The UK Trade & Investment website provides information and advice on doing business in markets across the world.

On this site you will find:

• Country profiles including background, geography, and basic facts and figures like the local currency, languages and the capital city. 
  
• Information on conducting business in foreign countries. This section provides details on business fundamentals like local regulations, customs duties, selling and promotion. 
  
• Vital information on visiting foreign countries - everything from social customs to business hours to passports/visas and health issues. 
  
• Advice on setting up a business. What are the cultural factors that need to be considered? Is there any financial assistance available? Will staffing be an issue? 
  
• Exhibitions, seminars and other events supported by UK Trade & Investment. 
  
• Other useful websites for exporters. 
  
• UK Trade & Investment contacts and any other useful contact details. 
  
• News stories, other useful information and answers to frequently asked questions. 
  
• British success stories.

For those who register on the site you gain access to value added information:

• Business opportunities identified by UK Trade & Investment staff in local markets. 
  
• Sector in country reports.

There are a number of useful guides on doing business in Poland, including:

• “Poland. How To Do Business” published jointly by the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency, Deloitte and lawyers from the Wardynski & Partners Law Office.
  
• “Doing Business in Poland” by Ernst and Young and the Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka law firm.

The Polish Regions Guide

UK companies keen to contact Marshal Offices - local governments responsible for regional development or to find out about Special Economic Zones and the regions and what they can offer should contact the Commercial Section of the British Embassy in Warsaw at sylwia.piwowar@fco.gov.uk to obtain the Polish Regions Guide.  

Travel Advice for Poland

Information on travelling in and around Poland can be found on the FCO’s country specific Travel Advice which aims to ensure that British travellers are well prepared before their departure abroad.