Why Polish is the New Language of British Retail

Qacer 38 | 125

3 Oct 2007 / #1

"The Polish community is a real priority" for Lloyds, says Eve Speight, a spokesperson for the lender. After Poles opened 100,000 checking accounts with the bank in 2006, helping make them Lloyd's largest group of foreign customers."

time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1651345,00.html

Si, habla Polish?

British retailers are realizing the impact of the Polish population and have bumped up their inventory and staff to include Polish related items and personnel.

hello 22 | 890

6 Oct 2007 / #2

It's simple - no matter what the public says, Poles will always account for a big market (both buyers and investors) and businesses like that as they can sell their products and services to Polish people.

sledz 23 | 2,248

7 Oct 2007 / #3

Si, habla

hola,,,welcome to my world

taco

peterweg 37 | 2,311

7 Oct 2007 / #4

You can open Polish language bank accounts with Natwest. Allows easy withdrawle while back in Poland for instance. Correspondence is in Polish as is telephone banking.

Avalon 4 | 1,067

7 Oct 2007 / #5

When are the Polish banks going to start doing this for the English living in Poland?

BubbaWoo 33 | 3,506

7 Oct 2007 / #6

hmmm... poland... customer service.... nah... doesnt sound right

isthatu 3 | 1,164

7 Oct 2007 / #7

lmao

Bartolome 2 | 1,085

7 Oct 2007 / #8

When are the Polish banks going to start doing this for the English living in Poland?

Perhaps when there will be 10000000 of you :D