One year to the next

The responses of the latest recipients of Eurobuild Awards can be found on these pages together with a review of the Gala. The very deserving winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award for 2025, Kazimierz Kirejczyk, also gives us an extended insight into the experiences that shaped his career path. This issue also features the reliable mix of the latest news, appointments, comment and analysis. Our main feature this month is an interview with Bradley Welch, one of the founders of Slate Asset Management, as the North American investor enters the Polish market through a major retail park portfolio acquisition. The beginning of the year often brings with it changes in the tax environment – or at least, it focuses our attention on tax-related matters. To find some much-needed clarity on the situation, turn to our analysis on these pages. We also take a couple of tours around some groundbreaking projects: a new state-of-the-art distribution centre for Auchan, whose workforce includes