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ESBA Annual General Meeting

On 22nd November, Eran Shay, GFSB Board Director, attended the Annual General Meeting of ESBA, which the GFSB is a member organisation. The European Small Business Alliance (ESBA) is a non-party political group, which cares for small business entrepreneurs and the self-employed and represents them through targeted EU advocacy and profiling activities.

The event took place in Sofia, Bulgaria and was hosted by the Bulgarian UNION FOR PRIVATE ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE (UPEE).

ESBA is leading several pan-european initiatives which companies that are affiliated with member organisations (such as the GFSB) can benefit from.

Further info on https://www.esba-europe.org/

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