The European Small Business Alliance (ESBA) is a non-party political

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an group, which cares for

small business Small businesses are types of corporations, partnerships, or sole proprietorships which have fewer employees and/or less annual revenue than a regular-sized business or corporation. Businesses are defined as "small" in terms of being able to ap ...

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and the

self-employed Self-employment is the state of working for oneself rather than an employer. Tax authorities will generally view a person as self-employed if the person chooses to be recognised as such or if the person is generating income for which a tax return n ...

, and represents them through targeted EU advocacy activities. ESBA also works towards the development of strong independent

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and benefits groups in European countries. ESBA is one of the largest organisations based on voluntary membership in Europe. Through its direct membership, associate membership and cooperation agreements, ESBA today represents almost one million small businesses and covers 36 European countries. ESBA was founded in 1998.

References

*"ESBA, A New European Association for Small Firms". European Report. 27 January 1999
HighBeam
*"European Small Business Alliance of Small and Medium Independent Enterprises - ESBA" in ''The European Union Encyclopedia and Directory 1999''. Third Edition. Europa Publications Limited. 1999. {{ISBN, 1 85743 056 5
Page 389
*Kevin Brown. "Smaller businesses fight for less EU regulation". Financial Times. 23 January 1999. p 6 (UK edition).

External links

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