There will be a big boost for small companies when the €2.3 billion Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME), voted through the European Parliament this week, gets off the ground in January 2014. The programme is intended to create more favourable conditions for start-ups and entrepreneurship, at the same time as providing access to bank loans, venture capital and other forms of finance for SMEs.
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