Only grants exceeding 200.000 Euros subject to prior EU approval 22. September 2006 by Thomas Jannot The European Commission has presented a revised draft of the new De-minimis-regulations. These rules determine up to which limit grants may be given without prior approval by the EU. So far this limit has been 100.000 Euros over a period of three years. Higher grants are subject to prior permission in order to prevent distortion …
ADVERT: Oracle support German Internet Award 22. September 2006 by Thomas Jannot By awarding the German Internet Award the Confederation of information management, telecommunications and new media (BITKOM) honours small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) for their innovative use of internet applications. This award campaign is carried out under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of economic affairs and technology (BMWi). One of the sponsors is Oracle Germany.
Systems IT exhibition addresses open source and SMEs 19. September 2006 by Thomas Jannot This year the Systems fair will take place from October 23rd till 27th in Munich. This time the focal point will be among other things on open source and solutions for small and medium-sized entities (SMEs). “Open source issues had already been touched in the last two editions of the fair and we noticed that …
Internet portal to support company founders 16. September 2006 by Thomas Jannot Germans and Dutch wishing to set up on their own in each other´s country will find answers to their most important questions on an internet portal which was recently launched by chambers of commerce of both countries. The website which is available in Dutch and in German provides information on important contacts, necessary registrations, legal …
German economy forecast to be strong 16. September 2006 by Thomas Jannot According to the IWF the German economy is doing very well. It is forecast to grow by two percent in 2006, whereas the global figure will be 5.1 percent. In the spring of this year the IWF experts expected just 1.3 percent of growth for Germany. Thus, following the latest forecast Germany is now the …
To be popular is good, to be trusted even better for SMEs 16. September 2006 by Thomas Jannot More and more companies realize that for a company to be successful not only being popular due to image cultivation is important, but also a good reputation, i.e. to be trusted by clients and the social environment. The same view is taken by the authors of a recent report published in the English Media Guardian …
Staff management check and free-of charge ebook for SMEs 15. September 2006 by Thomas Jannot Visiting http://www.check-personalwirtschaft.de/ entrepreneurs and staff managers may have the quality of their companies´s staff management checked. The result of this check is based on a comparison with several hundred companies which -according to the MA&T Organisationsentwicklung GmbH – have already undergone the check. After the check participants have the possibility to download an ebook called …
Which are the most innovative SMEs? 13. September 2006 by Thomas Jannot Who is most innovative? To find out just this is the mission of the renowned “Top 100 – The 100 most innovative small and medium-sized companies” project. The annual event dedicated to innovation management will once more start in September. Those SMEs which make it into the first hundred will be awarded the “Top 100” …
TTC data base now also comprises all German speaking countries 13. September 2006 by Thomas Jannot The “infodienst-ausschreibungen” online portal have extended their TTC (tender to contract) data base by data relating to the Austrian and Swiss markets thereby allegedly becoming the biggest service provider of its kind in Europe. The portal was launched one year ago and due to this latest extension its data base currently contains TTC information from …
Internet radio opens up new opportunities to SMEs 13. September 2006 by Thomas Jannot According to the BITKOM Confederation for information management, telecommunications and new media in Europe there are 20.4 million people listening to the radio over the internet (15.1 million last year). Thus, this market will grow by more than one third in the current year alone. These figures are based on the findings of a recent …