Russian privatisation: Hundreds of Russian SMEs could be put up for sale alongside some of the…
Topic: SMEs
News about developments and trends in the SME sector and government initiatives to stimulate the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises across Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Central Asia
Moscow approves two-year tax holiday for business start-ups
Moscow approves two-year tax holiday: The authorities in Moscow are to take advantage of legislation introduced late…
Siberian SME sector gets boost as government relaxes environmental restrictions
Siberian SME sector: The Russian government has announced that it is lifting the stringent restrictions designed…
Azeri private sector allocated $750m ADB funds for diversification
Azeri private sector: The Asian Development Bank is to use its Country Partnership Strategy to funnel $752m into Azerbaijan’s…
Nazarbayev announces investment in schools, utilities and SMEs
Nazarbayev economic plan: Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev plans to channel $3bn each year for the next three…
Kazakh SMEs get $122m loan from Asian Development Bank
Kazakh SMEs: The Asian Development Bank is to provide Kazakhstan’s SMEs with a $122 million loan…
Russian business start-ups thin on the ground
Russian business start-ups: Only 2.6% of the Russian population would like to become entrepreneurs, according to a…
Uzbekistan industrial zones planned for SMEs
Uzbekistan industrial zones: Uzbekistan’s SMEs are soon to have access to a network of industrial zones where…
Bribery and corruption in Russian SME sector still rife
Bribery and corruption in Russian SME sector: More than two-thirds of small business interviewed in a…
New Alfa Bank SME loans range launched
Alfa Bank SME loans: Alfa Bank has launched a new loan service aimed specifically at companies with…
Russia introduces Crimean SME tax breaks
Crimean SME tax breaks: Crimean SMEs working in the retail, catering and rental sectors with annual incomes…
Business credit guarantee agency for Russian SMEs approved
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has sanctioned the creation of a business credit guarantee agency that will…
Uzbekistan SME Tax Moratorium
Uzbekistan SME Tax Moratorium: Businesses in Uzbekistan are being promised a moratorium on tax inspections, greater…
Government to underwrite Kazakh SME loans
Kazakh SME loans: Kazakhstan’s SME sector are to be guaranteed by Kazakhstan’s Government. The Bank will…
Financial services for Kyrgyzstan SMEs to be expanded
Kyrgyzstan SMEs: The International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, is to…
RUB100bn Russian rural social development program
Russian rural social development program: Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has announced that the Government is to spend…