Gordon Marsden MP, Labour's Shadow Further Education, Skills and Regional Growth Minister, is today calling on the Government to take action to boost apprenticeship opportunities for young people at small and medium sized businesses (SMEs).
The European Commission proposed yesterday (7 December) a new regulation that is supposed to make it easier for venture capitalists to raise funds across the EU and lend more money to innovators and start-up businesses. More »
The European Commission proposed yesterday (7 December) a new regulation that is supposed to make it easier for venture capitalists to raise funds across the EU and lend more money to innovators and start-up businesses. More »
Policymakers should prepare for a future in which big manufacturing business no longer exists and has been replaced by a string of ‘micro-multinational’ SMEs, according to a policy brief from an influential European think tank. More »
Women are under-represented in SME-funding despite being best positioned to exploit internet technology and social media to create 'local' SMEs, according to MEPs. More »
Special commercial embassies in Brazil and other fast-growing economies, easier terms for banking credit, and new investment funds designed to assist innovative businesses are likely to be touted in a European Commission action plan due later this year. More »
A fight has broken out over how much smaller companies should benefit from the EU's structural funds, highlighting the issues at stake in a forthcoming debate on the definition of SMEs, which is already the subject of fierce lobbying. More »
