We are quite happy that this year two ERC grants will be starting in our group. First of all, Marek Cygan very recently got news that his ERC Starting Grant received funding. His grant is on FPT, approximation and metaheuristics. Secondly, our ERC Proof of Concept grant, that is a follow up to my ERC StG grant is starting. This grant aims to commercialise some ideas from algorithmic market modeling and to support formation of a spin-off.