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In 10 years, Italy has lost one fifth of its enterprises led by young people. At the end of 2021, the 137,000 enterprises registered, led by people aged under 35, are -20% than 2012 and only represent 8.9% of the national productive fabric. At the end of 2012, it was [...]

Sea-based economy led the recovery in Italy. According to an analysis of the Tagliacarne Centre studies, realised for the Frosinone-Latina Chamber of Commerce, Informare and Unioncamere the produced wealth from the sea-based economy in 2021 marks a +9,3% compared to 2020, bringing to almost 56 billion euros the added value [...]

New EU rules to encourage the use of organic pesticides. As part of the strategy "From producer to consumer", to accelerate the transition to sustainable food systems by reducing the use of chemical plant protection products by farmers, the European Commission adopted yesterday a new legislation, which will enter into [...]

The EU’s economic recovery continues. According to Eurostat’s analysis on the basis of preliminary data, in the second quarter of 2022 in the EU countries gross domestic product increased on average by 0.6% between April and June 2022, and the employment level also increased, which marked a +0,3% compared to [...]

At the end of June 2022, there were 1.345 million female companies in business in Italy, representing 22.2% of the total Italian companies. The data emerges from the recently published Fifht Report on female entrepreneurship, made by Unioncamere in collaboration with the Tagliacarne Studies Centre and Si.Camera. The world of [...]

After five months of growth, June saw a cyclical decline in exports to both EU and non-EU markets. According to the analysis published by Istat, in the second quarter of 2022, the economic trend is however very positive, although decelerating (+6.2%, from +8.0% in the first quarter). On an annual [...]

Contracts of employment, trade, and investment between companies from different countries are now safer in the European Union. It is the result of the EU’s accession to the Hague Convention on Decisions, an important instrument for facilitating multilateral trade and rules-based investment. The Convention lays down conditions for the recognition [...]

Trade in agricultural products in the EU is growing, marking an increase in the value of trade, especially imports. According to the report of the European Commission in May 2022, the EU’s agri-food trade reached a total value of 34.9 billion euros, an increase of 11% on a monthly basis [...]

Italian GDP is growing beyond expectations. As communicated by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Istat’s flash estimate indicates that, after the slowdown at the beginning of the year, the Italian economy recorded a cyclical growth of GDP of 1% and an increase of 4,6% compared to the corresponding period [...]

In the Member States of the European Union, companies are not keeping pace with technology and digitisation. According to the results of "The Digital Economy and Society Index" (DESI), published by the European Commission, Member States have made progress in their efforts to digitise but are still struggling to fill [...]