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BY ROBERT STOKES

SMALL and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the European Union (EU) complain they cannot get finance from banks, or not on reasonable terms. Banks counter that there is just not that much demand.

Politicians have responded with schemes to improve the flow of finance to SMEs.…

BY JENS KASTNER, IN TAIPEI

Facing a fragile global economy, rival South Korea’s aggressive free trade agreement (FTA) strategy, as well as an appreciating local currency, Taiwan’s textile and apparel manufacturers have placed their bets on innovation. And indeed, their strong focus on upgraded and functional textiles appears to be paying off.…

BY LENA SMIRNOVA, IN MOSCOW

BUSINESS coaching classes may not require students to swallow pills, don ear muffs and wiggle in straightjackets, but for some Russian businessmen this is a novel practice that appears similar to a traditional psychological experiment. And it is one they are often hesitant to participate in.…

BY CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS

ACADEMICS attending an international conference on how their work can promote financial stability have stressed how universities can play an important role in helping the world recover from the recession. Indeed Dr Jean-Pierre Zigrand, Reader in Finance at the London School of Economics (LSE) told University World News at the Brussels event that there was a new, unusual drive for academics to work together with economists and central banks in the aftermath of the global financial and economic crisis: "That’s because they [central banks] don’t have the required tools and only universities have the manpower, the human skills and capital to come up with [these models], Dr Zigrand said.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

PRESSURE is growing on European Union (EU) ministers to give the EU’s sugar production quota system a stay of execution. MEPs on the European Parliament’s agriculture committee have called for the retention of EU sugar quotas for beet farmers until 2020, rather than follow existing plans to phase them out in 2015.…

BY CARMEN PAUN IN BRUSSELS

The European Union (EU) will impose a definitive anti-dumping duty of up to 61.4% on Chinese aluminium radiators imported into the EU come November 11, according to a proposed regulation published by the European Commission this week.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

DESPITE its name, secondary packaging undoubtedly plays a primary role in the cosmetics and personal care industry: aside from holding and protecting primary packaging during transportation and handling, these boxes, containers and bags all have the important first role of attracting consumers.…

BY ROBERT STOKES

THE SEPTEMBER 2012 announcement by utility RWE npower it would close the 2,000 megawatt (MW) coal-fired Didcot A power station in southern England has highlighted the scale and speed of large coal plant closures in Britain. European Union (EU) environmental laws are being identified as a key culprit behind this trend.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

THERE is mounting criticism of the European Union’s chemicals registration policy REACH ahead of the 31 May 2013 deadline to register all phase-in substances made or imported in the EU at or more than 100 tonnes a year.…

BY ALAN OSBORN, IN LONDON

Professor Guido Rasi, executive director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), has told Manufacturing Chemist of his concerns about the availability of medicines in the European Union (EU).

Speaking in his office at EMA headquarters in London’s Canary Wharf, Professor Rasi said EMA wanted "to see what role we can play and what counsel we can give in respect of the problem of the (drug) shortages."…