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  • 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.
  • Giving old tyres a new life
    25 November 2011
    The Enterprise Europe Network helps companies give old products new life. Polish tyre firm Orzeł SA was sending its used stock to be burnt in cement factories. Looking for a greener and cheaper solution, it turned to its local Network branch. Matched up with Vienna-based tyre recycling experts WIL, the company is now setting up a recycling line on its premises. The resulting rubber parts will be sold by WIL throughout Europe.
  • Small Business, Big World
    11 November 2011
    European small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) should better profit from fast growing emerging markets, such as in China, India, Russia or in regions like South East Asia and Latin America. This is the key issue to overcome the crisis addressed in the European Commission communication ‘Small Business, Big World - a new partnership to help SMEs seize global opportunities’.
  • Safe food for man's best friend
    10 November 2011
    Thanks to the Enterprise Europe Network, man's best friend is in safe hands. The Network has helped one of the first food allergy tests for dogs get to market. Developed by Italian research group Nutrigene, the low-cost saliva diagnostic kits have been marketed thanks to a partnership with German company DTS.
  • Swedish and Dutch companies join forces
    10 November 2011
    Dutch company Griffid and Swedish firm Embsec have signed a cooperation agreement this week at the Residence of the Swedish ambassador in The Hague. Enterprise Europe Network member Syntens helped the companies to link up at a Network-organised meeting during INFOPOL trade fair in Belgium.
  • Network Stars Awards 2011
    10 November 2011
    Helping small businesses to shine The Enterprise Europe Network is celebrating the achievements of Europe's SMEs with its second annual Network Stars awards.
  • Finding the right connections
    27 October 2011
    The Enterprise Europe Network helps companies put the smart into smartphones. Fortumo, an Estonian SME supplying payment systems for smartphones, used the Network to team up with Portuguese firm NVIA, which provides premium SMS services in 14 countries. The match enabled Fortumo to expand its business into Latin America.