The European Parliament has given its backing to new laws to boost the competitiveness of EU so-called small ‘mid-cap’ (SMC) enterprises as they grow beyond SME status with targeted measures.
Ahead of the Alden Biesen summit where EU leaders will gather to discuss the EU’s competitiveness, EuroCommerce, representing Europe’s retail and wholesale sector, urges the European Commission to place the Single Market, effective enforcement and regulatory simplification at the heart of its competitiveness agenda.
“If the EU is serious about sovereignty, security, and prosperity, ‘Think Small First’ must guide every political choice”, stressed Davide Galli, SMEunited President, ahead of the informal EU leaders’ retreat on competitiveness on 12 February.
hub.brussels, the Brussels Agency for Entrepreneurship, are looking to recruit a Financial Advisor, EU Programmes.
52.7% of EU enterprises used paid cloud computing services (i.e. online services used to access software, computing power, storage capacity, etc.) in 2025, marking a 7.4 percentage point (pp) increase compared with 2023.
The European Union (EU) has long recognised the critical role startups and scaleup businesses play in driving economic growth, creating jobs, and fostering innovation across its member states.
The conclusion of interinstitutional negotiations on the first Omnibus package today, marks a major setback for the EU’s corporate sustainability framework, with a decision to weaken the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).
