OREANDA-NEWS. November 28, 2014. SME Bank (VEB Group) acted as a partner of the forum “Small Business: Reset” organized by OPORA ROSSII. One of the main objectives of the event held on October 30 in Moscow was promotion of business environment, exchange of experience and sharing of best entrepreneurship practices.

The forum was opened by the session “Priorities for SME Development: Prospects and Challenges of the Current Situation”. The discussion was attended by Sergey Borisov, Chairman of the Board of Guardians of OPORA ROSSII, Alexey Moiseev, Deputy Minister of Finance of Russia, Sergey Krjukov, SME Bank CEO, Artem Kostandyan, Promsvyazbank CEO, Alexander Kalinin, President of OPORA ROSSII and others.

Addressing the meeting Sergey Krjukov pointed out that the subsidization system and the partner banks undergo the same difficulties as entrepreneurs. The government doesn’t have a consolidated policy with respect to the business community.