In Brief: Vivendi water; Bydgoskie Fabryki Mebli; Ruda Slaska Plaza

French company Compagnie Generale des Eaux, a member of the Vivendi group, is to become the strategic investor in Przedsiebiorstwo Wodociagow i Kanalizacji water-works and sewage treatment company in Tarnowskie Gory. The investor will purchase a 33.85% stake, with a nominal value of zl.3.1 million. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3) ... Furniture maker Bydgoskie Fabryki Mebli (BFM) has announced that it will lay off 400 employees at its Slupsk factory. According to Ewa Nawrocka, BFM personnel director, the company also plans the introduction of cost-cutting measures at its Bydgosz plant. (Puls Biznesu, p. 9) ... A new commercial and entertainment center, Ruda Slaska Plaza, will open today in southern Poland. The investor, Plaza Centers Poland, says that in December it will open its next center in Krakow, the construction of which will cost almost zl.250 million. (Puls Biznesu, p. 9) P.J.