Small and medium enterprises

The Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy reopens Patents+, Designs+ and Trademarks+ , with a budget of 32 million euros, as provided by the Strategic Lines of action on industrial property for the three-year period, 2021-2023. Grants for SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) break down as follows: 20 million for Patents+ 10 million for Designs+ 2 million for Trademarks+ The reopening of t [...]

The European Parliament and the European Council have reached a political agreement for the introduction of new regulations that will protect the intellectual property of craft and industrial products that are the result of the originality and authenticity of traditional regional competences. The new legislation will bridge the gap between divergent national systems in the EU by protecting the ori [...]

Sardinia is second among the Italian regions for employment growth. A survey carried out by the Chamber of Commerce of Umbria proves so, providing a picture of all the Italian regions by analysing the data of the Chamber System. According to the study, in Italy, the number of employees in companies in the first quarter of 2022 exceeds pre-covid levels and on an annual basis marks a growth of 3% (+ [...]

Increasingly digitized but cautious in the face of the challenge of online commerce. Istat frames the technological growth of Italian SMEs, noting a strong growth in the use of digital equipment and at the same time a certain reluctance to enter the online market. According to data published by the Italian National Institute of Statistics, in 2021 60.3% of Italian small and medium-sized enterprise [...]

Enhancing the best Italian e-commerce sites, considered true ambassadors of Made in Italy in the world. It is the goal of the "4Ecom Award", whose delivery is scheduled for January 23 at the Talent Garden Milan Calabiana. Open to all e-commerce, it foresees the intervention of a jury of experts that will select five candidates for each category: better organic positioning; best User Experience; be [...]

The choice to internationalize by opening up to foreign markets is an important step for the growth of companies. According to 2018-2019 data from ICE, the Italian Foreign Trade Agency, 60% of Italian SMEs with less than 10 employees and 80% of those up to 50 employees they have taken on the objective of increasing the turnover and the size of the company while competing with companies active on a [...]

As part of the Program for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs, a call for tenders for the development of sustainable tourism was published. The aim of the COSME call, Competitiveness of enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises is to promote sustainable tourism and the capacity of SMEs in the tourism sector through transnational cooperation and knowledge transfer. The internation [...]

In Italy there are over 800 food products awarded with a designation of origin and geographical indications. Wines, olive oils, cheeses: these are just some examples of Italian products marked with abbreviations such as PDO (protected designation of origin) and PGI (protected geographical indication). Thanks to the Ministry of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies (Mipaaft), it is poss [...]

Exports of products from Sardinia to India last year produced a turnover of over 27 million euros. In most cases, these are products derived from the processing of oil, the extractive sector and industrial systems linked to the refining of crude oil. Exports of these products, between 2017 and 2018, grew by 161.8%. A small part of these exports, however, also refers to productions of small Sardini [...]

On July 23rd, the 33rd ICE Report on "Italy in the international economy" and the "Yearbook on Foreign Trade and international business activities resulting from collaboration" were presented at the Royal Continental Hotel in Naples. The ICE Report is the main information and analysis tool on the competitive positioning of the Italian production system in the context of the global economy, while t [...]