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Olivia Business Centre is a partner of an innovative solution – car sharing. We are supporting our Resident, the Energa Group, which has introduced an innovative electric car rental service at OBC today. This is the first such service in Poland. At the moment, carsharing of electric vehicles is available only to employees of companies located in Olivia Business Centre. The price for renting an electric car depends on the model and ranges from 27 to 35 PLN per hour – with no limit on the number of kilometers traveled. Energa has announced that it will open four more such carsharing hubs within two years.

One of the objectives of the Energa Group is to develop and popularise electromobility. In recent years, the company has launched a charging network in the Tri-City, currently comprising seven stations (including those located in Olivia Business Centre) and was the first in Poland to conduct a comprehensive study of Polish electric car users. The launch of carsharing is the next step that will enable Tri-City drivers to test electric cars. This will translate into an increase in their popularity, and will allow the company to collect new data to offer products and services tailored to the real needs of electromobility users in the future.

Energa’s short-term electric car rental (carsharing) is a service addressed to business and institutional customers. The rental is available to employees of companies that sign an agreement with Enspirion (the operator of this service), which belongs to the Energa Group. Settlements will be made between the service operator and the service’s clients. On the other hand, each customer will decide on the formula in which they will make the car available to their employees. Energa’s carsharing is currently available to resident companies in the Olivia Business Centre office complex, which houses about 200 companies employing over 5,000 people. By the end of this year, two more HUBs will be built, and by the end of 2018 there will be a total of five.

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– We are starting in Olivia Business Centre, where our headquarters are located, but we want our carsharing to be able to be used by every interested company in the Tri-City soon. Our service works similarly to a work mobile phone. Each company can make it available to its employees and set its own rules for using it – says Tomasz Bogucki from Enspirion, which deals with electromobility and innovation in the Energa Group.

Simplicity and ecology

The car rental interface is intuitive to use. Users only need three clicks to select the car model and specify the preferred rental time. Cars can be rented by the hour, on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is also an option to rent a car for the rest of the day and for the whole weekend. The price will depend on the model and the time of day and week.

For an hour of driving the Volkswagen e-UP between 8 and 16 we will pay 27 PLN. Renting it for the rest of the day (16 hours) will cost 96 PLN, and renting a car for the weekend will cost 192 PLN. The electric Renault Zoe will cost PLN 30 per hour, PLN 108 for 16 hours of afternoon and night and PLN 208 for the weekend, respectively. On the other hand, C Premium cars, i.e. VW e-Golf and Nissan Leaf, cost PLN 35 / 128 / 256 respectively.

Renters will not be charged any additional costs. Charging cars at terminals owned by Energa is free of charge. The company currently has seven charging terminals in the Tri-City, their locations can be found at: emobility.pl

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Do you want to spend an original Saturday afternoon in April? Do you like original music and do you love musical hits like “West Side Story”, “Les Misérables” or “The Phantom of the Opera”? We would like to invite you to the unique spring edition of the Olivia Camerata concert series! We invite you on April 22 (Saturday) at 4.00 p.m. to Olivia Sky Club (Olivia Tower building, 12th floor)

The programme will feature the most famous arias, songs and duets by Franz Lehar, Emmerich Kalman, Johann Strauss, Leonard Bernstein, Jerry Bock, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Andrew Lloyd Webber performed by Karolina Klawitter – soprano, Krzysztof Bobrzecki – baritone and Anna Mikolon – piano, who will take us m.in. into the land of Viennese operetta and musical.

Admission to the concert is free, but due to the limited number of seats, please register your place by e-mail: events@oliviacentre.com

At the Olivia Camerata 10 concert, we will hear a set of iconic musical pieces:

1. A.L. Webber, “The Phantom of the Opera”, duet “So Much Please”
2. C. Schonberg, “Les Misérables”, “Stars”
3. L. Bernstein, “West side story”, “I feel pretty”
4. J. Bock, “Fiddler on the Roof”, Song by Tewie
5. J. Strauss, “Die Fledermaus”, “Adela’s Aria”
6. E. Kalman, “The Princess of Csárdás”, duet “Although there are plenty of girls in the world”
7. E. Kalman, “The Csárdás Princess”, “So Completely Without Girls”
8. E. Kalman, “The Princess of Csárdás”, duet “In the Rhythm of the Waltz”
9. E. Kalman, “The Princess of Csárdás”, Csárdás Silvi
10. J. Strauss, “The Gypsy Baron”, Zupan’s couplets
11. F. Lehar , “The Merry Widow”, duet of Hanna and Danila

Performers:

Karolina Klawitter – lyric soprano, graduate of the Faculty of Vocal and Acting at the Academy of Music in Gdańsk. She made her debut as Tatiana in Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at the Baltic State Opera. In 2001 she was invited to Barcelona, where she sang the soprano part in Mozart’s Requiem with the choirs of Crete and the Spanish Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Joan Luis Moraled. He collaborates with music centres all over Poland. He has given chamber concerts as well as concerts with orchestra accompaniment. Together with the Gdynia Cultural Centre, she creates and conducts regular musical matinees for children at the Little Gdynia Philharmonic. Together with mezzo-soprano Izabela Lewandowska, he performs as the duo Sekreto. Since 2013, she has been associated with the Gdynia Cultural Centre, where she creates and conducts musical matinees for children as part of the Little Gdynia Philharmonic series. Since 2014, he has also been conducting concerts for children at the Kashubian Philharmonic in Wejherowo, sensitizing them to the beauty of classical music. Together with mezzo-soprano Izabela Lewandowska, he performs as the duo “Sekreto”.

Krzysztof Bobrzecki – baritone. He began his musical education in his hometown of Białystok, where he graduated from the State Secondary Music School. In the singing class of prof. Violetta Bielecka. He continued his education during his studies at the Faculty of Vocal and Acting at the Academy of Music in Gdańsk. St. Moniuszko, in the solo singing class of prof. Ryszard Minkiewicz. He perfected his vocal skills by taking part in numerous seminars and master classes for vocalists. Her opera repertoire includes, among others: the parts of Don Giovanni (Mozart), Martin and Servatius (Moniuszko’s Verbum nobile), Leonardo (Z. Kassern’s The Comedy of The Dumb Wife), Guglielmo (Puccini’s Le Villy), Doctor Falke (J. Strauss’s Die Fledermaus). In his musical pursuits, he does not shy away from contemporary music – he has a number of world premieres of works by composers working in the 20th and 21st centuries. Her opera repertoire includes, among others: the parts of Don Giovanni (Mozart), Martin and Servatius (Moniuszko’s Verbum nobile), Leonardo (Z. Kassern’s The Comedy of The Dumb Wife), Guglielmo (Puccini’s Le Villy), Doctor Falke (J. Strauss’s Die Fledermaus). Since 2008 He is invited to take part in a series of concert performances of operas in Bremen (Germany), where he was applauded as Samuel in Un ballo in maschera, Melitone and the Surgeon in La forza del destino, Crespel and Schlemil in The Tales of Hoffmann, and Shaunard in La Bohème. He is willingly entrusted with roles in contemporary operas, he has taken part in such works as a composer. participation in the world premiere of J.M. Wieczorek’s opera Jan z Kolno, participated in the staging of Michael Nyman’s opera The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Doctor P.), and in 2013 in the world premiere of P. Zych’s opera Poiesis (The Professor) as part of the Bydgoszcz Opera Festival. She also sings on opera stages in Warsaw, Szczecin and Gdańsk. As an assistant professor, he teaches solo singing at the Academy of Music in Gdańsk.

Anna Mikolon – pianist, scholarship holder of the Fryderyk Chopin Award and the Children’s Art Foundation, winner of the first prize in the Early Music Competition in Łódź. A graduate of the Academy of Music in Gdańsk. She completed an artistic internship in piano chamber music at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. In 2016 She obtained a postdoctoral degree in the artistic discipline of instrumental studies. Pedagogue at the Academy of Music and certified teacher of the Secondary School of Music. in Gdansk. Pianist during many master classes, often awarded as an accompanist at competitions. She is the author of the monographs: The Musical Language of Dmitri Shostakovich as a Form of Personal Expression (doctoral dissertation 2011) and The Specificity of the Work of a Pianist-Tutor of Vocalists. He has numerous publications and recordings to his credit, m.in. piano miniatures by Z. Noskowski and Piano Sonata No. 2 by D. Shostakovich. He conducts a variety of concert activities – chamber and solo – collaborating with both vocalists and instrumentalists (900 concerts in Poland, Austria, Denmark and Russia). She participates in artistic and scientific sessions and music festivals, such as: Gdańsk Music Summer – Chopin on the waters of the Motława River, Gdańsk Music Festival, International Piano Duo Festival, Gdynia Classica Nova, Sopot Days of Vocal Art, Sonosfera, Dobrodzień Classic Festival, New Waves Contemporary Music Festival, Gdańsk Vocal Days, Drozdowo-Łomża Music Days, Kaleidoscope of Musical Forms and Festival of Sacred Music in Sopot. For 11 years she was a pianist-tutor of soloists at the Baltic Opera. In 2017, she received the Cultural Scholarship of the City of Gdańsk.

On 28 March, Great Place to Work® in Poland announced the list of Best Workplaces Poland 2017. There were 20 winners, half of whom were companies listed for the first time. Olivia Business Centre Resident – Sii, has once again been recognized as a company that can successfully build and develop unique relationships with its employees. Sii took third place (up from the fourth position in 2016!) in the category “companies employing more than 500 people”. The company has received this prestigious award for the third year in a row and thus strengthened its position in the global ranking of top employers. Congratulations!

The prestigious title of the Best Place to Work Poland 2017 is awarded to companies operating in Poland, which – regardless of the number of employees and the industry in which they operate – constitute the elite among Polish employers and have a significant share in shaping the Polish labour market. In line with the Great Place to Work® model, at every latitude, the pillar of success of the winners of the competition for the best workplaces remains the mutual trust within the company.

Since the beginning of the Great Place to Work® research and competition in Poland, the strategic partner of the gala has been the Lewiatan Confederation. This year also Global Compact Poland. The competition gala was held under the honorary patronage of Mrs. Elżbieta Rafalska – Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy, the Humanites Foundation, the Women’s Congress Association and the Responsible Business Forum.

Sii CEO, Gregoire Nitot says about the award – The Great Place to Work title is a great distinction and success for us, which we work hard for at Sii. First of all, the key is to increase revenues and generate profits. All this makes us a stable and reliable employer as well as a business partner. Without business development, we would not have been able to provide such excellent working conditions for our team. Thanks to the award, we know that we are heading in the right direction, which is a very important indicator for me personally. On the other hand, this award is a valuable asset for us. The Great Place to Work title sets us apart from other companies and gives us an edge over the competition. We can continue to conquer the world and be proud of the distinction that confirms the fact that Sii is not only a technological expert, but also the best place to work – adds the CEO.

The award is granted on the basis of an audit of the company’s employees’ satisfaction and specifies in detail the level of their satisfaction with the conditions and comfort of work.

According to the global standard of the Great Place to Work survey, the final assessment consists of two aspects: the Trust Index, reflecting the opinions of the employees themselves about the relationships prevailing in the company, and the Culture Audit, i.e. the analysis of HR practices. Organizations that build trust and create a positive feedback loop between employee personal contributions and appreciation create workplace cultures that excel at business outcomes.

Joanna Kucharska, Director of Recruitment, HR and Communications, adds – Sii has once again proven that it is at the forefront of great workplaces. We are immensely proud of the award because it is a recognition from our employees. The results tell us what changes we are supposed to make at Sii and allow us to get to know the needs of our employees. After each audit, we draw conclusions and implement changes at Sii so that together we can become a better and better place to work – and our goal is to be the best, and this is what we strive for. Currently, we have prepared a number of surprises for our employees, we want to celebrate the success with them and thank them for the award.

Sii can boast of high employment rates and dynamic development. On average, the company employs 100 engineers every month, or 1,200 per year. Currently, there are 2,700 experts working at Sii, and within a year the company plans to increase employment to 3,300 specialists. Sii has 8 branches in the largest cities in Poland: Warsaw, Krakow, Wroclaw, Gdansk, Poznan, Katowice, Łódź and Lublin. Experienced programmers, testers, system architects, project managers, analysts and business managers will be able to count on employment in the company in the near future.

Extensive information on www.sii.pl.

The Great Place To Work® survey has a history of more than thirty years and is the largest global study of the quality of workplaces in the world. More

PIT in Gdansk. It’s worth it! The city of Gdansk has organized a lottery in which you can win a car. Olivia Business Centre supports the campaign. On 1April (Tuesday), from 7.00 a.m. to 10.00 a.m., at the Olivia Gate, Olivia Tower, Olivia Six and Olivia Four receptions, you will be able to get detailed information and receive answers to your questions over a cup of coffee. We cordially invite you to take part in the lottery and take advantage of the opportunity to obtain additional information at our receptions.

“Do you live in Gdansk, but have you paid taxes where you are registered? Change it!” – encourage the city authorities in the new campaign “PIT in Gdańsk. It’s worth it!” The incentives don’t end there: everyone who settles their tax by entering their Gdańsk address in their tax return has a chance to win one of the attractive prizes – a game console, a bicycle or even a car!

The main goal of the campaign is to convince the “new” residents to submit their annual PIT tax return in Gdańsk, where they live, work, rest, use Gdańsk’s transport and infrastructure on a daily basis. As a result, part of the tax money will go to the city’s budget. What’s important – you don’t have to be registered here to settle PIT in Gdańsk. All you need to do is enter your Gdańsk address in your tax return.

For all Gdańsk payers, the “new” ones and those who have been settling their accounts in Gdańsk for years, the City Hall has prepared a PIT lottery with a prize pool of over 100 thousand zlotys. Golden.

How to participate in the lottery?
It’s very simple.

Step 1
First, you need to settle your PIT by entering your Gdańsk address and submit it to the appropriate tax office in Gdańsk.

On the website of the gdansk.pl/pit campaign, there is a link to the PIT settlement program. This is a convenience for those who would like to settle accounts with the tax office electronically. However, taking advantage of this program is not a requirement to participate in the lottery. PIT can be settled in a traditional way, sent by post, submitted in person or sent electronically. Any form of filing PIT in Gdańsk entitles you to participate in the lottery.

Step 2
Then, on the www.gdansk.pl/pit website, you need to fill out a form to register your participation in the lottery. The form will be active until May 10.

The form should include your name and surname, PESEL number, e-mail address and phone number. And also confirm the fact of submitting the PIT declaration for 2016 to the Tax Office competent for the administrative area of Gdańsk. Anyone who submits a PIT declaration in Gdańsk for the first time should also indicate it in the form. After completing the form, the lottery participant will receive a unique registration code.

Step 3

On May 15 , a prize draw will be held at the City Hall in Gdańsk at ul. New Gardens 8/12.
The prize pool includes: household appliances, game consoles (10 pieces), city bikes (5 pieces), as well as a hybrid model of the TOYOTA YARIS car in a premium version!

All people who have correctly filled out the form by May 10 will take part in the draw. After the winners have been drawn, the lottery organizer will ask them to provide a certificate confirming the submission of the PIT declaration for 2016 to one of the Gdańsk Tax Offices, as well as a copy of the first page of the PIT declaration for 2016. In the event that the winner of any of the prizes does not meet the conditions set out in the lottery regulations, the prize will be transferred to a person from the reserve list.

The results of the lottery will be published on the website of www.gdansk.pl/pit

Who can’t participate in the lottery?

Employees of the Organizer and the Municipal Office in Gdańsk, directors of municipal organizational units of the Municipality of Gdańsk and their deputies, members of the management boards of municipal legal persons as well as members of the immediate family of the above-mentioned persons may not participate in the Lottery and cannot receive prizes. People. Within the meaning of the Regulations, the members of the immediate family are: spouses, parents, children, adoptees, adopters, siblings. An employee within the meaning of the Regulations is a person employed under an employment contract.

Ambassadors of the “PIT in Gdańsk. It’s worth it!”

The campaign is supported by six ambassadors who have chosen Gdańsk as an ideal place to study, live or start a new career path. Paying taxes in Gdańsk is encouraged by the captain of the white-and-green team – Sebastian Mila, who has fulfilled his professional dreams and lives in Gdańsk with his family. Agnieszka Anielska, a sociologist from Olsztyn, has found her place in the climatic Wrzeszcz, taking care of relations with graduates and the business environment at the Gdańsk University of Technology. After many trips abroad, Paweł Stawicki, the Chef of the prestigious Mercato Restaurant, is developing his culinary dreams in Gdańsk. On the other hand, the business potential of Gdańsk was noticed by Anish Saraf, who came all the way from Calcutta and has been successfully developing his company here for many years. Nataliya Shkinder, a Ukrainian, chose Gdańsk as an ideal place to study, and after graduating, she started working here. A journalist and guide named Roberto Polce, who is enchanted by the city and decides to live there permanently, declares his love for Gdańsk. The ambassadors of the campaign want to use their stories to convince the newly arrived residents to pay taxes in Gdańsk.

The competition for the Pomeranian Economic Griffin Award has been organized since 2000. Olivia Business Centre is a partner of this year’s edition of the event, encouraging entrepreneurs to participate in this noble competition. The Griffin statuette is awarded by theeconomic self-government and the Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. Gryf promotes entrepreneurship and economic activity of enterprises in the region. The winners are presented as companies that have a special impact on the economic development of the province – they are recommended for nationwide awards and distinctions. The competition involves entrepreneurs in cooperation with local government units, initiating positive competition and promoting a favourable economic image of the province.

Companies can compete in four categories:

• Micro-enterprise – employing less than 10 employees,
• Small business – employing from 10 to 49 employees,
• Medium-sized enterprise – employing from 50 to 249 employees,
• Large enterprise – employing more than 250 employees.

The winners of the competition will receive the statuette of the Pomeranian Award Economic Griffin 2017. The Jury also awards distinctions in each competition category. Both the winners and the awarded companies have the right to use the logo and the designation: Laureate/Distinction of the Pomeranian Award Competition Economic Griffin 2017. The media and institutions patronizing the competition award one of the finalists with an honorary statuette of the Pomeranian Media Griffin Award.

The Jury has the right to choose from among 3 companies indicated by the competition committee that will receive a special statuette of the Pomeranian Economic Griffin Award 2017 in the following categories:

• Gryf Innovative Company 2017 – the m.in are evaluated. innovative solutions implemented in the company, in particular developed in cooperation with scientific and research units. One of the criteria for awarding the special prize will be activities increasing the scale of cooperation between employees of innovative enterprises and research teams, where the aim is to commercialize research results by introducing a new product/service to the market;
• Gryf of Social Responsibility 2017 for the project (undertaking) implemented in the Pomeranian Voivodeship in 2016. The aim of the category is to promote a socially responsible approach to business activity by distinguishing companies that have a positive impact on the quality of life in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. Activities carried out in the areas of human and intellectual capital management in the company, environmental protection, development of local communities and ethical practices in business are evaluated.

Participation and Contest Entries

Companies can apply to participate in the competition directly or indirectly – through business organisations. Companies must have their registered office in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. Participants of the competition are obliged to declare that they are not in arrears in the payment of taxes and mandatory social security contributions, as well as to provide a copy of the company’s registration document.

The deadline for submissions is April 10, 2017. (the date of the postmark counts):

• in electronic form (scans of documents) to the e-mail address: PRP@pomorskie.eu
• in paper form to the Secretariat of the Pomeranian Enterprise Council
• in person: at the headquarters of the Department of Economic Development of the Marshal’s Office, at 1-7 Długi Targ (secretariat, third floor, room 48),
• or by post to the following address:
  Marshal’s Office of the Pomeranian Voivodeship
  Department of Economic Development
  hive. Okopowa 21/27
  80-810 Gdansk

 

Pomeranian Economic Griffin

Gdansk’s Olivia Business Centre – one of the most interesting, multifunctional office projects in the country – has started the implementation of another investment. At the same time as Olivia Star, Olivia Seven is being created. The building, with a total leasable area of nearly 30,000 sqm, will increase the space available in OBC dedicated to companies to almost 150,000 sqm; including the ultra-modern Star towering over the Gdańsk Metropolis. The completion of works on the “seven” is to take place at the turn of the first and second quarter of 2018.

The building, designated as Olivia Seven, is being erected directly on al. Grunwaldzka, next to the Olivia Six office building. After the completion of the construction, Olivia Business Centre will become the largest office investment in Poland. Seven will be 55 meters high, have 15 above-ground floors and a 3-level underground car park. It will provide almost 30 thousand. sq.m. The highest quality office space, designed to meet the requirements of m.in. of global companies. Environmental friendliness and technical solutions used in the “seven” will be assessed in the BREEAM ecological certification system; with the intention of obtaining the highest possible rating, Outstanding. What’s more, in the future, Olivia Seven will be connected with two more buildings, which will be erected in the depths of the plot belonging to the investor at al. Grunwaldzka. This will allow you to get more than 5 thousand. sq.m. office space on one floor.

“Seven and Star are additional opportunities for business development in Pomerania and additional jobs ,” says Maciej Grabski, President and Investor of Olivia Business Centre. – For seven years, we have been creating a dynamic, business-friendly centre in the Tri-City. We know that the success of global brands, SMEs or startups is determined by various factors. Therefore, we take care to provide them with optimal conditions for running their business. And it’s not just about high-end offices. We guarantee m.in. access to business support institutions, IT, HR, financial, consulting, legal or marketing services. Olivia Business Centre was supposed to be and still is a portal for business. And this is where business succeeds perfectly. –Adds.

The completed buildings of Olivia Business Centre: Olivia Gate (2011), Olivia Point & Olivia Tower (2013), Olivia Four (2014) and Olivia Six (2015) are surrounded by an internal patio with greenery and small architecture. All of them, repeatedly awarded in industry competitions, have BREEAM ecological certificates at the Very Good or Excellent level. An additional patio will be created between Olivia Star and Olivia Seven, which are currently under construction, i.e. a square with greenery, small architecture, terraces of cafes and restaurants.

” The construction of the seventh building of the centre is to provide large spaces for large tenants on one floor. The floor area will amount to almost 2 thousand. sq.m. Investors already present in Pomerania and those who want to start a business here must be sure that they will find exactly the conditions they need in Olivia Business Centre – emphasizes Maciej Kotarski, Leasing Director at Olivia Business Centre. “ The interest in the ‘seven’ is so great that even now, although the foundations of the building are still being built, 30% of its area is covered by preliminary reservations.

Specification of the seventh building of Olivia Business Centre:

Planned commissioning: Q1 /Q2 2018

Height: 55 meters

Number of above-ground storeys: 15

Number of underground storeys: 3

Leasable area: 28 thousand^m2

Floor area: 1900^m2

Olivia Business Centre, one of the most interesting multi-functional office projects in Poland, started a new investment. Olivia Seven is being built simultaneously with the Olivia Star. The building having the total leasable area of nearly 30 thousand m2 will increase OBC space dedicated to companies to almost 150 thousand m2, including the cutting-edge Star towering above the Gdańsk metropolis. The work on the “Seven” is supposed to be finished in Q1 or Q2 2018.

The building called Olivia Seven is being built directly in the al. Grunwaldzka next to the Olivia Six office building. When the construction is finished, the Olivia Business Centre will become the largest office investment in Poland. “Seven” will be 55 m high, with 15 over-the-ground floors and a 3-level underground car park. It will offer nearly 30 thousand m2 of the best-quality office space designed, among other things, to meet the requirements of global companies. The environment-friendly design and technical solutions applied in the “Seven” will be evaluated according to the BREEAM environmental certification system with the aim of getting the highest ranking possible, i.e. Outstanding. What is more, Olivia Seven will be connected to two other buildings to be built further into the plot belonging to the investor in al. Grunwaldzka in the future. This step will make it possible to obtain more than 5 thousand m2 of office space on one floor.

“Seven and Star are additional possibilities for business development in Pomerania and additional jobs”, says Maciej Grabski, the President and investor in the Olivia Business Centre. “We have been developing a dynamic, enterprise-friendly centre in the Tricity for seven years. We know that varied factors determine the success of global brands, companies from the SME sector or start-ups. Therefore, we take care to offer optimum conditions for their businesses. And it is not only about high-quality offices. Among other things, we guarantee the access to business support institutions, IT, HR and financial companies, firms rendering consulting, legal or marketing services. Olivia Business Centre was supposed to be and is a portal for business. And business is great here.” he adds.

Finished buildings in the Olivia Business Centre: Olivia Gate (2011), Olivia Point & Olivia Tower (2013), Olivia Four (2014) and Olivia Six (2015) surround the internal patio with greenery and landscape architecture. All of them, distinguished in industry contests many times, have Very Good or Excellent BREEAM environmental certificates. An additional patio will be created between the Olivia Star and Olivia Seven currently under construction – a yard with greenery, landscape architecture, terraces of cafes and restaurants.

“The construction of the seventh building in the Centre is supposed to offer large areas for large tenants on a single floor. Floor area will amount to nearly 2 thousand m2. Investors already present in Pomerania and those who want to start doing business here have to be sure that the conditions they will find in the Olivia Business Centre will meet their needs”, stresses Maciej Kotarski, the Lease Director in the Olivia Business Centre. “The interest in the “Seven” is so great that 30% of its area is covered with initial bookings even though the foundations of the building are still under construction.”

Specification of the seventh building in the Olivia Business Centre:

Planned delivery: Q1 /Q2 2018

Height: 55 metres

Number of floors above the ground level: 15

Number of underground floors: 3

Area for rent: 28 thousand m²

Floor area: 1900^m2

“Baltic Trendsetters Club Certificates” in the hands of two companies from Gdańsk –
CRIST
and
DCT
. Among other winners of this prestigious award – presented by “Baltic Transport Journal” editorial board to the companies, which drive the development of the Baltic Sea region by implementing unique and bold projects, which influence logistics and transport sector – there were also Erik Thun AB and KG Jebsen Cement, Ports of Stockholm, Skangas, Scandlines and Yilport Holding İnc.

The award ceremony took place in Olivia Sky Club at the Olivia Business Centre. The guests of OBC were, among others, the representatives of academic societies, ports, transport companies, as well as entrepreneurs from a broadly defined TSL sector in the Baltic Sea region and Europe. The ceremony was a part of Transport Week conference, which was held from 7 th to ^{9th of March at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Gdańsk. Olivia Business Centre was the Business Partner of the event.}

Nearly 400 participants from more than 100 companies and institutions localised in 21 countries took part in the conference. They listened to more than 70 speakers who took part in more than 50 speeches and 7 panel discussions. The participants of this 3-day event were impressed by meetings’ content-related value and the beauty of Tricity.

The awards were presented to the representatives of the companies: CRIST – Jacek Milewski, Member of the Management Board; DCT – Cameron Thorpe, CEO; SKANAGAS – Tor Morten Osmundsen, CEO.

The winners who could not be present at the gala: Erik Thun AB and KG Jebsen Cement Ports of Stockholm Scandlines YILPORT Holding Inc.

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Implementation – AeroLab

BPO Education Center of the Sopot University of Applied Science, as well as Job Office (the unit of Employment Office in Gdańsk), which are active in Olivia Business Centre, educated accountants once again. This time for OBC residents – thyssenkrupp, Fujifilm and Kemira. Another edition of “Corporate Accounting” training was completed. Thanks to this course, 8 persons have already been employed as junior accountants. All of them were recruited by Job Office localised in Olivia – a specialised office of Employment Office in Gdańsk (GUP) dedicated to support corporate employers in broadly understood human resources management.

“For 4 years we have been helping the residents of our region to gain unique competences essential for work in financial services centres”, says
Sylwia Broda
from BPO Education Centre. “Now we proved once again that thanks to the invaluable support of our partners it is possible for the residents to gain skills required by BPO/SSC sectors, find an attractive job and begin, within a couple of months, a career in an international corporation”.

“We prepared this training in response to specific needs of thyssenkrupp, Fujifilm and Kemira. They were looking for employees for the position of junior accountant“, explains Anna Legan from Job Office. “Let me remind you that all employers with head offices in the city or within Gdańsk District can turn to us or our Job Office with their needs concerning professional staff”.

“If search for people with certain competences turns out to be unsuccessful, Employment Office can organise training courses with the guarantee of employment within tripartite agreements”, adds Krzysztof Kunicki from Job Office.

The effectivity of trainings, as well as still growing BPO/SSC sector’s demand for well-qualified staff mean that corporate accounting training will be continued in the future. More information about the next edition of the project can be found under the “News” section on GUP’s website www.gup.gdansk.pl, as well as on Job Office’s fanpage.

14 weeks’ “Corporate Accounting” training began at the beginning of November 2016. The training was financed by Employment Office in Gdańsk and was led by BPO Education Center, which is the department of the Sopot University of Applied Science and educational support for BPO/SC sector. The training consisted of didactic part – six weeks of classes in the Sopot University of Applied Science – and practical part – 8 weeks’ internship in thyssenkrupp, Fujifilm and Kemira. During 240 hours of theoretical classes trainees were gaining knowledge in the fields of accounting, structure and procedures of the companies from BPO/SSC (shared services) sector, financial-accounting systems (SAP ERP), as well as advanced command of spreadsheets. What is more, they took part in 60 hours of German language course.

Trainees were handed their course completion certificates on February 27 during a ceremony organised in O4 conference centre in Olivia Business Centre. Already from March 1, the graduates of the training programme began their work in the companies which were engaged in the project.

– We try to create optimal conditions for development and cooperation for the Companies residing in Olivia Business Centre. “Corporate Accounting” training is a great example of effective and efficient cooperation of enterprises and institutions which are present in our centre. And, on top of that, in a spirit of good neighbourly relations – says Agnieszka Zglinicka, Director of SME in Olivia Business Centre. – Job Office analyses human-resource needs and recruits trainees, BPO Education Center trains and our Residents, thyssenkrupp, Fujifilm and neighbouring Kemira –employ. The fact that international corporations, HR companies, business support institutions, Job Office and Talent Development Centre are in one place, brings excellent results.

From the start, one of the main assumptions of Olivia Business Centre was its multi-functional nature that covers also assistance for residents as regards recruitment. Currently, in the centre there are 9 entities (commercial entities and local governments), whose main area of activity is HR sector.

See some photos from the event

We cordially invite you to the experts’ seminar titled “The landscape resolution. Between the legal regulation and local government practice” to be held on March 31, in the Olivia Sky Club (Olivia Tower building, 12^th floor) at 11 a.m – 4:30 p.m. The organisers of the event are Metropolitan Institute and the University of Gdańsk. Olivia Business Centre is a partner of the seminar.

The landscape resolution – a new tool in Polish law to enable a commune to regulate the location of advertisements, small architecture and fences – still poses many problems. It is not only difficult to compile, but also raises legal doubts regarding, for instance, the procedure of its adoption and the scope of interference in proprietorship. That is why the Metropolitan Institute and the University of Gdańsk decided to organise a seminar aimed at resolving the above-mentioned doubts and indicating exemplary good practices. As a consequence, on March 31 in Olivia Tower in Gdańsk, the practitioners such as architects, urban planners, urban visual artists, clerks, and the theoreticians like lawyers and academicians will meet to discuss essential issues concerning the landscape regulation. The event has been divided into two expert panels. The first – practical one – will focus on presenting chosen landscape regulations, while the second panel – on more theoretical issues, that is construction and legal effects of this resolution – says Dominik Wilk, seminar’s coordinator. – The formula of the event is to combine two views on this new tool in Polish law, that is landscape resolution: practical and theoretical. That is why, everyone: both practitioners and didactics experts, who are interested in the subject will find something noteworthy for themselves. Furthermore, panellists come from the whole country, what broadens the scope of presented views – adds Jakub H. Szlachetko, PhD, President of the Council of Metropolitan Institute.

The programme of the seminar

The Metropolitan Institute is an expert organisation (think tank), which integrates the representatives of different scientific disciplines (law, administration, urban planning), as well as different professions (lawyers, clerks) and passions (social activists, volunteers). The mission of the Institute is to provide expertise, which is capable of unassisted carrying out of interdisciplinary research, creating public discourse, as well as close cooperation with public authorities.