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The proposed reform aims to thoroughly modernise the existing tools and instruments on public tendering. Access to public procurement for SMEs will be increased and made easier by cutting administrative burden. There will also be strong incentives to divide tenders into lots and limit the financial capacity requirements for tenders.

South West companies are being given assistance to access over €52 Billion worth of EU funding for research and development thanks to the Enterprise Europe Network.

Doing business in more than one Member State often means dealing with multiple VAT obligations which can be very burdensome and costly for companies. The proposal adopted today is a first step towards a One Stop Shop for all electronically delivered services that will benefit businesses as from 1st January 2015.

Enterprise Europe Network invites SME’s, researchers and entrepreneurs to an international event to find new R&D partners. The Successful R&D in Europe - European Networking Event will offer attendees the opportunity to make new contacts and form new partnerships for European funding proposals.

Companies attending this year Ecobuild event can meet potential new business partners thanks to a free event being organised by the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN). Ecobuild is the event for sustainable construction and the EEN matchmaking event will provide companies the chance to partake in pre-arranged one-to-one meetings with potential partners.

The European Commission has today presented a package of measures to boost research, innovation and competitiveness in Europe. Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn has announced Horizon 2020, an €80 billion¹ programme for investment in research and innovation.

Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn has presented the Horizon 2020 porgramme today, an €80 billion programme for investment in research and innovation 2014 - 2020.

The Enterprise Europe Network has been in contact with more than two million SMEs each year. More than half of the SMEs which used the services of the Enterprise Europe Network confirmed that they had accessed new markets or developed new products.

South West companies can benefit from the announcement of €7 of EU funding for research and development (R&D) projects via the Framework Programme Seven (FP7) scheme. 

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, EU Research, Innovation and Science Commissioner, today announced the new name for an intergrated suite of European R&D funding schemes will be "Horizon 2020".

Representatives from 40 of the South West leading Environment and Renewable Energy companies were presented with a wealth of information on over €300 million of European funding at an event in Exeter on the 14th June.

South West organisations were able to hear about the availability of almost of €1b worth of EU R&D funding for collaborative research and development in the NMP (Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies) and Security thematic areas at a Framework Programme 7 (FP7) Information Day organised by Enterprise Europe Network South West.

A new scheme will offer funding to small companies to enable them to research and develop new products, processes and services that could stimulate economic growth.
 

Framework Programme Seven (FP7) is the European Commission’s route to collaborative R&D funding. Preparing a proposal takes time and organisations are urged to start to engage with the Enterprise Europe Network now in order to be gain advanced notice of the likely call contents, when there are released later this year.

On 10th February, over 50 delegates were able to hear about the availability of over €785 million of EU funding for collaborative research and development in the ICT sector at a Framework Programme 7 (FP7) Information Day organised by the Enterprise Europe Network South West.

More than half of EU27 enterprises are innovative.
One in nine innovative enterprises cooperate with European partners.