In Brief: BAT; Crowley Data Poland; Tesco's distribution center

By the end of 2003, British American Tobacco announced it will have spent zł. 26 million on modernizing production lines and raising the qualifications of its Polish employees. The company plans to close the year in the black, but last year it posted a zł. 9.8 million loss on sales of zł. 1.8 billion. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B4) ... In 2002 Crowley Data Poland, an independent telecoms company posted a zł. 76.5 million losses on revenues of zł. 24.7 million. Nevertheless, its revenues leaped by 210% last year. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B4) ... Hypermarket chain Tesco has finished the construction of its distribution center near Warsaw at a cost of zł. 120 million. It will employ 350 plus about 150 seasonal workers. In 2002 Tesco had sales of zł. 2.9 billion, and according to company's representatives this should further grow, as the company opened six new hypermarkets in 2003. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 33) .M.M.