http://www.eubusiness.com Latest news about Small and Medium-sized Enterprises policy in the European Union daily 1 2007-01-02T13:25:17Z http://www.eubusiness.com/SMEs/small-business-act The European Commission has proposed in the Community Lisbon Programme the preparation of a Small Business Act for Europe whose main aim will be to set principles and concrete measures to improve the framework conditions for European SMEs, while taking full account of their diversity. No publisher eub2 SMEs 2008-05-01T15:52:23Z Link http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1209567724.96 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy wrote to EU chiefs on Wednesday to urge them to help small businesses cope with the global credit crunch. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Headline SMEs 2008-04-30T20:41:32Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/EUlaw/mediation-guide.02 Rulings of the European Court of Justice and other legal issues concerning the EU No publisher eub2 EU Law SMEs Consumer Living & Working in EU 2008-04-23T21:58:05Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/EUlaw/mediation-guide.01 Rulings of the European Court of Justice and other legal issues concerning the EU No publisher eub2 EU Law SMEs Consumer Living & Working in EU 2008-04-23T21:54:26Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/Energy/iter-procurement.01 Fusion for Energy (F4E), the agency responsible for Europe's contribution to the international experimental thermonuclear reactor (ITER), is expected to unlock new business opportunities for industry with the launch of its first ever procurement. No publisher eub2 SMEs Energy Research & Technology 2008-04-16T21:06:38Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/Consumer/antitrust-ec-policy-paper-on-compensating-consumer-and-business-victims-of-competition-breaches-guide Latest news, background information and web links about consumer policy and the rights of consumer in the European Union. No publisher eub2 EU Law SMEs Competition 2008-04-03T12:44:00Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1207222320.93 The European Commission unveiled plans on Thursday to give consumers and businesses greater powers to sue companies caught running illegal cartels or abusing their market power. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. EU Law Headline Consumer SMEs Competition 2008-04-03T14:05:11Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1207068804.17 A panel of Members of the European Parliament called on Tuesday for tougher rules for the thousands of lobbyists that gravitate around the EU institutions. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Headline2 SMEs Institutions European Parliament 2008-04-02T09:27:38Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/Employment/women-men-decisions This website on women and men in decision-making gives an insight into the relative numbers of women and men participating in the decision-making process and taking up leadership positions in the European Institutions, the 27 Member States of the European Union, the EEA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), and two of the EU candidate countries (Croatia and Turkey). The website contains data and indicators that cover decision-making in political, public and juridical and social and economic domains both on European and national level. For the political domain only, decision-making at regional level is also covered. No publisher eub2 SMEs Social Employment Living & Working in EU 2008-03-06T12:24:12Z Link http://www.eubusiness.com/SMEs/sme-grants.03 Grants to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) under the EUROSTARS programme must be transparent and non-bureaucratic, MEPs have said. The European Parliament's Industry Committee was voting on amendments to the European Commission's proposed EUROSTARS programme on 28 February. No publisher eub2 SMEs Research & Technology European Parliament 2008-02-29T20:27:45Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/Trade/internal-market-goods This new package of measures from the European Commission is intended to boost the intra-community trade in industrial goods. The measures (described below) will ensure that the internal market becomes a reality for all manufacturers and producers, and will make it easier for companies, especially SMEs, to trade their products in the European Union. High quality safe products continue to be the goal, whilst ensuring market access for goods. No publisher eub2 SMEs Trade 2008-02-21T15:59:41Z Link http://www.eubusiness.com/Trade/marketing-products-guide News, background information and web links about the trade policy of the European Union. No publisher eub2 SMEs Trade 2008-02-21T22:10:24Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1203607034.1 Members of the European Parliament have approved plans to sweep away the last few obstacles to the free flow of goods in the EU by easing internal trade restrictions. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Trade Headline2 SMEs European Parliament 2008-02-21T16:08:51Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/Rd/innovation-scoreboard.07 The convergence of innovation performance across the EU is continuing apace, while five Member States have retained their positions as world innovation leaders, according to the 2007 European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS). No publisher eub2 SMEs Research & Technology 2008-02-15T18:02:18Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/Rd/pro-inno-europe PRO INNO Europe is a new initiative of the European Commission's Directorate General Enterprise and Industry which aims to become the focal point for innovation policy analysis, learning and development in Europe, with the view to learning from the best and contributing to the development of new and better innovation policies in Europe. No publisher eub2 SMEs Research & Technology 2008-02-15T18:00:33Z Link