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The website for the Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry offers up-to-date coverage of EU enterprise policies, specific pages covering 25 industry sectors as well as news, speeches, electronic publications and essential information on events, EU business statistics and benchmarking.

To access this site, please click here

The Bath & Bristol Enterprise Network (BEN) has more than 2000 members from the local technology business community.  It helps technology entrepreneurs and their businesses in the Bristol and Bath region by running events that connect, inform and inspire.

For further information and details of upcoming events, click here

EUROPA is the portal site of the European Union. It provides up-to-date coverage of European Union affairs and essential information on European integration. Users can also consult all legislation currently in force or under discussion, access the websites of each of the EU institutions and find out about the policies administered by the European Union under the powers devolved to it by the Treaties.

For further information, click here

SOLVIT is an on-line problem solving network in which EU Member States work together to solve without legal proceedings problems caused by the misapplication of Internal Market law by public authorities. There is a SOLVIT centre in every European Union Member State. SOLVIT Centres can help with handling complaints from both citizens and businesses. They are committed to providing real solutions to problems within ten weeks. Using SOLVIT is free of charge.

To access the SOLVIT website, please click here

General information about EU matters in any of the official EU languages

• An answer to your questions on any European Union policy
• Practical information on dozens of subjects: for example, how to get your qualifications recognised or how to complain about unsafe products
• Contact details of relevant organisations you may need to deal with
• Advice to help you overcome practical problems with exercising your rights in Europe

Europe Direct

In the UK:

Europe Direct Plymouth

RAPID is a database giving a daily view of the activities of the EU as presented by the institutions in their press releases.

To view this database, please click here

'Your Voice in Europe' is the European Commission's 'single access point' to a wide variety of consultations, discussions and other tools which enable you to play an active role in the European policy-making process.
For further information, please click here

The South West UK Brussels Office was established in April 2001, with the aim of providing a unified voice for of the South West in Europe.

The Regional Language Network works with businesses, educational institutions and communitites. They can provide free information and practical advice or can visit your workplace to discuss cost-effective ideas for your business.

For further information, please see www.rlnsw.com

UWE has a pool of over 2,000 motivated and talented young people from more than 50 countries worldwide
UK businesses can gain certain economic benefits from the assets offered by these international students
According to the National Centre for Languages (CILT) survey, 2008, ‘Businesses that employ people with language skills can achieve up to 44% more export sales than those who don’t’