SACE has expanded its offer in support of Italian companies with the launch of the "SME NO-STOP" programme. This program was created with the intention of helping small and medium-sized businesses to face the challenges that the current economic situation poses. Specifically, the program will allow SMEs to obtain a series of services ranging from support in foreign markets, to facilitation in obtaining loans to the classic management of credit risk.
Being focused exclusively on SMEs, companies with a turnover of less than 50 million euros or with fewer than 250 employees will be able to access the service; these companies will be able to support their growth plans through six different product lines and will have access to these products at particularly advantageous commercial conditions (for example free preliminary opinions, reduced response times, no preliminary costs, discounts on the premiums applied). In addition, companies will have dedicated and personalized assistance services and a network of offices in Italy and abroad at their disposal.
To further underline the importance that SACE attributes to this programme, in addition to the standard communication initiatives through calendars of meetings throughout the country and direct marketing actions, the company has also activated a dedicated portal on its website which can be reached at www. sace.it/pminostop.
On the same day, SACE also signed a memorandum of understanding with Piccola Industria Confindustria in Modena. The agreement provides for a promotion of the PMI NO-STOP program through roadshows, training sessions and the periodic presence of SACE officials at the headquarters of the Associations, in order to organize direct meetings with the companies interested in the project.
The CEO of SACE, Alessandro Castellano declared that: "In the crisis of recent years, thanks to their work, their ideas and their projects, Italian SMEs have strengthened in us the certainty that Made in Italy never stops . With this initiative we want to actively encourage and support them through the identification of concrete solutions to enhance their growth paths and make them more competitive on international markets”.
For Vincenzo Boccia, President of Piccola Industria Confindustria with responsibility for credit and finance, “For SMEs it has become essential to internationalize, protecting their credits and securing themselves with quality financial products. For this reason, the initiative that SACE addresses to small and medium-sized enterprises represents an important opportunity, which we wanted to strengthen with the signing of a memorandum of understanding. The agreement signed today with SACE aims to support the growth and internationalization of SMEs and is part of the policy of alliances and synergies that Piccola Industria is pursuing on several fronts. The protocol envisages, among other things, the creation and enhancement of a "network of experts" in the territory at the territorial offices of Confindustria, so that the officials of the Associations can directly assist companies operating on international markets".
The offer summary table is attached.
