Network of offices to promote Lombard companies for exports

An agreement for the start of a network of regional offices to promote the process of internationalisation and development of trade in supporting the Lombard productive system was signed today in the Regional Council Offices by governor Roberto Fo

Confidence up from 90.4 to 93.5 in Q3 in Milan

Manufacturing and processing companies in Milan are more confident, but companies in the service industry are still predominantly negative, except for the IT industry, about the current market situation and the expected development of supply and d

Novaumbria promotes schemes for start-up businesses

Sviluppumbria, the chambers of Commerce in Perugia and Terni, Gepafin, Sviluppo Italia Bic Umbria Spa, provincial administrations and related business associations, headed by Novaumbria, have submitted a scheme on business development concerning t

Small business venture for Sanpaolo Imi

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Tuscany, Friuli, Emilia Romagna, Veneto, Liguria, Lombardy and Piedmont are to benefit from an inter-regional bond-issue programme set up by the Italian bank Sanpaolo Imi.

Dependence on small firm sector could be its downfall

In the opinion of Prof Gianmaria Gros Pietro, head of management economy at Turin University, a former president of state holding companies IRI and ENI, as well as current president of Societa Autostrada, the Italian economy may soon be heavily pe

A difficult year ahead for Turin's SMEs

The president of API Turin (The Association of Small and Medium Sized Companies), Sergio Rodda said: "The Turin small- and medium-sized companies (SMEs) will have to be more pessimistic than they were a few months ago with regard to the performanc