Taxonomy is one of these obscure words the EU coins and makes everybody wonder what it means. It is part of the EU's Green Deal strategy, aiming at reducing the EU's greenhouse gas emissions by 55% compared to 1990 in 2030. This has the potential to impact quite a lot on economic activities, and SMEs need to be informed and prepared in order to face the consequences of such an instrument.

To do so, join our SME crisis webinar 'EU taxonomy explained for SME' on June 21st at 10:00

In doing so, it has put in place a series of very appropriate measures. One of the most successful is the SME Fund, a grant scheme designed to help EU SMEs' intellectual property rights. It offers financial support to SMEs established in the European Union. The application can be filed by an owner, an employee or an authorised representative of an EU SME acting on its behalf. Grants are always transferred directly to SMEs.

Join our webinar with experts from EUIPO and protect your assets, something even more important during crises like COVID-19 and the rise of energy prices.

The recent international crisis had a major impact on small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe, pushing them out of some foreign markets they relied on for their businesses. Others were cut from trusted providers.

Was your company impacted in such a way? Join our webinar to learn how the free trade agreements the European Union has with different third countries can provide the opportunity to make up for it.

The experts from our Danish member the Danish Export Association will explain the key elements of these treaties that can be of help to SMEs. You will also be able to ask for some practical guidance on how and where to start expanding your business activities in these third countries

The combination of high inflation, the international crisis in Ukraine and an already unstable market are driving energy prices extremely high, to the point where, without support, many small and medium-sized businesses in Europe are at risk of significant losses if not outright bankruptcy.

Governments across the EU are taking different measures to support impacted companies, but their efforts are often too limited to make a real difference, and more is undoubtedly needed. On the other hand, what can SMEs do to absorb this economic shock?

Three possible steps can make a real difference:

1. 1. Save energy by consuming less. This solution often entails reorganising energy consumption across the company, but it can deliver tremendous results.
2. 2. Reorganise the production line or postpone some actions for the near future (hoping that prices will decrease in a few months). A more long-term approach can deliver significant savings once the energy market becomes more approachable.
3. 3. Buy cheaper energy from new providers or buy all your energy in bulk from the same provider in exchange for a better price. While in a crisis, the market is still wide open, so there might be opportunities for saving costs by changing the way energy is purchased.

These might sound like an efficient solution, but how do you apply them in practice? Learn this from our expert on Thursday, April 28th at 17.00

European and British SMEs are still struggling to understand the new import-export rules and customs procedures following the Brexit deal; the custom services themselves sometimes seem to be not sure about how to best advise companies, trade relations and transports suffer. Can this be improved? How can things go smoother? What are the corrections we need?

Our event offered now to sort out some of these questions, with the help of  High-Level EU representatives, and technical experts.