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Presentation of EU SME Barometer – Spring 2026 SMEunited is the association of Crafts and SMEs in Europe with around 70 member organisations from over 30 European countries. SMEunited represents national cross-sectoral Craft and SME federations, E...

📢 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

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Horizon Europe (HORIZON): Green Transition Food Processing Africa - SIANI Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes: food processing facilities in Africa which target underutilized crops to deliver safe and healthy…

#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.

buff.ly/ugb9OfS

#HorizonEurope

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Awareness and Expectations Among SMEs Regarding the Revised Subcontracting Act: A Comprehensive Study A recent survey reveals that 85.9% of SMEs are not familiar with the Revised Subcontracting Act. Expectations for improvements in transaction environments remain cautious.

Awareness and Expectations Among SMEs Regarding the Revised Subcontracting Act: A Comprehensive Study #Japan #Tokyo #SMEs #Freeway_Japan #Subcontracting_Act

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📢 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

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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.

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Predicting Flight Risks: How Artificial Intelligence is Helping SMBs to Combat High Turnover Rates

Staff turnover can be an extremely costly occurrence for SMBs, but could artificial intelligence be the perfect solution for countering retention shortfalls?  #smes

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#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...

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Why resellers can no longer ignore cybersecurity for SMEs SMEs now look to their MSP not just to keep systems running, but to help manage cyber risk.

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

Origin | Interest | Match

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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.

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Seeking Ireland’s Best Managed Companies | ThinkBusiness Deloitte opens entries for the 2026 Best Managed Companies Awards, inviting ambitious Irish firms to join a leading network of high‑performing businesses.

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

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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

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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

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Tokyo's Strategic Innovation Initiatives: Supporting Emerging Projects for the Future Tokyo has announced its 2023 Strategic Innovation Program, supporting 15 projects aimed at addressing urban challenges and boosting market growth.

Tokyo's Strategic Innovation Initiatives: Supporting Emerging Projects for the Future #Japan #Tokyo #SMEs #Tokyo_Innovation #Strategic_Projects

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NetworldEurope SME Working Group Meeting | March 6th, 2026
NetworldEurope SME Working Group Meeting | March 6th, 2026 YouTube video by NetworldEurope SME WG

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

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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.

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Weak competitiveness, growing uncertainty and AI deployment are major challenges for SMEs “Weak competitiveness is a major challenge negatively affecting SMEs. The EU’s declining industrial productivity has an impact also on smaller businesses. Furthermore, rising energy prices and the fea...

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

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Korea Government Pushes Back on KBIZ Term Limit Change Amid Power Concerns - KoreaTechDesk | Korean Startup and Technology News South Korea’s SME ministry warns a KBIZ leadership bill could concentrate power, signaling governance risks in one of the country’s key SME policy institutions.

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

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Supporting enterprise support practitioners this morning on the quality and standards of their practice with #SMEs. Assessment using SFEDI standards. #SFEDIAwards #TheIOEE

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SME priorities on the revision of the EU standardisation framework “The Standardisation Regulation is still fit for purpose and efficient. Revising the framework should focus on strengthening it, not reinventing it”,  said Sophia Zakari, Director for Enterprise Polic...

“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...

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Balancing gender equality objectives with the realities of women-led SMEs Brussels, 06/03/2026 – “Empowering more women to become entrepreneurs is a matter of equality as well as a strategic investment in Europe’s prosperity. To make it a reality, women count on equal acces...

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 The Lumission project aims to systematize essential decision-making information for SME managers by categorizing it into 13 management fields.

Lumission Launches Project to Systematize Information for SME Managers #Japan #SMEs #Minato #Lumission #management_project

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Malaysia Unveils RM3 Billion DEWI Fund to Boost Women-Led SMEs PUTRAJAYA — Malaysia has introduced a RM3 billion funding initiative aimed at strengthening women-led businesses and expanding opportunities within the country’s micro, small and medium enterprise (SME) sector. The programme, known as the Women Entrepreneurs Economic Fund (DEWI), was announced by Steven Sim Chee Keong of the Kementerian Pembangunan Usahawan dan Koperasi. The initiative was …

Malaysia Unveils RM3 Billion DEWI Fund to Boost Women-Led SMEs #WomenEmpowerment #SMEs #Malaysia #Entrepreneurship #WomenInBusiness

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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

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Fewer small businesses even less growth - but don’t tell the government #business #SMEs #growth

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Competitiveness first to deliver quality jobs in the AI era “Productivity and job quality are not trade-offs. For SMEs, they reinforce each other when the right framework conditions are in place. As artificial intelligence reshapes the world of work, we must e...

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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Novel Energy Efficiency Pilots May Help EU Towards Global Energy Savings Goal The European Investment Bank (EIB) is ready to get underway with a new, and some would say highy novel approach to ramping up energy efficiency via two special pilots that mark a departure from past p...

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...

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🚀 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

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Grants for growing SMEs | ThinkBusiness Discover key Irish SME grants for digital transformation, AI adoption, and export expansion, including LEO and Enterprise Ireland supports and eligibility criteria.

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...

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AI Omnibus must fix the timeliness of compliance tools Trustworthy AI and a well-functioning internal market are shared priorities. To achieve these objectives, implementation must follow a clear logic: guidance first, the application of the obligations s...

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...

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Ireland-Pakistan trade ties surge to $500m | ThinkBusiness Trade between Ireland and Pakistan has surged to $500m. Angela Canavan discusses the opportunities, networks and business potential driving this fast‑growing partnership.

🚢 Ireland–Pakistan Trade Surges Toward €500m as New Opportunities Emerge

👉 Read more: www.thinkbusiness.ie/articles/ire...

#irish #pakistan #business #exports #trade #SMEs

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