The first loan to a self-employed citizen in the Kaliningrad region was issued by SME Bank within the framework of rendering support for self-employed entrepreneurs. Borrower Vladimir Vdovenko, who, as a self-employed since August 2020, has been providing services for the transportation of passengers on rented vehicles, thanks to a loan at 6.25 percent per annum, he was able to purchase a new car to develop his activities. So far, SME Bank has approved over 230 loans to self-employed entrepreneurs in the amount of 115.8 million rubles. Lente.ru was told about this in the bank’s press service.
This, as well as other success stories of self-employed citizens who received property and marketing support from the SME Corporation, its subsidiaries and the regional government, were presented at the roundtable “Support for Self-Employed Citizens”, which was held as part of the strategic session of the corporation in Kaliningrad area. The speakers at the round table were representatives of the SME Corporation, SME Bank, the Federal Tax Service for the Kaliningrad Region, the Government of the Kaliningrad Region.
Self-employed citizens from all municipal districts and urban districts of the region (their number is currently 8524), who participated in the round table via video conferencing, were presented with a set of support measures from the Corporation and regional support measures. First of all, self-employed citizens were interested in financial and property support, the opportunity to take part in purchases of the largest customers under the Federal Law No. 223-FZ, as well as special services of the SME Business Navigator Portal.
“The process of interaction between all organizations is quite simple, but effective. Employment centers during the pandemic carried out the issuance of funds for starting a business in the amount of 50 thousand rubles for persons registered as unemployed. The Fund, in turn, developed for them a number of educational programs, thereby increasing their entrepreneurial competencies, which ensured an effective investment of funds allocated to self-employed for business development.In total, over 500 people took part in educational programs, of which more than 100 participants were selected, who are currently being trained as guides and, as a result of the completion of the project, they will become self-employed or are so today. We will recommend all travel companies in the region and just individuals who come to rest in the Kaliningrad region to use the services of these highly qualified self-employed guides, “said the head of the fund Kirill Lilo.
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