News and information about the European Union’s policies for small and medium-sized businesses.
EuroCommerce – the association representing retailers and wholesalers in Brussels – supports yesterday’s political agreement on the Digital Omnibus on Artificial Intelligence, as long as it brings much-needed simplification and clarity to the implementation of the AI Act.
The Commission and EU Intellectual Property Office launched the 2025 SME Fund Monday to provide smaller businesses (SMEs) with financial support to better manage and protect their intangible assets.
The Commission launched a Biotech and Biomanufacturing Hub Thursday to support companies in bringing innovative products to the EU market and increase their competitiveness.
The EU Commission set out a major initiative Wednesday to strengthen EU competitiveness by boosting innovation and investment, securing access to raw materials and clean energy, and cutting red tape.
Today’s launch of the European Commission’s Competitiveness Compass risks becoming a victory for polluting industries at the expense of workers, the environment, and future prosperity.
EuroCommerce is calling for concrete actions, following release of the EU’s much-anticipated Competitiveness Compass and the 2025 Annual Single Market and Competitiveness Report.
The boards of listed companies across all EU Member States will need to reflect a more balanced gender representation following entry into force of the EU’s gender balance on corporate boards directive.
