Work / Advice on Teaching English in Poland [709]

Throbbing thread this one ! Very concerned about the references to I to I tefl. I did a level 5 which was very thorough and the awarding body is Pearson who work with most major colleges.It is less well known at the moment but it is a properly qua'd qualification due to the teaching experience aspect contained within.Anyway , Krakow or Lublin ? I teach construction, plastering and tiling, but also have the aforesaid teaching English qual.

I like the country life but I also like to make enough money to cover the bills. Calm advice please, I know about Google and am going to do some recon personally on the ground . I don't speak Polish but am willing to learn.

Real Estate / Land and farm purchase - Is half a hectare (5000m2) the limit in Poland? [5]

Thanks looker.
Some residential land is 4-5000m2 .if you were to use the land for business purposes would you have to get a change of use permit or can you do as you please?

Real Estate / Land and farm purchase - Is half a hectare (5000m2) the limit in Poland? [5]

Thanks again looker.

Law / Your experience as a foreigner running a small business in Poland [43]

Merged: Starting a business by British person in Poland

Any Brit or one had experience of starting a new business in Poland.
2014\15.

Law / Your experience as a foreigner running a small business in Poland [43]

I need to know its a piece of cake. So thanks for that. Does Poland encourage SME's or drown them with bureaucracy? I've got a few strings to my bow and could get a job but may have been self employed too long to be employable . Is it as simple as getting an accountant registering a company name opening a bank account and getting the hell on with it or is there more to it.

Law / Your experience as a foreigner running a small business in Poland [43]

Thanks Roger and delphin very encouraging.cheers.

Law / Your experience as a foreigner running a small business in Poland [43]

My bag is education not just English but I want to get into eco tourism in the gdansk tri city area..maybe link in with educational projects too. What worries me is the language barrier which obviously can be broken down in time but I can't sit on my backside not earning while that's done.

I appreciate warnings of English speaking accountants but just how far will Google translate get you? ...

Law / Your experience as a foreigner running a small business in Poland [43]

Eh?
Good advice but for the negative ending .
Am no stranger to business planning.Could do with a rent a buddy who speaks polish to get set up.So I don't say yes ar the wrong point and get shafted. Well...A life without adventure is no life at all.

Law / Your experience as a foreigner running a small business in Poland [43]

Thanks for that I will have a good look at what they do.I just skimmed it for now after thinking you were taking the mick.

Cheers eh?

Hi ,
Following on from this post.After many adventures and making friends at all the government offices in Wejherowo and Gdansk I have now set up, stereotypically ,as an english tutor.Didn't want to do it but there's a demand.I came with grand ideas of my own which were blown out of the water by the reality on the ground. However, that same reality has lead me to other projects I can get involved with later after learning more and more and more Polish.This is what I found.

Generally they don't speak English.Though they will drag anyone who does, out of the warehouse/reception/toilet to help.
People are helpful, sometimes a little frosty initially.
I have landed like a language bomb in government depts ,sometimes the wrong ones and still managed to come out with the right result.
If someone couldn't or didn't want to help they usually passed me on to someone they knew genuinely could.This wouldn't happen in the UK.

Get all your documents then doing anything is easy.Not pompous,not expensive.
Learn Polish as quick as you can,there are loads of jobs I could do if I could speak Polish.Day to day life can be a comedy everytime you step out of your front door.

TAKE ADVICE from local sources as well as the internet.The internet does not always correspond to the real world.Don't be afraid to dive in and thrash about.

I don't expect to get rich,wages are very low but the quality of life if you like the outdoors I thank the gods I landed in Poland everyday.I live in an area that I would never be able to afford in the UK. (my brother lives in Cumbria) .Endless biking forests,rivers and lakes,sea and sand, the city ,town,or rural life all in one area.

If you have your own business then you stand a better financial chance of being comfortable depending on what you're doing.Local knowledge says being employed is not good.Also that Poles hear that your foreign and the price goes up.Not in my experience.

Russians invaded our airspace yesterday so I wouldn't say COME TO POLAND just yet.Otherwise I can recommend it 100% if you are after fresh air and exercise but no if you're obsessed by money.

Law / Your experience as a foreigner running a small business in Poland [43]

Reg on was fine..same story very helpful even when I came back in a panic because after following internet advice I would've been paying the wrong tax. Accountant picked it up straight away and off I went.

Last time I saw a Russian helicopter overhead was just after they invaded crimea and days before donbass. Let's hope he runs out of money soon.

Law / Your experience as a foreigner running a small business in Poland [43]

Key word here was legally.