News
12/21/06: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Frohe Festtage und ein gutes neues Jahr
Joyeux Noël, Bonne et Heureuse Année
Feliz Navidad y un Próspero año nuevo
Szczęśliwych Świąt Bożego Narodzenia i wszystkiego dobrego w Nowym Roku
11/19/06: 20% more visitors during the EXPO REAL
Rising international investments in Germany and the growing presence of providers from other European markets characterise the current trend of the EXPO Real. The 9th international trade fair for commercial real estate in Munich was a great success this year: 21,000 visitors (+20%); 1,638 exhibitors from 40 countries (+15%, and growing numbers of exhibitors from abroad (+35% compared to the previous year); exhibiting on 25,000 m2 floor space the Expo Real is Europe’s most important real estate trading fair.
In particular, the growing markets in Eastern and Southern Europe use the industry’s meeting place to maintain contacts with investors. Also at this time the presence of trade chains was greater than ever. They used the quantity and quality of contacts on their search for new locations and partners.
The successful concept of the fair was topped off by more than 100 events in the course of the adjoining conference programme, where specialists in the real estate industry discussed the newest market trends.
A big audience was drawn to the panel discussion during the course of the highly visited Retail Dialogue, where Carl-Otto Wenzel of Wenzel Consulting Pty. Ltd. (member of plan 4 21) together with other experts discussed the question, if mega malls become mega flops for the surrounding cities in this country.
Visitors were able to hear about the retail outlook in Germany and also find out about the new property rating agency DIRA during the events at the stall of BulwienGesa AG (also member of plan 4 21).
The stall of Berendes Consulting (another member of plan 4 21) also enjoyed great popularity as they discussed potential projects in the investment sector.
11/07/06: MAPIC, 15th – 17 th November 2006 in Cannes
The MAPIC is an outstanding exhibition of retail projects for Shopping Centres, Retail-Entertainment Centres, city centres and other retail locations.
At this year’s MAPIC in Cannes participants from over 55 countries are expected to attend. For the first time plan 4 21 will be represented by Wenzel Consulting’s (www.wenzel-consulting.de) and BulwienGesa’s (www.bulwiengesa.de) combined exhibition stall. The exhibiting businesses, with their dedication to the MAPIC exhibition, acknowledge and allow for the growing importance of international projects in their service portfolio.
Please find further information at www.mapic.com
05/09/06: Seminar organised by Rödl & Partner for German firms investing in Poland - 01.06.2006 - Warsaw
Rödl & Partner in Warsaw invites all German firms planning to start or already conducting business activity in Poland to participate in the seminar entitled „Taxation of profits of German Investors from business activity conducted in Poland on the grounds of Polish and German laws”. The seminar will focus on the issue of optimising taxation of profits from invested capital. Three most popular legal forms of conducting activities: a capital company, a partnership and a branch, will be discussed in detail in terms of their legal and tax aspects, both in the light of Polish law and in the context of the double taxation avoidance treaty with Germany and of internal German law. The whole issue will be supplemented by numerous examples and extensive workshops.
The seminar will be conducted in the German language.
For more information please contact:
Roedl Consulting sp. z o.o., Ms. Anita Buczkowska, ul. Bednarska 7, 00-310 Warsaw, anita.buczkowska@roedl.pl, Tel. No. +48 22 696 28 00, Fax +48 22 696 28 01
Download:
Agenda: www.plan4-21.com/images/Agenda.pdf
Application form: www.plan4-21.com/images/Form.pdf
04/24/06: Berlin and Brandenburg – turntable for Eastern European contacts
Berlin and Brandenburg define themselves as a turntable between East and West. In doing so, they refer to their long-time experience in regards to co-operations with MOE. An internet data base named MOEPlus, an instrument of the MOE-Initiative of Berlin’s Senate Chamber, shall assist with initialising contacts.
On the website http://www.berlin.de/rbmskzl/europa/europapolitik/moeplus.html all East- West actors of the Berlin and Brandenburg regions have the opportunity to present their competencies in the sphere of co-operation with Central and Eastern European countries, give contact person details and – if others are interested – seek and offer co-operation via a contact platform. This service is free of charge.
Naturally, the website also shows the Berlin members of plan 4 21, such as Rödl & Partner Berlin – the tax consultancy and accounting association that advises enterprises from Berlin and Brandenburg with their Eastern European activities and also assists Eastern European enterprises with their entry into the German market. The association moved a short while ago and meets its clients now at Straße des 17. Juni. There – from the offices at the11th floor – clients can glimpse a picture of the entire city of Berlin.