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Court ruling on Sarastia clarifies in-house company rules, say industry associations

The Supreme Administrative Court found that Sarastia did not meet the criteria of an in-house company.

Survey: SMEs slam current public procurement policy

Just 11% of business owners believe that public tenders are sufficiently divided into lots to allow SMEs to participate in…

Municipalities

Finland has 309 municipalities, with approximately 290,000 companies located in the municipalities. Our organization is dedicated to making their cooperation…

Public sector in-house companies harming competition

A new report shows that 30% of public in-house entities do not compare their own service provision costs to the…

The best municipalities to do business in

Seinäjoki, Lieto and Marttila are Finland’s best municipalities to run a business in. This was the result of the Municipal…

Municipal Barometer shows municipalities strongest on infrastructure, weakest on procurement policy

Finnish municipalities are best at handling infrastructure and weakest at dealing with procurement policy, according to the recent Municipal Barometer.…

Suomen Yrittäjät Municipal Barometer is open: municipalities’ enterprise-friendliness compared

Once again, Suomen Yrittäjät (SY) is measuring Finnish municipalities’ success in promoting enterprise. SY is charting business owners’ opinions on…

Kunnallisjohdon seminaari

Kunnallisjohdon seminaari is one of Finland’s largest meetings of influential people in municipal, regional and business policy. The seminar is…