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  • European Commission's SME Envoy on Facebook
    08 May 2012
    Have you met Mr SME? The European Commission's SME Envoy, Mr Daniel Calleja Crespo, is now on Facebook.The SME Envoy page on Facebook has just been launched. Mr. SME, Mr Daniel Calleja Crespo, listens to small businesses and promotes their interests in the European Commission. You can follow him on his Facebook page and find more information on his Europa page.
  • The Enterprise Europe Network helps companies discover the beauty of research
    19 April 2012
    Researchers at the University of Navarra in Spain have pioneered a technology to put food proteins into capsule format. Thanks to the Network, they are now working with Korres, Greece's best-known natural beauty brand, to apply this technology to skincare products. “As a university we have limited ability to promote our research, so we are grateful to the Network,” says Dr. Juan Manuel Irache, the University of Navarra professor leading the research team.
  • The Network has a hundred stories to tell
    29 March 2012
    We celebrate our 100th milestone with Maquinaria Moderna, a small Spanish wine machinery company that has teamed up with with German researchers in an EU-funded project to prevent contamination in wine corks.
  • Albania joins the Network
    26 March 2012
    Expanding abroad is one area where the Network helps small businesses. New opportunities are now possible in Albania where four contact points have been established. The Network is now active in 51 countries worldwide.
  • Green books for St Patrick's day
    15 March 2012
    Find out how the Network helped an Irish writer and book publisher bring her eco-firendly children's titles to the German audience."The Network's Cork branch was very efficient and the staff were positive and encouraging," says Olive O'Brien who runs Silver Angel Publishing and is about to start publishing its stories about polar bears going green in German. Read the Success Story
  • Opportunities multiply for economist
    07 March 2012
    On International Women's Day find out how the Network helped Irish entrepreneur Susan Hayes to expand her financial consultancy firm into Malta."The Enterprise Europe Network has opened new doors for my business, it shows you how every connection can lead to several others," says Hayes Read more
  • London dream comes true for designer
    13 February 2012
    Discover how the Network helped a young German designer with her dream of working abroad
  • The Network to play a role in Commission's e-commerce proposal
    13 February 2012
    The European Commission has presented its plans to double the share of e-commerce in retail sales by 2015 through 16 targeted initatives.
  • Linking up to save lives
    01 December 2011
    The Enterprise Europe Network helps companies source EU funding and project partners for lifesaving research. Swedish firm Biovica and British company Sentinel Oncology linked up through the Network to develop a potential treatment for a rare blood cancer, acute myleloid leukaemia. The partnership has received more than €500,000 in funding from the EU’s Eurostars programme.
  • €2.5 billion to boost business competitiveness and SMEs
    30 November 2011
    Promote access to finance and encouraging an entrepreneurial culture, including the creation of new enterprises are the core issues of the new financial support programme, tabled by the European Commission. Growth-oriented business support services will be provided via the Enterprise Europe Network to facilitate business expansion in the Single Market. This programme will also provide SME business support outside the EU.