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Our new neighbours

The transformation of Central Europe in recent years has created widespread opportunities for both now and the future, writes Janet Tibble

PASTURES NEW

Fuelled by football fever in anticipation of Euro 2012, Notts Sport is doing good business supplying artificial turf to the Polish market. With help from UK Trade & Investment in Warsaw, the Lutterworthbased company has appointed Polish distributor Hemet through which it has already received business worth €45,000, with high expectations for 2011/12.

Lincolnshire-based company Hunts Contractors is also doing well in the sports field sector. Acting on market information supplied by UK Trade & Investment, the firm decided to employ a Polish staff member who splits his time between Poland and the UK. As a result, Hunts has won two contracts in Poland.