Making an attractive Byd

Bydgoszcz is one of the largest cities in Poland. It is a place that is dynamic and full of energy, and, including the neighbouring boroughs within its orbit, is inhabited by app. 1 mln people. These people are highly talented, entrepreneurial, educated and open to new work opportunities in the shared service centre sector – this was the picture of the city given by Edyta Wiwatowska, the president of the Bydgoszcz Regional Development Agency. During the Bydgoszcz Office Market business breakfast, which took place at the Radisson Blu hotel in Warsaw, representatives of BARR, the initiators of the meeting, reminded those attending about the excellent location of the city – near the main motorways and an international Airport – and the fact that it also has a rich pool of the students and graduates who are in such demand from investors looking to open their latest BPO, SSC or IT centres. “In 2010 employment in the BPO/SSC sector only amounted to 1,230 people, but n