News and information about the European Union’s policies for small and medium-sized businesses.
“Entrepreneurs are under an ever-growing mountain of rules, compliance requirements, and reporting obligations. The regulatory crisis facing SMEs must end. Europe must trust entrepreneurs again and, when required, regulate less and regulate better”, stated SMEunited President Davide Galli in response to the State of the European Union address.
The European Commission has completed final legal steps to establish the EU’s Scaleup Europe Fund, ready to start boosting Europe’s scale-up companies to grow faster and compete globally with a target of €5 billion.
The European Commission has adopted a new charter aimed at making it faster and easier for companies to use Europe’s world-class research and innovation facilities.
The European Commission has published practical guidance to help manufacturers, developers, and businesses of all sizes meet their obligations under the Cyber Resilience Act.
The EU Commission adopted Friday revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and a voluntary reporting standard for smaller companies.
With less than two months before the first provisions of the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) start to apply, Europe’s retail and wholesale sector is raising urgent concerns about gaps in guidance and the practical feasibility of implementation.
The EU Commission has published a new Recommendation on business transfers, to facilitate the transfer of ownership of small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
