Barometer: SMEs more optimistic about future
Small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs’) expectations about the economy have risen slightly since the spring, the latest SME barometer shows.
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Budget proposal: Sole traders’ income as part of positive credit register and action on excessive payment terms
In its small business package, the Government is promising improvements to business-to-business (B2B) payment terms and micro-enterprises’ access to finance.
Amount of new business loans doubles
An economist at Suomen Yrittäjät, the Finnish SME association, says the trend should be maintained. Finnish banks granted new business…
Under one month left to apply for micro-business loan
The number of growth-oriented small businesses in Finland has been declining in recent years. Access to finance is one requirement…
MP: No fast solutions from Government on positive credit register
The positive credit register has caused problems for sole traders. Centre Party MP Vesa Kallio writes about the positive credit register in…
€5.6m of Finnvera pilot loan issued to micro-businesses
By the end of 2024, Finnvera issued €5.6 million of loans aimed at micro-businesses’ growth projects. Last October, Finnvera piloted…
1 in 5 SMEs faces difficulties getting finance
Over one in five SMEs says that accessing finance has become more difficult in the past year, the recent Yrittäjägallup…
What to consider when applying for the popular Finnvera loan
Finnvera has received many incomplete applications.
Positive Credit Register problematic for sole traders
The Positive Credit Register has a problem which could make purchases harder for single-person business owners. The Positive Credit Register…
New Finnvera loan for microenterprises to ease hiring
Finnvera can issue the loan for hiring staff; single-person business owners are also eligible. Finnvera says the availability of credit…