Wirtualna Polska: arriving first on the scene with Bolt Business

As a source of news and entertainment for millions of people, Wirtualna Polska must act quickly in the media environment.

Quick access to clients, or to report from the site of an event is essential. To streamline this process, Wirtualna Polska turned to Bolt Business. Now, its reporters can be on their way in minutes without carrying cash for taxis.

Hear from Tomasz Zieliński, Administration Director at Wirtualna Polska, about how they use Bolt Business. 

Getting to know Wirtualna Polska

Wirtualna Polska is a group of media companies in Poland delivering news and entertainment to millions of people across the country every month. 

They have a team of 2,500 employees — including journalists who need to travel at all times. Being an industry leader means getting to destinations in comfort and good time count. 

This meant looking at modern transport options and moving away from traditional taxis, which had unreliable arrival times and required the team to carry cash and receipts.

“We had to keep up with the modern world,” explains Tomasz. “There were too many administrative problems with cash payments for traditional taxis.”

The answer was to partner with a reliable mobility service that could promise:

• Short arrival times; 
• High travel standards;
• Cashless travel.

After some trial and error with several services, they found Bolt Business.

Being the first to arrive on the scene

Working in a rapidly changing media environment makes fast pick-up times essential. Thanks to Bolt Business, reporters can be on the scene in minutes, as Tomasz points out: 

“Our reporters, production crews, and employees use Bolt Business to get to places where they produce their content and visit their clients — they also use scooters to quickly get around the city centre.”

Bringing the team into the modern world

Despite the challenges, many employees were used to taking traditional forms of transport. This meant plans to streamline business travel were met with some resistance: “One of the challenges of switching to Bolt was to change the mindset of employees who continued to use traditional taxis and public transport.”  

But the team quickly felt the company had made the right decision. Now they can’t imagine travelling for work in any other way thanks to:

• Flexible travel options;
• Not having to carry cash or receipts;
• Being able to order transport with a few taps in the Bolt app. 

And these didn’t turn out to be the only benefits for the company. 

Impressing IT auditors

During a recent IT audit, the use of Bolt Business impressed the auditor as employees no longer have to register with a personal payment card. Instead, they can charge all business travel with Bolt straight to the company — making payments far more secure and keeping employee data safe.

And having access to cars and scooters in a single app means the company handles far fewer invoices and documents — cutting administration times. They now pay for all monthly trips at once. 

Reducing the environmental impact of travel

One of the biggest news stories of our time is climate change. Wirtualna Polska has recognised this and wants to do its bit for the environment, including addressing travel.

The company’s using Bolt Business to track carbon emissions from travel with the knowledge that Bolt offsets any emissions from European business travel. And in good news for its reporters, scooter journeys are climate-positive.

Give your team flexible, convenient, and secure travel options

The final words of this article go to Tomasz: “Go and try Bolt Business. If you do, you’ll keep using it thanks to the app’s short arrival times and simplicity.”

To follow Tomasz’s advice, sign up with Bolt Business today.

Thanks to Tomasz Zieliński for contributing to this article.