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The Start Guide for starting a business provides answers to many of the questions that typically arise when planning a business. You can continue your plans with Posintra’s business developers.

Press release, June 13, 2023 Small and medium-sized enterprises are facing higher and higher demands for responsible operations from their customers, owners, investors, and other interest groups. Several SMEs have already done some work related to sustainable...

Through Posintra you get the popular Yritystulkki services’s calculation programs, forms, contract templates and sales and marketing plans.

A new business and service directory brings together Porvoo-based companies into an easy to browse entity.

Based on a survey conducted in December 2021, people are ready to recommend Posintra’s services and the NPS (Net Promoter Score) scores given are, just like in previous years, at an excellent level. As we do every year, we asked for feedback regarding our operations...

We serve our customers at Christmas and New Year as follows…

During the last few years, dozens of rural companies in the Porvoo area…

The autumn has started nicely and entrepreneurship in all its forms is of interest…

The current fall has started off eventfully…

Posintra’s office is closed for the summer holidays from 12 to 23 July.

Responsibility and sustainable development. Circular economy and environmental business. Topical terms and actions without which it is hard to imagine the business of future. The earth’s sustainability crisis is our common challenge, which concerns us all as humans,...

Plastic waste that ends up in water and nature is a global problem. Finnish companies are on a mission to become pioneers in the utilisation of recycled plastic. The recycling process begins with the collection, separation and processing of plastic so that the...

Throughout the corona year of 2020 Posintra provided help and enhanced counseling for about 1000 businesses operating in the region. The businesses needed help particularly with applying for various corona subsidies, working on their coping strategies and renewing...

To prevent the spread of the corona virus, we serve our customers either by phone or video conferencing for the time being.

On 24 December 2020, the EU and Britain concluded negotiations on a new EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.  The agreement will apply from 1.1.2021.

We serve our customers at Christmas and New Year as follows:

In order to prevent the spread of the corona virus, Posintra’s services will be transferred to the remote service…

The signs of a pandemic have been visible for a long time and yet corona took the entire world by surprise. In many companies, the crisis has raised the need to prepare for change and build their own and shared future resilience. But what does it mean and how does it...

The Finnish national Energy Saving Week will be held 5–11 October 2020. During the week, Posintra will organise its traditional Eco Act Challenge. It is time for the annual Energy Saving Week. During the week, Posintra will once again organise an Eco Act Challenge,...

On 28 September 2020 at 1 pm–3:30 pm, the LUCIA seminar will be held at the Art Factory in Porvoo, both as a local and online event. In this seminar, we will hear about and discuss the observations and experiences that have emerged about urban lighting during the project, and we will also learn what is happening in Porvoo in relation to the LUCIA project.

19 ideas took part in the idea competition of the Huima project, one of which got the furthest. The invention of Arttu Vuorio from Porvoo produces energy for various measurements and…

New connection would divert heavy traffic away from major cities and congestion, speed up traffic, reduce emissions and open up new opportunities for on-demand travel.

Do you have an excellent idea, but you need resources to make it come true? Take part in a competition where business angels are looking for the best business ideas!

Putting websites in order at BrandCamp – here are the top tips

During the corona pandemic, the half-day workshops of the Tutka project became online workshops lasting a few hours, which have been complemented with remote sessions where the entrepreneurs have been able to coach each other.

March brought a new boost to the drone industry. Two different events were organized for the Carbon neutral drone service solutions in Southern Finland project, which explored the opportunities presented by drones. For information to all interested: due to corona...

Every business should do futures work The TUTKA project kicked off spring with this year’s first TulevaisuusCamp (Future Camp) on Thursday 5 March. At the event, Tarja Meristö, a futurist working as Principal Lecturer at Laurea University of Applied Sciences, spoke to...

The project LUCIA provides solutions on energy efficiency for urban lighting in the Baltic Sea region.

Suomen Yrittäjät renewed Entrepreneurs' Municipal Barometer survey maps biennial co-operation between municipalities and entrepreneurs and the state of business policy at national, regional and local level. Take the survey and tell us what you think about the daily...

Recruiting event Duunitehdas 2020, ‘Job Factory’, will now be held for the sixth time on 4 February 2020. Henkka Hyppönen will visit the new evening event, Koulutustehdas, to tell the audience about the work of the future.   Henkka Hyppönen: “Young people of...

Kasvu Open, a national business coaching program, will be organised for the 9th time year in 2020.

Fredrik Pressler has been appointed interim CEO of Posintra Oy, the development company of Eastern Uusimaa.

Based on an extensive survey conducted at the end of 2019, Posintra's recommendation rate – namely Net Promoter Score - is again excellent. Feedback was sought from customers and stakeholders. We wanted to know, how we have performed from our customer’s point of view...

The advisory services for start-ups and operating companies in Loviisa will be tendered out during spring 2020.

What came out of Kasvu Open for companies in Porvoo   The largest company growth sparring program in Finland, the nationwide Kasvu Open, will be organised for no less than the ninth time. In the program, the country’s best experts and investors advise...

Posintra is looking for companies that offer drone services and those interested in the industry to join the project.   Drones will change the world over the next few years. Hundreds of different uses have already been invented and new ones are emerging at a...

How to build a successful brand, how to stand out on social media and run an online shop? These were  among the questions answered during our 11 Tulostakomo trainings between 2018 and 2019, held with our highly competent collaborators. Hundreds of active and budding...

How can you find your professional field? What are the job descriptions of different jobs?

This past summer, Porvoo tried out a new concept for local tourism, the Archipelago Bus. The bus took passengers to Pellinki summer market, Porvoo city recreational area and Söderbyboden village shop every Saturday in July. The aim of the trial was to find out whether...

Most people want a world where companies take responsibility for the environment and create a better future.

A groundbreaking service will be tested in Kerkkoo. Using the service, your neighbor can bring home the local produce you bought online, upon your request. Digikylä, a novel online shop for local producers was introduced on 18 of September in Kerkkoo's Pumppaamo. With...

  ”Good employment is a mixture of listening, respect, and asking the right questions. It thrives on networking and enjoys peer support and leisurely encounters. Support for job hunting is sometimes given with a spoon and sometimes with a ladle, and it can come...

Growth is a matter of will, but it is always about insights as well. If we get to the bottom of it, your company is a growth company just as any other.

Entrepreneur, are you about to make large acquisitions? – It is advisable to check their profitability with investment calculations. You can get low-threshold assistance with investment calculations from Posintra. For the time being, the service is free of charge. 

You can soon take off from Porvoo for a day trip to Pellinki archipelago by bus.

Posintra’s export promotion event will give you clear guidelines for kicking off your export activities and getting great results in style.

The Entrepreneurial Evening, organised on 24 April 2019 jointly by Posintra and Ohjaamo, gave new entrepreneurs a compact but comprehensive information package on entrepreneurship.

Last year, around 389,000 Chinese tourists visited Finland, and the number is expected to grow rapidly in the next few years.

The Duunitehdas recruiting event, which brings together jobs and job seekers, was held for the fifth time on Tuesday, 5 February 2019. A total of 75 exhibitors, 53 employers, 11 educational institutions and thousands of visitors attended the event. Some 5,000 jobs...

Development companies Posintra Oy and Turku Science Park Oy are holding a competition, which aims to find innovative ideas for utilising excess heat.

We asked our customers and stakeholders about how they view our services.

Instead of organizing the program regionally, we direct companies in eastern Uusimaa to participate in sparring programs organised nationwide across Finland.

This year, the fifth graders of Porvoo’s primary schools accepted the challenge set by the fifth graders of Kevätkumpu School in great numbers. The challenge, sponsored by Posintra, was intended to make the world better by paying attention to the responsible use of...

The lighting plan is aimed at implementing a comprehensive solution that is in line with Porvoo’s cultural environment and enhances the city’s low light atmosphere and identity.

The report ordered by Posintra and made by Ramboll Finland Oy presents long-term, economically and ecologically sound means of controlling aquatic vegetation,

Posintra’s Tulostakomo trainings continue. The trainings are free of charge.

The Eco Act Challenge of Kevätkumpu School in Porvoo was awarded at the municipal circular economy competition.

The new Ohjaamo (One-Stop Guidance Centre) in Loviisa has started its operations. Ohjaamo offers young people low-threshold assistance in planning the future, applying for a job, and finding work try-out, job or training opportunities.

Are you interested in doing business in Africa? We think that out of all southern African countries Namibia, Botswana and South Africa are a good place to start.

The international SME2GO project enabled in cooperation with Vesterås Science Park a networking trip for SMEs to China.

Posintra awards yearly a travel actor operating in Eastern Uusimaa with a Travelstone (Matkakivi) prize. The Travelstone 2017 was granted to SMAKU Porvoo on 05/04/2018. 

The Growth paths of the yearly Growth Open sparring program for SMEs will begin in Eastern Uusimaa.

Kasvu Open is Finland’s biggest growth program for companies who have a strong willingness and potential to grow and develop their businesses further.

Towards the end of 2017, we asked our customers and interest groups to provide feedback on our service and its various elements. We wanted to know where we have succeeded and where there is room for improvement.

We are celebrating our 20th Anniversary this year. To kick off the celebration, we shall launch Posintra’s 20th Anniversary Business Idea competition.

The year 2017 of Posintra got its final boom today as our Project Manager Henri nailed the quality
certificate we received a week ago on the wall of our office. It is the ISO9001 certificate, which states that we want to serve our customers even better in the future.