Brussels, 03/10/2014 (Agence Europe) - The economic recovery did not reach small businesses in 2013, according to the study of small businesses' annual performance by the European Commission that was published on Friday 3 October. Small businesses make up 21.6 million companies in the European Union, and 88.8 million jobs.
Small businesses grew by 1.1% in 2013, but this is below the figure for the previous years (1.2% and 4.2%). The number of small businesses and their value-added have...