In the non-financial business economy in 2006, of all EU-27 enterprises, 99.8% was represented by SMEs, employing two thirds of the workforce (67.4 %) and generating 57.7% of total value added. Of all the total sectoral value added in the EU-27′s real estate, recycling and construction activities, SMEs generated 80%, while large enterprises accounted for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Small Business’
The Impact of International Competition On Small Businesses: SBA
A study was conducted by Impact of International Competition on Small-Firm Exit in U.S. Manufacturing in American University for SBA. The econometric study used the Statistics of US Businesses (SUSB) data to know the impact of the trade on small manufacturers. There will be an increase over the concern of impact on small US manufacturers [...]
International Comparison of Small Business Employment: CEPR
A recent report was released by the Center for Economic and Policy Research “An International Comparison of Small Business Employment” in 2009 -08. Key Findings When compared with United States, Luxembourg has a lower share of 6.1 percent whereas US has 7.2 percent. Other than mentioned below, 14 other rich countries are having higher proportions [...]
eWin Marketing Successfully Adds New Clients Across 6 Countries
Released by: eWin Marketing eWin Marketing successfully added new clients across 6 different countries by providing professional, result-oriented, and value based services. The affordable and timely solutions provided by eWin have been instrumental in expanding its client base across US, UK, Ireland, Canada, Indonesia and Barbados. eWin Marketing is a specialist SEO (Search Engine Optimization) [...]
The FSB-ICM :‘Voice of Small Business’ Annual Survey
As per the FSB-ICM ‘Voice of Small Business’ Annual Survey which is the most extensive research of the small business sector during recession: About 48 percent of businesses are expecting to expand their client base in the up coming year. About 53 percent of small business firms have introduced new or improved products and services [...]
Small Businesses Prefer Online Hiring
Online talent marketplace released a new survey results on small business hiring practices. The survey included 500 participant customers across U.S. and included Elance’s small to medium-sized business customers. The survey’s key results 64% people prefer online hiring 87% people expressed opinion it to be profitable and competitive Survey findings: Online hiring to outdo offline [...]
Small Business Lending Figures Declined Compared to June 2009
As per the banking trade association’s statistics, there is an increase in new loans to small firms by £75 million between May and June of 2010. But year-on-year, there is decrease in term lending by £269 million compared to June 2009, during which the economy was still in recession. There is also a decrease in [...]
UK Business Confidence in Q3 2010 :ICAEW
According to the latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor (BCM), the confidence levels of the small businesses has fallen back in the third quarter of 2010. The data also showed that the recovery in UK is there, but there is more likelihood of drop in the second half of the year. The Confidence Index [...]
Know about Eligiblity of Health Insurance Tax Credits of Small Businesses
Small businesses are the backbone of the economy of US. Throughout the country, there are about 4.8 million businesses which employ just 25 or less than 25 workers. In the year 2010, the health insurance premiums of the employee’s will be paid by the small business owners. As per the study of Families USA and [...]
Many Small and Medium Sized Business Owners are Ignorant about Cyberthefts
According to the latest Internet security survey from Panda Security, cyber thieves are targeting small and midsized businesses. The small and midsized businesses are making efforts for protecting consumer data, but they are failing to protect from cyber thieves. Small and mid sized businesses in America are considered to be lifeblood of United states. It [...]