SMEunited
@smeunited.bsky.social
110 followers 44 following 270 posts
SMEunited mission is shaping Europe for SMEs and shaping SMEs for Europe.
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
smeunited.bsky.social
Microsoft ending free #Windows10 updates risks e-waste & disrupts millions of #SMEs. Planned obsolescence shouldn’t fall on small businesses. We need mandatory repairability, guaranteed long-term software support & enforceable #RightToRepair.

@jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu @microsoft.com
r2reurope.bsky.social
Campaigners gathered at @microsoft.com's Brussels offices to protest the end of #Windows10, urging them to reconsider and the @ec.europa.eu to introduce Ecodesign requirements for laptops and other energy-related products, so that this cannot happen again 💻🗑

youtu.be/S0D2fo8rTlQ?...
Can we stop Microsoft's e-waste mountain?
YouTube video by Right to Repair Europe
youtu.be
smeunited.bsky.social
➡️Read more: smeunited.eu/news/think-s...

@andreasbrieger.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @dittejj.bsky.social

#ThinkSmallFirst #EnergyEfficiency #Ecodesign #DigitalProductPassport #Sustainability #EUpolicy #SMEs
smeunited.bsky.social
“‘Think Small First’ will make EU energy efficiency rules work for SMEs”, said SMEunited at the Commission’s Implementation Dialogue with Commissioner Dan Jørgensen.

✅ Clear definitions & realistic timelines
✅ Streamlining overlapping rules
✅ Legal clarity to support SMEs
smeunited.bsky.social
Are you interested in how #SMEs in Europe are evolving?

📊 Join us to hear the key findings of the EU #SMEBarometer – Autumn 2025, presented by our Policy Director, Gerhard Huemer.

📅 When: Thursday, 16 October at 10:00

💻 Where: Online

How to join? Register 👉 www.smeunited.eu/events/prese...
smeunited.bsky.social
📣Our #SME recap:
✅ Boosting #AI use among #SMEs
✅ 73% SMEs face #LatePayment
#VSME Outreach: market support
✅ Sector & Digital policy priorities
✅ 70 steps for #SingleMarket Strategy
✅ Making #Omnibus VI & #28thRegime work for SMEs
❇️ #MeetingStandards 2025

➡️ More: mailchi.mp/smeunited/ne...
smeunited.bsky.social
“The #VSME can make a real difference for SMEs by cutting admin burden”, said Sophia Zakari at the EFRAG outreach event.

✅ Less questionnaires
✅ Training & tools needed
✅ Market acceptance key
✅ Stable framework essential

➡️Read more: smeunited.eu/news/efrag-v...
smeunited.bsky.social
📢 If the EU wants real #Simplification & #Competitiveness, #SMEs must be paid on time.

➡️Read more here: smeunited.eu/news/73-of-s...

#IMCO #GROW

@cyprusineu.bsky.social @imco.europarl.europa.eu @ivarsijabs.bsky.social @consilium.europa.eu
smeunited.bsky.social
On 7 Oct, DG GROW presented the SME Survey on #LatePayment: over 3,500 firms warned #EU institutions.

✅ 73% face late payment issues
✅ Lack of sanctions & enforcement
✅ Impact on investment & growth
✅ Unfairly long payment terms
✅ 63% call for a cap on terms
smeunited.bsky.social
➡️Read the full press release here: smeunited.eu/admin/storag...

#ApplyAI #DigitalEU #AIinEurope #SMEs

@petrisalminen.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu
smeunited.bsky.social
“SMEs can only benefit from #AI if they can access it, trust it & use it confidently”, said SMEunited President Petri Salminen on the #ApplyAIStrategy.

✅ Boost skills, infra & finance
✅ Work w/ SME orgs on the ground
✅ Clarify rules under the #AIAct
smeunited.bsky.social
“SMEs’ shared priorities must be recognised in policymaking”, said SMEunited VP Philip van Nieuwenhuizen at the Sector Committee meeting.

✅ Food & feed policies
✅ Clean fleets & #transport investment
✅ Affordable housing & SME skills

➡️ Read more: smeunited.eu/news/sector-...

#SMEs #SingleMarket
smeunited.bsky.social
@eu2025dk.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

#COMPET #GROW #IMCO

➡️Much more here: smeunited.eu/publications...

➡️Additional information is available here: smeunited.eu/publications...
smeunited.bsky.social
SMEunited publishes 70 actionable suggestions to make the #SingleMarket work for SMEs:

✅ Simplify rules & boost Member States' ownership
✅ Easier cross-border business & transfers
✅ Better recognition of professional qualifications
✅ Inclusive goods & raw material standards
smeunited.bsky.social
“SMEs must access meaningful support and a level playing field”, said @veroniquewillems.bsky.social
on the #EUWorkProgramme2026.

✅ Proportionate approach for all companies
✅ Concrete & monitored SME support
✅ Inclusive 28 Regime
✅ Meaningful social dialogue
smeunited.bsky.social
📣 Our #SME recap:
✅ EU Work Programme must reflect #SMEs
✅ SME-friendly #simplification in green rules
✅ Bigger ambition for the #SingleMarket
✅ EU Semester
✅ Tackle late payments
✅ Input on #SkillsPortability
✳️ #MeetingStandards 2025

➡️ More: bit.ly/3WjiPAG

#EuropeanSemester #LatePAyment
smeunited.bsky.social
“Effective #simplification must empower #SMEs to transition while staying competitive”, said @veroniquewillems.bsky.social
at the #EnvironmentalOmnibus roundtable.

#Deforestation – risk-based exemptions
✅ Ecodesign – 36-month transition
✅ Packaging – one-stop shop
smeunited.bsky.social
“If we want #SMEs to thrive, productivity, #competitiveness, and enforcement must be at the centre,” said Lucrezia Signori, SMEunited.

Key SME priorities for the 2026 Semester Autumn Package: skills, #digitalisation, social dialogue & fiscal measures.

#EuropeanSemester #SocialDialogue