In brief: Plato Polska; Zywiec sales slump; Kredyt mortgages; Piast mall

Plato Polska, a joint project of Belgium's Halle-Vilvoorde regional Chamber of Commerce and Polish entrepreneurial organizations, is inviting up to 200 SMEs in the Wielkopolski and Lubuski voivodships to participate in training programs to be financed by large Belgian firms. (Rzeczpospolita, p.B2)... Brewing group Zywiec, controlled by Dutch firm Heineken, is to wind down two breweries and merge its Warka and Elbrewery units in an attempt to cut costs. (Parkiet, p.4)... Kredyt Bank plans to increase its mortgage portfolio from its current 1.5% of all loans to 6% by 2004. The bank hopes to up the value of mortgage loans extended to customers, currently at zl.40 million, to zl.1.2 billion within four years. (Puls Biznesu, p.4)... Retail chain Piast has completed a zl.80 million shopping mall in Szczecin. (Puls Biznesu, p.8)