Latest posts tagged with #SMES on Bluesky
📢 How are #SMEs in Europe evolving?
📊 Join us tomorrow for the presentation of the EU #SMEBarometer – Spring 2026, with key insights from our Policy Director Gerhard Huemer.
📅 17 March | 15:00
💻 Online
👉 Register here: www.smeunited.eu/events/prese...
@gerhardhuemer.bsky.social
#FundingOpportunity ⎮
@ec.europa.eu is launching funding to promote start-ups & innovative #SMEs in the #food sector. This initiative will support mentoring and accelerate business concepts for both African & European food #entrepreneurs.
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#HorizonEurope
Awareness and Expectations Among SMEs Regarding the Revised Subcontracting Act: A Comprehensive Study #Japan #Tokyo #SMEs #Freeway_Japan #Subcontracting_Act
📢 Our weekly #SME recap:
✅ Weak #competitiveness & #AI challenges
✅ Digital Product Passport workshop
✅ Pay Transparency Directive – SMEunited guidance
✅ Circular Economy Act priorities
✅ Digital Fitness Check
✅ EU SME Barometer
➡️ More: mailchi.mp/smeunited/ne...
#DPP #MEDPOL #SMEs
Board of Directors today discussed key SME demands:
✅ #Simplification – #SMEs require clear, stable rules
✅ Energy costs – Complete the Energy Union & support SME investment in #EnergyEfficiency.
✅ #SingleMarket – #28thRegime should ease cross-border trade, while local SMEs keep their freedom.
Staff turnover can be an extremely costly occurrence for SMBs, but could artificial intelligence be the perfect solution for countering retention shortfalls? #smes
#SMEs must be digitally fit to stay competitive.
SMEunited’s DigiFitness position paper highlights the importance of digital #skills, access to digital tools and #SME-friendly frameworks for SMEs to fully engage in the #DigitalTransition.
▶️Read the PP: www.smeunited.eu/admin/storag...
Why resellers can no longer ignore cybersecurity for SMEs Studies show that around 80% of SMEs have experienced a cyber incident , yet many still lack dedicated security expertise or in-house capab...
#Industry #Trends #& #Insights #SMEs
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📢 SMEunited welcomes the Citizens #EnergyPackage and #CleanEnergy Investment Strategy to:
✅ Boost SME-citizen collaboration in clean energy
✅ Reduce taxes & levies on electricity
✅ Implement EU energy rules
✅ Support #SME energy efficiency financing
Keep up the focus on citizens and #SMEs.
Deloitte has opened applications for its 2026 Best Managed Companies Awards, calling on ambitious indigenous businesses across Ireland and Northern Ireland to take part
Read more: www.thinkbusiness.ie/articles/del...
#irish #business #scalingbusiness #governance #SMEs
Ahead of next week’s Committee votes on the #AIOmnibus, 1 point is 🗝️: real #simplification requires deadlines linked to the availability of #standards & guidelines, giving #SMEs time to implement. SMEunited supports the EC's realistic approach to ensure legal certainty.
@kimvsparrentak.bsky.social
Outsourcing isn’t just a cost-saving measure—it’s a growth strategy for SMEs. Gain access to specialised skills, scale effectively, and free leadership to focus on growth.
Learn why outsourcing is essential for your business in our practical guide.
Link below in comments.
#SMEs #Outsourcing
Tokyo's Strategic Innovation Initiatives: Supporting Emerging Projects for the Future #Japan #Tokyo #SMEs #Tokyo_Innovation #Strategic_Projects
Highlights from the March NetworldEurope SME Working Group meeting
The session tackled updates on ongoing activities, brochure dissemination, SNS 2026 opportunities, a workshop on #Standards & #3GPP for #SMEs, ecosystem news & next steps.
🎥 Watch the recording:
youtu.be/bC8zAPTQje
NRC Canada🍁
#GC is investing over $900M to boost defence innovation. 🇨🇦
We’ll advance aerospace, drone, quantum and biomedical countermeasures research, and help Canadian #SMEs develop made-in-Canada dual-use #tech to strengthen national security and defence capabilities.
Weak #competitiveness is a major challenge for #SMEs. EU productivity decline & rising energy costs reduce investment amid uncertainty - SG @veroniquewillems.bsky.social at the Microeconomic Dialogue. SMEs face #AI challenges: talent, reskilling & practical use cases.
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#MEDPOL #FutureOfWork
97% of KBIZ union respondents opposed removing leadership term limits.
Now Korea’s SME ministry is also urging caution, warning the change could increase power concentration inside one of the country’s key SME institutions. ⚡️
🔗 koreatechdesk.com/korea-kbiz-t...
#Startups #Korea #SMEs
Supporting enterprise support practitioners this morning on the quality and standards of their practice with #SMEs. Assessment using SFEDI standards. #SFEDIAwards #TheIOEE
“The #Standardisation Regulation is fit for purpose. Revision should strengthen it, not reinvent it” - @sophiazakari.bsky.social .
#SMEs need inclusive, clear, and consensus-based standards to boost #competitiveness, #innovation & #SingleMarket access.
▶️ Read more: www.smeunited.eu/news/sme-pri...
Empowering women entrepreneurs is equality & a strategic investment in Europe’s prosperity, SG @veroniquewillems.bsky.social . #SMEs require better access2finance, mentorship, networking, and work–life balance support, with #ThinkSmallFirst applied to #PayTransparency.
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Lumission Launches Project to Systematize Information for SME Managers #Japan #SMEs #Minato #Lumission #management_project
Malaysia Unveils RM3 Billion DEWI Fund to Boost Women-Led SMEs #WomenEmpowerment #SMEs #Malaysia #Entrepreneurship #WomenInBusiness
Digital transformation made simple for Mexican SMEs! 🎉
Hey Banco provides financial momentum, Ralktech delivers tailored tech implementation, & #LPI ensures operational continuity with certified #Linux & #opensource talent.
Learn more about the new initiative: lpi.org/qj6s
#SMEs
Productivity & job quality are not trade-offs - they reinforce each other for #SMEs when the right framework exists”, said @valeguerra.bsky.social at the #EUSocialForum.
✅ Legal certainty & clear rules
✅ #Skills & access to finance
✅ #AI as a driver of #competitiveness & quality jobs
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A new model could unlock #energyefficiency for Europe's #SMEs. ⚡️
In a new piece by @nicknuttall.bsky.social, the European Investment Bank & Solar Ompulse Foundation launch pilots for "Efficiency as a Service".
Read it now on @wedonthavetime.bsky.social 👇
app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/0a1e8d...
🚀 Europe’s digital future is driven by #SMEs committed to homegrown innovation. The Digital Innovators Club brings them together to connect and grow.
This month, the community expands by welcoming Cubbit, @getdigitalsamba.bsky.social and @clever.cloud.
Join the Club today👉 www.digitalsme.eu/club
Grants for growing SMEs: A new analysis by Mark Cullen explores the extensive range of grants now available – and how many established businesses still don’t realise they qualify
#irish #business #SMEs #grants #supports #digitaltransformation #exports #scaling
www.thinkbusiness.ie/articles/iri...
Guidance first, obligations second. For the #AIAct to work for #SMEs, compliance deadlines must be linked to harmonised standards and @ec.europa.eu guidance.
The #DigitalOmnibus should fix this and align timelines for SMEs and public authorities.
▶️ Read more: www.smeunited.eu/news/ai-omni...
