“We welcome to reboot the current EU VAT system to make it simpler and more business-friendly”, stated the President of European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME and of Bundesverband Mittelständische Wirtschaft (BVMW), Mario Ohoven, at the 2nd #MittelstandTalks in Brussels on 25th May at Residence Palace International Press Centre.
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European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME and the German association of small and medium enterprises BVMW organised in the form of a lunch debate the first of its #MittelstandTalks on the 4th April 2016 at the International Press Centre in Brussels. The event took the format of a round table with a keynote speaker followed by further interventions and an interactive Q&A session.
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German small and medium-sized enterprises are calling for changes to the planned free trade agreement between the European Union and the USA (known as TTIP). A significant majority of companies surveyed currently expects the deal will have a negative impact on the German economy. This is revealed in a members survey carried out by the research institute, Prognos, on behalf of the BVMW (German Association of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses) and the Schöpflin Foundation.
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On March 1st 2016, at the European Parliament, Municipalities, the Commission, SMEs and researchers discuss the best ways to face the great task of integrating the refugees into European societies.
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European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME is now stronger having been joined by EVEA, the SME association from Estonia.
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The first meeting for MobiliseSME, a new project exploring the opportunities for cross border activities of Small and Medium Enterprises through exchange of employees, took place on 27-28th January 2016 at European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME Headquarters in Brussels.
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Good news from the European Commission for those small and medium sized companies that always are at odds with the “red tape” in public procurement, national and EU-wide: at least the European Commission will reduce the often huge amount of certificates, documentation, signatures, copies and statements that are necessary to make a bid in an EU-wide tender, also if you don’t have a legal department doing only this job.
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The project partners of the ERASMUS+ Project “European Dual System”, short EU-DualS, have met for the first time in Brussels on 1-2 Oct. 2015, and defined the way for a successful implementation of the project.
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A high level delegation of DG GROW welcomed on Oct. 22nd 2015 a delegation of European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME, for an exchange of views SME interests.
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The Head of Unit B5 “Broadband” of DG CONNECT, Ms. Anna Krzyzanowska, invited European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME to know our point of view on broadband development in the EU after 2020.
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