Enterprise & Industry Magazine | Number 20 (2014)

Summary:

This issue of Enterprise & Industry Magazine explains how to access financing from the EU and underscores some success stories. It emphasises the simplification of legislation carried out by the European Commission to make it easier for companies to do business across Europe. European Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly explains in an interview where people can direct their complaints and queries about EU issues.

As well as covering business opportunities generated by the space data of Copernicus and the strategy to support both the car- and accessible tourism industry, this edition also explores how ecodesign can benefit the economy as well as the environment. It also takes a look at the Green Action Plan for SMEs, which could be lucrative for enterprises.

Table of Contents:

• SMEs and Entrepreneurship
  • Navigating the EU funding forest
  • Director General for Enteprise & Industry talks finance
  • COSME: Ready to aid 330,000 SMEs
  • SMEs taste success thanks to EU funding
• Sustainable Industry and Innovation
  • Green Action Plan for SMEs
  • Ecodesign and energy efficiency
• Industrial competitiveness
  • Chemical substance gets REACH clearance
• Sustainable industry and innovation
  • Copernicus satellite data: Down to Earth business opportunities
• Industrial competitiveness
  • Steering the automotive industry on the right road
  • Accessible tourism: 'The new frontier of the sector'
• SMEs and Entrepreneurship
  • Interview with European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly
• Industrial competitiveness
  • Simplifying legislation