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British-Polish Agrifood Forum
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A series of seminar events aimed at UK companies takes place in parallel to a conference programme in Polish aimed at Polish food producers, processors and marketers interested in doing business with Britain. Subjects to be tackled include the food processing, the organic market, EU funds, promotion of agrifood clusters, marketing and branding, standards and logistics. Small-scale clinics for UK delegates will focus on individual sub-sectors such as dairy, meat and fruit and veg.
Pre-arranged business meetings with Polish entrepreneurs, local authorities with investment land and financiers can be facilitated. There will also be many opportunities throughout the day to informally meet Polish food producers and specialists from the sector. The day will end with a cocktail reception and a chance to sample Polish food and drink while meeting Polish entrepreneurs from the agrifood sector.
There will be plentiful opportunity to sample the best of Polish food and drink. The conference venue, Centrum Falenty, just five miles from Warsaw Airport and ten miles from the city centre, is well-suited to this event, boasting a full-size swimming pool, saunas and fitness centre.
Poland is hot news for British businesses in the agrifood sector:
A fast-growing food market in its own right, with 38.2 million consumers, strong GDP growth, falling unemployment means it the right time to invest in food processing in Poland.
Poland is strategically placed to become a hub for food production and export to the entire Central and Eastern European region (75 million consumers) plus the markets of Russia, Ukraine or Belarus
Poland is an excellent source of high-quality food at competitive prices. With unpolluted land and lots of traditional agriculture, Poland has the potential to be Europe's organic breadbasket. Low labour costs and produce prices make this an excellent location for food processing.
As a low-cost region of the single European market, Poland offers a unique balance of low business risk and high business opportunity. Whether you're a food processor importer or exporter or whether you are involved in food logistics, storage or marketing, you cannot ignore Poland there's too much going on.
PROGRAMME (in English for UK firms)
9:30 10:30 Polish food and beverage market: Structure of food production, processing, logistics, wholesale and retail, selling food to Poles marketing, brands, preferences.
11:00 12:00 Sourcing food from Poland Current situation, potential for growth, organic food certification, marketing persuading UK consumers that Polish food is healthy, brands or private label?
12:00 12:30 Investing in the Polish food processing sector: Greenfield, M&A or privatisation? Investment opportunities Special Economic Zones, finding people for your plant, case studies.
LUNCH featuring Polish culinary specialties
14:00 14:30 Financing your investment: Finding money for the deal, EU structural and cohesion funds, venture capital, private equity.
14:30 15:00 Logistics Poland UK : Whats worth transporting? Optimal solutions for different food product types. Transport chilling warehousing.
15:00 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 16:00 Doing business with Poles pointers for negotiation and building profitable long-term business relationships with Polish partners.
16:00 - 17:00 Sectoral breakouts focusing on fruit and veg, dairy products, meat and poultry, snacks, confectionary and bakery products.
COCKTAIL RECEPTION AND MIXER
MEET THE BUYER, MEET THE SELLER
During the day, both Polish and UK firms will be able to exhibit products they wish to sell or product types they wish to source. The exhibition will also be a chance for Polish local authorities to present their investment opportunities targeting the agrifood sector.
The organisers of a major agrifood forum, due to be held near Warsaw in November, say it will bring together Polish and UK food companies.
For further information and details of how to participate in the event, see:
http://www.bpcc.org.pl/category.php?id=164
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