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EU SME strategy
European Commission still not consistently SME-proofing new legislation
Budapest, 19 November 2024 - New analysis by three leading European business associations reveals that the application of the European Commission’s ‘SME Test’ methodology across Commission serv...
EU SME strategy
Making Better Regulation work better for SMEs – The SME Test benchmark 2024
Executive summary
The reduction of regulatory and administrative burden for businesses and the better law-making process, for SMEs in particular, remain high on the European Commission’s political...
EU SME strategy
Turning Europe into an SME superpower: Business proposes a clear path forward
BusinessEurope’s SME Roadshow in Berlin featured keynote speeches from Roberta Metsola, European Parliament President, and Michael Kellner, German Parliamentary State Secretary and Commissioner for...
EU SME strategy
How to turn Europe into an SME superpower during the next EU cycle – a BusinessEurope position paper
During the next cycle, we want Europe to become an “SME superpower”. SMEs are deeply rooted in European regions and societies. Many are important players in competitive value and supply chains and...
Economy and finance
Directive establishing a head office tax system for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
BusinessEurope welcomes the Commission’s proposed head office tax system rules as these have the potential to reduce tax compliance costs significantly for SMEs operating cross-borde...
EU SME strategy
Providing real relief for SMEs – BusinessEurope’s SME Roadshow in Rome
The event featured keynote speeches from Roberta Metsola, European Parliament President, and Thierry Breton, EU Commissioner for Internal Market
Brussels/Rome, 4 October 2023 - BusinessEurope, in par...
EU SME strategy
SME Relief Package: Revision of Late Payment Directive should better reflect business reality
12 September 2023 - Commenting on the European Commission’s proposed SME Relief Package, BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer said: "We welcome efforts to create an SME-proofed regu...
SMEs and entrepreneurship
BusinessEurope SME Roadshow kicked off in Helsinki
Strengthening European small and medium-sized enterprises is key to boost Europe’s global competitiveness
Brussels/Helsinki, 8 February 2023 - The BusinessEurope SME Roadshow kicked off today in Fi...
EU SME strategy
Make Better Regulation work better for SMEs!
A joint analysis of the SME Test
Prague, 29 November 2022 - BusinessEurope, Eurochambres, and SMEunited have joined forces to analyse the application of the SME Test across the European Commission se...
EU SME strategy
Making Better Regulation work better for SMEs – The SME Test benchmark 2022
Foreword
The last three years have been extremely challenging for Europe’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with the economic shockwaves from the war in Ukraine eroding the tentative reco...
EU SME strategy
Business needs an EU SME Envoy without delay
This week, the SME Assembly 2021 was held in Portoroz, Slovenia, during the European SME week, together with the Slovenian Presidency of the EU.
Pierre Gattaz, BusinessEurope President, said: "C...
Access to finance / financial affairs
EU SME strategy
EU industrial and SME strategies: getting real economy back on track
Today, the European Commission published the EU industrial strategy and the SME strategy, both essential for Europe’s real economy businesses.
BusinessEurope President Pierre Gattaz said: "...
EU SME strategy
The new EU SME strategy: 50 actions to make it work
We welcome the announcement of the European Commission’s intention to publish a renewed EU SME strategy. A comprehensive and action-oriented initiative is essential to improve the operating envi...
EU SME strategy
Business organisations voice strong support for a new EU SME Strategy
European business organisations and the European SME Envoy Network call for a dedicated SME strategy.
Today, SMEunited, EUROCHAMBRES and BusinessEurope reiterate the call of the European SME Envoy...
EU SME strategy
Fresh initiatives needed to support SMEs
Today, BusinessEurope called on strengthening EU policy for small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) in Europe. In its “EU SME policy goals” memorandum, published today in Brussels, BusinessEurope...