Walter Herz consulting company together with partners has created an initiative of free assistance providing business, investment, legal and HR consulting for companies relocating their operations from Ukraine to Poland, thanks to a specially created project and platform
The authors of the project explain that the motivation to take the initiative was the willingness to help Ukrainian companies that were forced to evacuate from their country and relocate their business as a result of the Russian invasion.
- There are still few long-term concepts related to substantive support for investors from Ukraine, which is why we have developed a project thanks to which we will be able to help Ukrainian entrepreneurs in the long term for the benefit of our economy. Through the platform that we have just launched, we can offer free consulting to companies that move to Poland from danger zones. Investors from Ukraine do not know how to navigate in the reality of our business environment, which is why our project includes comprehensive consulting. We provide information on company registration, tax law, labor law, recruitment and lease costs, as well as help finding office and warehouse space - informs Bartłomiej Zagrodnik, Managing Partner, CEO of Walter Herz.
Page Group, a recruitment company with a global reach, and LSW LeÅ›nodorski Åšlusarek i Wspólnicy law firm are partners of the aid project created by Walter Herz. Such collaboration opens up more opportunities. Companies from Ukraine can count on comprehensive information and service. - Polish Investment and Trade Agency and local investor service departments operating at city offices have also joined our project. This gives us the possibility of broader investment consulting, based not only on commercial opportunities of our market, but also based on specific business development options in selected locations, offered by local governments, which also includes exemptions offered to investors - says BartÅ‚omiej Zagrodnik.
Walter Herz company is constantly looking for new opportunities to increase the scale of assistance, primarily by expanding cooperation with partners. The initiative has already been supported by several entities, joined by other companies determined to provide free assistance to investors from Ukraine.
For entrepreneurs relocating business from Ukraine to our market, Walter Herz consultants provide knowledge on the general economic situation in our country, the potential of individual market sectors in given locations, the labor market, as well as the regulations on running a business.
- The information provided to Ukrainian companies concerns the costs of running a business in Poland, including space lease, company registration and employment. Together with our partners, we conduct videoconferences, during which we provide practical tips on the current conditions of local markets in our country. We recommend optimal solutions in specific cases. We share the information included in our reports and help create comparative analysis of various locations that investors are interested in - informs Mateusz Strzelecki, Head of Tenant Representation / Partner at Walter Herz.
Mateusz Strzelecki notes that a large group of entrepreneurs from Ukraine who are using our consulting are technology and IT companies employing at least several dozen people. - The first choice for them is Warsaw and Cracow. They also decide to go to Wroclaw or the Tri-City. First of all, they are initially interested in leasing coworking space in a given city and the aspects of the process of starting a business in Poland - adds Mateusz Strzelecki.
According to Magdalena Zagrodnik, Head of HR & Marketing, Partner at Walter Herz, refugee migrations have a positive effect on the labor market in the long run. - This has already been confirmed many times by surveys carried out in various countries that dealt with the phenomenon of high migration. Unfortunately, the current statistics show that a large number of entities from Ukraine, after a short stay in Poland, leave our country and move further, to Western Europe. Therefore, we must undertake the widest possible efforts to ensure that Ukrainian brands permanently move to us and have a real, positive impact on our economy, and not only treat Poland as a stop on the way to another country - says Magdalena Zagrodnik.
- I would also like to add that, as part of the aid project, we have created a division to which we invite various organizations supporting units helping Ukrainian children, such as kindergartens, language schools or psychological clinics etc. We hope that with the participation of our partners, we will be able to offer truly comprehensive support - says Magdalena Zagrodnik.
About Walter Herz
Walter Herz company is a leading Polish entity which has been operating in the commercial real estate sector across the country. For ten years, the company has been providing comprehensive and strategic investment consulting services for tenants, investors and real estate owners across the country. Walter Herz experts assist investors, property owners and tenants. They provide full service, to companies from the private as well as public sectors.
Walter Herz advisors support clients in finding and leasing space, and provide consulting in the implementation of investment projects in the warehouse, office, retail and hotel sectors.
The company is based in Warsaw and runs regional branches in Cracow and ÅÂÂódź. Walter Herz has created the Tenant Academy, the first project in Poland, which supports and educates commercial tenants from all over Poland by organizing specialized training meetings. In order to ensure the highest ethical level of services provided, the agency introduced the Code of Good Practice. 
