Warsaw let down by communications in latest European business city ratings

The managers of the largest European corporations surveyed by C&W H&B put Warsaw at 20th place among the thirty European cities best for the business. Warsaw advanced two places in comparison with last year and is now ahead of Lyon, Vienna, Budapest and Rome. The Polish capital has the best ratio of office leasing costs to profit on the list. Access to educated employees and office space were also praised. Foreign managers also appreciated the positive climate for investments created by the government, and on this score Warsaw won third place. However, not everything is rosy. The city is still at the end of the list when it comes to the public transport and the quality of telecommunications services. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, B1) E.B.