EU urged to ease SMEs’ access to finance

EurActiv reports on the high-level meeting on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that took place on 15 March 2011, in Brussels. The SME sector should be recognised as ‘the only source of potential job creation in the EU’, said Xavier Rolet, CEO of the London Stock Exchange Group, which also owns the Milan-based Borsa Italiana.

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ESO: Background information: Press Release: Europe's Small Business Act strengthens small businesses and drives growth http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-europes-small-business-act-strengthens-small-businesses-and-drives-growth/

ESO: Background information: SBA gets new focus on red tape, finance and taxes http://www.europeansources.info/record/sba-gets-new-focus-on-red-tape-finance-and-taxes/

ESO: Background information: European Charter for Small Enterprises http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-european-charter-for-small-enterprises/

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European Commission: DG Enterprise and Industry: Policies: Improving financing: SME Finance Forum, 15.3.11 http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/finance/financing-environment/sme-finance-forum/index_en.htm

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