News and information about the European Union’s policies for small and medium-sized businesses.
SBS, SMEunited and EBC raise concerns that the new proposal for a Standardisation Regulation risks reducing the role of SMEs in standardisation to supporting EU legislation, overlooking the strategic value of standards for SME competitiveness and growth.
Total B2C European e-commerce turnover continued its steady growth and increased by 7 per cent in 2025, rising from €842 billion to €911 billion.
“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.
Dividing public procurement into lots is a key demand of European SMEs. According to the proposal, Member States may provide that public buyers shall divide contracts into lots.
The European Commission has adopted a proposal to modernise and simplify the EU’s public procurement framework to support effective investments in public services and infrastructure.
Bankruptcies of businesses in the EU increased by 5.7% in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the first quarter, while registrations decreased by 0.5%.
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.
