- 23-03-2018 05:44
- Velizar Petrov
Even if you do not want to do it anyway sooner
or later you will need - either as a succession, or as a transfer to a person
from the company (a relative, a partner, a worker / employee) or outside the
company (sale, merger, etc.).
It is important that this to be done without
stress for the businesses and employees ... That's why every entrepreneur
should answer the questions "How, When?", "What are the
obstacles?", "What to change / improve?" and "By
whom?".
Business transfer is a crucial phase in the
business as well as in the entrepreneur's life cycle. Its importance for jobs
and growth can be demonstrated by the estimated 450,000 enterprises providing
more than 2 million jobs to be transferred each year (Entrepreneurship Action
Plan 2020).
Project "STOB regions - Succession and
transfer of business in the regions” under INTERREG Europe" programme,
financed by the interregional cooperation programme Interreg EUROPE 2014-2020, is
working to improve policies related to the topic.
On March 21 and 22, in the Grand Hotel Plovdiv,
a meeting was held under the STOB regions project. During the first day the
partners from different project countries (Bulgaria, Germany, Denmark, Poland,
Finland, Romania, Spain and Slovenia) discussed the topic concerning the
different target groups of potential business buyers.
The meeting began with welcome speech of Mrs.
Evelina Apostolova, Deputy Regional Governor of Plovdiv Region. She also made a
presentation providing information about Plovdiv Region.
Prof. Dr. Yordanka Alexieva, Deputy Rector of Plovdiv
University of Food Technologies, introduced the University and its relationship
with business transfer and Dr. Dobrina Prodanova, Chairperson of the Board of Plovdiv
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, presented basic legal and psychological
problems related to the inheritance and transfer to family businesses.
The implementation of the agenda followed by
presentations about the situation in partner countries. The moderator of the
meeting was Velizar Petrov, Executive Director of RDA with BSC for SMEs (Regional
Development Agency with Business Support Centre for Small and Medium-sized
Enterprises) - the Bulgarian partner in the project.
During the second day the participants focused
on the situation in Bulgaria. Together with the partners, the peculiarities were
discussed, as well as a situational analysis related to the topic of succession
and business transfer. It will serve to draw up recommendations for the
National Strategy for Promotion of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
(2014-2020).
Partners' presentations - publications and dissemination
For more information:
Velizar Petrov 032 /902 399, 0878 461438