24 November 2016
The Annual Report on European SMEs was published today
Published : Thu, 24 Nov 2016 EU SME recovery continues but at different speeds.
Enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises
22 November 2016
Commission gives boost to start-ups in Europe
Published : Tue, 22 Nov 2016 The Commission's Start-up and Scale-up Initiative aims to give Europe's many innovative entrepreneurs every opportunity to become world leading companies. It pulls together all the possibilities that th...
21 November 2016
Launch of the new Watify campaign
Published : Mon, 21 Nov 2016 Event: 07/12 > 07/12/2016 @ Bloom Hotel The European Commission is launching a new, second phase of the Watify campaign to boost the technological transformation of European SMEs. The primary objective is to e...
18 November 2016
The winners of the 2016 European Small and Mid-cap Awards have been announced
Published : Fri, 18 Nov 2016 4 SMEs received this year's European Small and Mid-Caps Awards at a ceremony in Brussels on 17 November.
14 November 2016
Business Planet: How the European Enterprise Network helps SMEs
Published : Mon, 14 Nov 2016 Business Planet takes you to Greece this week to discuss international development with the European network, Enterprise Europe Network (EEN).
11 November 2016
Public procurement professionalisation workshop I - guidance, templates and training
Published : Fri, 11 Nov 2016 As part of the Single Market Forum, and in cooperation with local partners, the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs is organising a series of workshops in several Europea...
09 November 2016
More efficient public procurement of electricity
Published : Wed, 09 Nov 2016 We use electricity every day and it's hard to imagine life without it. Electricity prices are often volatile however and can change by over 10% in a week leading to unpredictable bills for public authorities. ...
04 November 2016
New equity fund under the COSME Programme will invest in early growth tech SMEs throughout Europe
Published : Fri, 04 Nov 2016 The EIF, with backing from the EU COSME programme, is supporting KEEN ventures in their efforts to provide capital for technology companies in Europe.
25 October 2016
Commission one step closer to restricting revenues of websites that breach intellectual property rights
Published : Tue, 25 Oct 2016 On 21 October at a meeting on online advertising and intellectual property rights, stakeholders agreed on the basic principles of an agreement to help to restrict the income that IP-infringing websites get from ...
24 October 2016
European Cluster Conference 2016 “CLUSTERS 4.0: Shaping Smart Industries”
Published : Mon, 24 Oct 2016 Event: 01/12 > 02/12/2016 @ Crowne Plaza - Le Palace The European Commission’s Directorate General for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs and the European Cluster Observatory team are org...