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Simest, a company of the CDP Group that since 1991 has supported the growth of Italian companies through the internationalisation of their activities, has presented the Strategic Plan 2023-2025 "Business Impact. Yes, a pact for growth". The Plan strengthens Simest’s role in supporting the internationalisation of Italian companies through 4 [...]

The Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy has published a new call for bids to finance 5G experimentation and research projects , with the aim of supporting innovation in companies by promoting the adoption of new technologies, with particular regard to the audio-visual sector, the creative and gaming industries [...]

The confusion related to incentives for companies is finally over. The Council of Ministers has approved, as a matter of urgency, a bill revising the whole system, which, in the future, will be regulated by the Incentives Code . Within twenty-four months from the date of entry into force of [...]

The European Commission and CDP Group have signed a guarantee agreement under the InvestEU programme , for a total value of 355 million euros; this agreement will release up until 750 million euros of CDP Group’s new funds , which will be assigned to investments all around Italy. The funds [...]

Venture capital funds are launched to support the ecological and digital transition of startups and SMEs . With its 550 million euros budget, included as part of the NRRP "Support of startups and venture capital active in the ecological transition" and "Financing startups", funding will be provided through the two [...]

The European Investment Fund (EIF), a financial institution that is part of the European Investment Bank Group , will provide a guarantee of 18.75 million euros to Cgm Finance to finance investments in social enterprises in Italy . This transaction takes place within the framework of the European Commission’s InvestEU [...]

Educating young people and enriching the skills of professionals to develop a greater and better European business class. This is the aim of the EIT Campus, the new online platform launched by the European Institute of Innovation & Technology to expand the range of education and training for both innovation [...]

The new pan-European fund in support of high-tech startups has started under the ETCI-European Tech Champions Initiative promoted by the EIB Group (EIB - European Investment Bank and EIF -European Investment Fund) in collaboration with Italy, Germany, France, Spain and Belgium. The ETCI will strengthen European risk capital markets at [...]

The Commission presented the communication "A New Pact for Pollinators", a plan that, by reviewing the EU initiative of 2018, seeks to curb the decline of wild pollinators in Europe. The plan defines the actions that the EU and member states must take to reverse the trend by 2030 and [...]

The European Union is moving towards a reform of the electricity market system to protect households and businesses from price volatility and to support access to safe energy from clean sources . With this in mind, the European Commission has launched a public consultation on the actions to be taken [...]