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- 10 July ESBA on EP 2009 Election Results
- 30 April 2009 ESBA on Working Time Directive
- 20 April 2009 ESBA Election Quiz
- 9 April 2009 ESBA on Late Payments
- 9 February 2009 ESBA on Icelandic Issue
- 19 January 2009 ESBA on VAT Rates
- 17 December 2008 ESBA on working time Directive
- 04/11 2008 ESBA on Reduced VAT Rates
- 08/09 2008 ESBA in First Voice, UK
- 26 June 2008, SMES react positively to SBA
- 29 May 2008 - ISBC and ISBE supported by the FSB (Belfast, November 08)
- 19 Nov. 2007 - Rome I: Time for the EP to demonstrate its commitment to Better Regulation
- 01 Oct. 2007 - ESBA Backs Member's Campaign to Reduce Admin Burdens
- 29 June 2007 - ESBA welcomes the flexible approach to ‘Flexicurity’
- 24 May 2007 - Lower roaming charges are good news for SMEs, says ESBA
- 16 May 2007 - ESBA applauds MEPs for backing a Green Hydrogen Economy
- 12 March 2007 - Simplicity is key for SMEs in New Health and Safety Strategy
- 23 Feb. 2007 - Energy: ESBA supports binding targets for renewables
- 16 Feb. 2007 - New consumer rules will damage online business, says ESBA
- 13 Dec. 2006 - REACH vote in plenary – mixed result for SMEs
- 07 Dec. 2006 - ESBA welcomes MEP's call to withdraw ESCS Plan
- 06 Nov. 2006 - ESBA backs retaining the WTD opt-out clause
- 23 Oct. 2006 - ESBA Releases its new ‘ESBA Activities 2006-2007’ Publication
- 10 Oct. 2006 - ESBA says SMEs disappointed with EP vote on REACH
- 21 Sept. 2006 - ESBA case studies oppose the proposal on ESCS
- 07 Sept. 2006 - More Commission Staff should get Experience in SMEs!
- 30 Aug. 2006 - ESBA opposes the Commission's proposal on ESCS
- 24 July 2006 - ESBA supports a European SBAct
- 06 July 2006 - Retention of Earnings best way to finance SMEs
- 14 June 2006 - CIP is not enough!!
- 04 May 2006 - ESBA Elects its New President
- 14 Feb. 2006 - Services Directive: A good Compromise
Test your knowledge of small businesses, ESBA tells MEP candidates
The European Business group ESBA is calling on voters to test MEP candidates’ knowledge of small business issues in the run-up to the elections.
Launching its campaign for the 2009 European elections, ESBA (European Small Business Alliance) is putting its ‘Who Wants to be a Member of European Parliament’ Quiz on its website and encourages voters to use it.
Available in all the EU languages, the Quiz tests the knowledge of potential Members of the European Parliament on a range of small business issues, ranging from how many small firms there are in Europe, to some of the largest barriers faced by small firms throughout Europe.
There are more than 23 million small and medium-sized businesses in the EU and they represent 99.8 per cent of all enterprises in Europe, forming the backbone of the economy. ESBA’s focus on raising awareness about the importance of small business and the key issues faced by the sector is a call to policy makers to ‘Think Small First’ in all EU legislation and programmes.
Tina Sommer, ESBA President, said:
“Small firms are at the very heart of the European economy and must be put at the heart of legislation and all EU programmes and planning – particularly as we focus on getting out of the recession as quickly as possible.
“The ESBA quiz is a fun way of raising awareness of the importance of small business and some of the key issues small and medium-sized companies face. We urge all small businesses and other voters to use the quiz to really test their MEP candidates. We want to make sure that the people we are voting for are knowledgeable about small businesses and will be fit to represent them. Only well-informed policy-makers will be equipped to take decisions in the name of small firms which will set the EU on track towards a prosperous European economy.”
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