In Brief: Fuel stations; Polmos, Vin & Sprit; Enterprise Investors; TPSA
In response to the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) report on the practice of diluting fuel at gas stations, the government has decided to grant zł. 2 million to the state inspectorate. The money will allow UOKiK to inspect 2/3 of the country's 8,000 filling stations. (Puls Biznesu, p. 4) ... The Treasury will today finalize the sale of 85% of Zielona Góra-based spirits producer Polmos to Vin & Sprit of Sweden for zł. 129.2 million. (Puls Biznesu, p. 4) ... Enterprise Investors, in a foray into debt trading, is planning to take over 70% of corporate debt collection firm Kruk Systemy Inkaso for a total of $12 million. Last year Kruk vindicated claims worth in total zł. 903 million and this years wants to recover as much as zł. 1.3 billion. (Puls Biznesu, p. 11) ... TPSA's new competitor on the long-distance calls market, World Discount Telecommunications Polska, aims to reach monthly revenues of zł. 4 million after its first year of trading. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B5) J.K.