Brussels, 06/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) may have been the drivers of economic recovery in 2010, providing more than two-thirds (87.5 million) of all employment opportunities in the private sector in the EU and 58.4% of the total gross value-added, compared to the 43,000 large businesses representing only the 0.2% of the EU businesses, but they still have to operate in choppy economic waters.
The Commission's annual SME report for 2010, published...