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New quality standards for SMEs to increase export potential

A new form of cooperation is emerging between small businesses in Israel, Lebanon, Syria, the Palestinian Authority, and other Mediterranean basin countries. The new initiative, scheduled to begin in 2005, is designed to help small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in...

#management#small business#small businesses

Commercial banks and private sector suggested amendments to the...

A joint meeting between commercial bankers and top representatives of the private sector has suggested wide-ranging amendments to the draft…


Private sector banks now willing to take risk on...

The small- and medium-size enterprise (SME) sector has been regarded as typically `high risk and high delinquency' in banking circles.…


IFC assists Commercial International Bank to develop finance facilities...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has signed an advisory services mandate to assist Egypt’s leading private financial institution, Commercial International…

#bank#financial institution#financial services


Economy fear grips SMEs

Twice-yearly research by the Small Business Research Trust and Natwest bank shows that red tape is no longer small firms'…

#bank#international#International Trade


Italian Industry Ministry to launch fund for SMEs investing...

"Promoting industrial districts on foreign markets is a way to internationalise and give new momentum to the Italian economy," said…


Credit unions – a real financing option for SMEs

While the demand from small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for credit is increasing, companies are obtaining funds from the credit…


Government loans to SMEs hit P11.8 billion

The government has announced that it has already released P11.8 billion worth of loans to the country's micro-, small- and…

#bank#guarantee#small business


Bank lending to SMEs up 17.8% in 2002

Second Finance Minister Datuk Dr Jamaludin Jarjis said bank lending to small- and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) increased by 17.8% last…

#bank#investment#risks


Business school throws light on SMEs in China

A new DVD teaching tool, produced by the University of Otago’s School of Business in New Zealand, casts new light…


Government study says SMEs must get act together on...

Hungary is mostly ready for membership of the European Union (EU) in May next year, but government bureaucracy and a…

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Irish SMEs feeling the strain

Figures from the Irish Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Association (ISME) show that more than half of managers are less optimistic…

Cashflow is the bugbear for growing SMEs

One of the most significant challenges for small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) is the two-fold problem of access to investment…

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