China is the largest market in the world, the second importer after the USA, the first exporter and one of the fastest growing economic partners of Polish. For entrepreneurs, China is an opportunity to ensure profits for a long time. It is a potential market of one and a half billion consumers, whose aspirations and needs will ensure demand for goods and services from partner countries for many years to come. At the same time, it is a country of fast-growing economy. For entrepreneurs, China is an opportunity to ensure profits for a long time. With this in mind, the two countries aim to strengthen mutual contacts and strategic cooperation.

During the conference, there was also a solemn ceremony of signing two Cooperation Agreements: between the District Chamber of Legal Advisers in Gdańsk and the Bar Association in Shenzhen and between the District Chamber of Legal Advisers in Gdańsk and the Association of Lawyers in Hong Kong.

Olivia Business Centre at the 8th ^{Conference of Association of Business Service Leaders (ABSL).}

From 12 th to ^{14th June in Łódź, an annual ABSL Conference takes place under the slogan “The Old World Disrupted”.} This is a unique international networking platform, which is at the same time the most anticipated event of the sector of modern business services in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2016, ABSL was hailed as the best congress in Poland, which wins, inter alia, with NATO congress. About 1000 experts and managers of the biggest companies from BSS sector participated in last year’s edition. This year, similarly to the previous years, the participants had a chance to listen to more than 100 speakers and panellists, among whom there were, inter alia, David Cameron, the British Prime Minister from 2010 to 2016 and Randi Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media. The main aim of the conference is to enable interactions and the exchange of ideas between key persons who influence business and politics, as well as discussions on the newest megatrends.

Olivia Business Centre participates in this event and presents, among other things, THE MIXING SPACE – the space (modelled on the unique garden that is now being created in Olivia) which promotes the idea of cooperation, exchange of visions and ideas, which aids the creation of new initiatives, inter alia, thanks to the meetings of diversified sectors, industries and people in friendly, modern and qualitative environment which supports diversity. OBC networking area’s meaningful motto during the ABSL conference is “Happy people. Better business.”

See THE MIXING SPACE OLIVIA BUSINESS CENTRE

In Polish service centres for business 32 thousand people found jobs over the last year. 244 thousand people work already in the industry and 724 enterprises are active in this area. Many of them are strong, global brands. Centres provide services for clients in 38 languages. Among them there are such niche languages as Hindi, Swahili or Urdu. Job in service centres is an offer for young people. The average age is 31. On the map of the strongest centres Kraków, with 55,8 thousand employees, is unsurpassed. It is followed by Warsaw (42,6k) and Wrocław (40k). Further places belong to Tricity (19,3k), Katowice (19k) and Łódź (18,1k).

More information: www.absl-conference.com

 

Summer in Olivia Business Centre begins… under the palm trees:)

We cordially invite you on June 22 (Thursday), from 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. on the patio of Olivia Business Centre. A nice treat and a moment of relaxation await you… under the palm trees. All accompanied by live music.

Let there be jazz!;)

 

Welcome!

On the 22nd of June we celebrated the beginning of summer in Olivia. And not just any way, because under… palms 🙂 From 11.00 a.m., the crew of Olivia Business Centre was waiting for you with delicious ice cream. You could also relax for a while (under the palm trees, of course) with jazz music.

You also voted – with the help of coloured balls – whether there should be live music in the Garden in the evenings or whether there should be a DJ there. Live music won. 🙂

We are glad that the event met with such a positive reception. It was the first action of the summer cycle we have planned, bringing closer the idea of our Garden, which is being created in the very heart of Olivia. Filled with greenery, over 1000 meters long Garden during the day is intended to serve It serves as a place for meetings, relaxation and workshops, and in the evenings it serves as a centre of social and artistic events, also dedicated to the residents of the Tri-City.

We invite you to see the gallery 🙂

On the 22nd^{June in} Olivia, we were celebrating the beginning of summer in an extraordinary way, because under… Palm Trees 🙂 From 11:00 am Olivia Business Centre’s team was waiting for you with delicious ice cream. You could also relax (of course under palm trees) while listening to jazz music.

Apart from that you voted – with colourful balls – whether there should be DJ or live music performances in the evenings in the Garden. Live music won. 🙂

We are glad that the event was met with such a positive response. It was the first project in the scope of planned summer series of events, which puts some light on the idea of our Garden, which is now being created in the heart of Olivia. Filled with greenery garden with an area of more than 1000 square metres is supposed to serve you as a place of meetings, relax and workshops during the day, while in the evenings its role is to be a centre of social and artistic events dedicated also to Tricity’s residents.

Watch the photo gallery 🙂

Olivia Business Centre together with the Lewiatan Confederation would like to invite you to a workshop entitled: “EU Funds 2014-2020 for enterprises – opportunities, opportunities, ways of obtaining”, which will take place on 7 July, from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., at the Focus Gdańsk Hotel (85 Elbląska Street). The workshop will be led by Małgorzata Janczarek and Małgorzata Józwik.

We invite to the workshops those entrepreneurs who:

• They already have knowledge of the rules of support and sources of funding for the period 2014-2020 and are looking for detailed information in this regard.
• They have an idea for a project and are interested in preparing a proposal with regard to the possible scope of FE.

During the workshop, participants will learn m.in. about:

• innovation and opportunities for cooperation between science and business in the context of European Funds;
• the possibilities of the European Funds in the scope of selected objectives of the enterprises’ activities;
• planning and implementation of selected types of projects;
• current competitions – financial support for the development of selected types of business activity within the framework of European Funds.

After the workshop, entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to consult their ideas individually with trainers.

The workshop will be led by Małgorzata Janczarek and Małgorzata Józwik.

Applications for the workshop are accepted electronically via the

website www.eurodlafirm2014-2020.pl

The workshop is free of charge, the number of places is limited. The order of applications that meet the prerequisites for participation in the workshop is decisive. One person from one company can take part in the workshop.

Agenda of the event