Warsaw -most attractive city in EEC for business expansion

According to a Healey & Baker poll, European Cities Monitor, representatives of leading European companies asked about their expansion plans for the next five years indicated Warsaw as more desirable then Prague, Budapest, and Moscow. Warsaw ranked 23rd among the top 30 European cities, moving up by three places compared to last year, ahead of.such cities as Rome, Vienna, and Oslo. Warsaw' s high ranking may stem from the demand for industrial goods, the popularity of consumer credit, the size of Poland' s domestic market size, or the prospect of European Union (EU) entrance in the near future. In terms of labor costs Warsaw moved from 9th to 2nd place, and from 16th to 12th in terms of availability of office space Poland ranked third behind Germany and Spain as a desirable place for companies to start industrial production. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3)