Poles in UK
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Polish people keep coming to the UK as it is seen as a popular and successful move for many Poles. This continues a long tradition and serves to keep on building the strong ties between the British and Poles in UK.
Statistics by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Poland have highlighted this trend. 17 million Polish people that have emigrated from Poland to stay for a time or to live indefinitely in the UK and worldwide. The Polish community despite a slow down for a short period continues to expand.
Polish culture
Because of this growth a large quantity and variety of Polish businesses and groups have sprung up all over England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. There is now a very profitable Polish market. You can just as easily find a Polish cafe, bistro, shop or other business next to one owned by a UK citizen. Polish schools and language schools have also been created to serve this growing Polish community.
The Polish culture has also not been forgotten and many Polish dance groups and singing groups have also been established such as a Polish Choir. Polish culture and UK culture also have found outlets to bring the two communities together through joint initiatives.
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Polish market
Poles in UK are well educated and continue to advance themselves by attending colleges and university all over the nation. This in turn leads to increased opportunities for growth and gives an extra boost to the Polish market.
A baby boom in the UK has been far outstripped by babies being born in the UK to Polish or mixed UK and Polish parents than other non-UK nations. For example there is around one baby born to Polish mums for every 40 UK mums (Daily Mail)
Some quick fact about Poles in UK:
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Around one million Poles live in the UK today
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The majority of the Polish population in the UK are aged from 21-35
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Around 50% of Polish nationals have been resident in the UK for more than three years
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Polish workers average weekly pay is around £424 and £395 for UK employees (The Guardian newspaper)
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