The European Union adopted the Small Business Act in 2008, with the intention of making it easier to start and run a business. Two years on, the EurActiv network takes a look at the achievements and challenges ahead.
Starting her own online art gallery in London this year took Gina Cross about a week and cost £70 (€82), about the average for entrepreneurs in the United Kingdom.
Likewise, in Bulgaria, France and Ireland, registering a new business costs less than €100 and takes less than a week.
"It’s quite easy," said Cross, founder of A Little Bit of Art, a small company which sells printed artworks.
But in Poland and Spain, entrepreneurs still wait about a month for their initial paperwork to be approved. In Italy, Luxembourg, Greece and the Netherlands, the process is faster but expensive – more than €1,000.
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