At the start of 2014, the European Commission launched its SME Instrument, providing funding of €2.8bn over seven years to accelerate the development of innovative products and services with a two to three-year horizon to market. Stephan Decher explains what it is about and how to access the funds.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) employ two-thirds of the private sector workforce in the EU and…

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