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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are businesses whose personnel and revenue numbers fall below certain limits. The abbreviation "SME" is used by many national agencies and international organizations such as the World Bank, the OECD, European Union, the United Nations, and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
A middle-market or mid-market company is one that is larger than a small business and smaller than a big business. [1] [2] Different authorities use different metrics to compare company sizes — some look at revenue, others at either asset size or number of employees [3] — with the result that different authorities give different definitions of the "middle market".
By comparison, a medium-sized business has fewer than 250 employees and either turnover less than €50 m. or balance sheet less than €43 m. [ 7 ] In Australia, a small business is defined by the Fair Work Act 2009 as one with fewer than 15 employees, although the Australian Bureau of Statistics uses less than 20 employees as its threshold.
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is a UK business organisation representing small and medium-sized businesses. It was formed in 1974 as the National Federation of Self Employed (NFSE). [1] The current name for the organisation was adopted in 1991.
SME finance is the funding of small and medium-sized enterprises, and represents a major function of the general business finance market in which capital for different types of firms are supplied, acquired, and costed or priced.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been identified as a problem area in the field of environmental regulation. [1] [2] Small and medium-sized enterprises are defined by the European Commission as having fewer than 250 employees, independent (with no shareholder having over a 25% stake in the business) and with an annual turnover of no more than €50 million or annual balance sheet ...
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The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, also referred to as SBEE, [1] received Royal Assent in March 2015. [2] Its contents include regulatory reform (part 2), public sector procurement (part 3) and company director disqualification issues (part 9).