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The Annual Report on European SMEs was published today

EU SME recovery continues but at different speeds.

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Entrepreneurship and SMEs

date:  24/11/2016

See alsoSME Performance Review

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According to the report published today by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, 2015 was a good year for the EU´s 23 million SMEs in almost all EU countries.

In 2015, SME value added increased in all but 2 EU countries, and SMEs employment increased in 27 of the 28 EU countries. The magnitude of the actual growth in value added and employment varied across EU countries.

The report was presented to the media at a press conference held during the SME Assembly 2016 in Bratislava, Slovakia.