Euro Info Centre IT 361 Promofirenze - Azienda Speciale della Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato di Firenze
Special Agency of the Chamber of Commerce of Florence
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises have been always constituted the essential structure of the economy of our country and represent also an important reference point for the European and occidental growth.
Promofirenze is the Special Agency of the Chamber of Commerce of Florence that supports the development, the start up and the international expansion of Florentine companies.
Promofirenze was born in 1990 in order to support local companies to expand their range of business abroad. Today Promofirenze is able to attend the different business processes to relaunch local economy and redefine new international strategies .
Promofirenze is
Information about European policies, Creation of EU networks, Determination of programs.
Euro Info Centre EIC IT 361
Thanks to the Enterprise General Directorate of the European Commission, Promofirenze gives information and assistance to the companies about European policies, programs and projects. The Promofirenze's EIC IT 361 offers a complete survey of all the European programs calls and spots which are interesting and useful to submit an application in order to develop projects with the participation of European partners and give assistance to the execution of projects already approved.
Enterprise Services, Plan new business, Innovation of business process Business Innovation Centre (BIC) - New Enterprises Services (SNI)
Through BIC, Promofirenze represents a territorial point to spread entrepreneurial culture, creates new activities and strengthen the old ones. The Promofirenze's BIC is also considered a European Business Angel Network (EBAN) , a European structure which co-ordinates and promotes the different business angels networks of each EU Member States. Besides, through the New Enterprises Service, Promofirenze guarantees specialist assistance for the emergence and growth of successful innovative enterprises.
Promofirenze does
Internationalisation
Analysis of new markets, Plan penetration, Search partners and buyers
Here they are the main services of the Agency. It essentially consists on: Exhibition , an important opportunity to know directly the new potential markets and compare them with our; Trade Missions in emergent Countries, the first and real opportunity to explore news markets; Chance to be personally assisted in the implementation of companies international projects by Personalized Market Research. Supporting activities for SMEs are provided also through a network of international offices. This desks, managed directly by Promofirenze, are situated in: Mosca, Tokyo, Pechino, Bombay, Bruxelles, Chicago, S. Paolo of Brazil and Lima.
Internationalisation services also involve incoming that is set up by the Territorial Marketing Area whose aim is to change the presence of foreigner operator, in business opportunities in Florence area by sponsoring local partnership and capital acquisition. There also is a Special Events Area which supports Florentine companies on the aspects of enlargement in the foreign markets.
Particularly, the promotion function is developed by the organisation of several events, by direct initiatives to foreign markets that foresee the planning and the setting up of show rooms and Florence typical product selling.
Funding
To consent to the funding opportunities to develop, enlarge and create enterprise.
By Financial Area, Promofirenze helps the customer in the submission of applications for funding in the sectors of Industry, Handicraft, Agriculture, Services, Tourism, Commerce, Agro industrial, Farm-Holidays, Environment, Energy, Scientific Research, Culture, Professional training and it supports him in the arrangement of investment projects for the descriptive and numerical part.
The Services are developed either by the Consultancy for Orientation to guide about programs of community, national and regional facilities and the assistance in the predisposition of investment projects with their relative financial requests, either by an Activities of Dissemination made by different media in order to organise and participate to seminars.
Multimedia services
The e-business and the multimedia communication as an aid for the competitiveness of Small and Medium sized Enterprises
Multimedia Area in Promofirenze helps enterprises by information services, organization of seminars, and development of community, national and regional projects in order to support the Small - Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) to use all the new chances offered by e-business and the multimedia communication. Its aim is to increase the enterprises competitive ability and the innovative strategies. With the assistance to e-business service, Promofirenze helps the SMEs to do the predisposition of a multimedia project, to develop its business plan and on line communication.
Communication and information orientation
Information and orientation to expand the enterprise know how
Communication area is the reference and contact point with people who want to know and analyse services and activities of Promofirenze. The entrepreneur, by the website www.promofirenze.com or by the company magazine, can obtain all the information about initiatives, services and events made by Promofirenze.
Besides, Promofirenze is certified for the planning and the distribution of orientation and information services. Actually, seminars organized by Promofirenze are the first orientation about some markets and they provide all that operating means to expand the know how of enterprises.
Show Room
Products presentation and exhibition
The exhibitor centre of Promofirenze let entrepreneurs and handicraftsman make their product known and free. They also can rent a lot of exposition place and all the costs for renting and photos of show-room are available on the website www.promofirenze.com.
The banks
Promofirenze, as it is an important point of reference in the Florence view, works with the collaboration and sponsorship of several banking institutions like Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, Banca Verde, Banca Toscana, MPS Merchant.
The Quality Certification
Promofirenze has obtained the Quality certificate BVQI for the ISO 9001:2000 provisions.
PROMOFIRENZE
Via Por S. Maria - Palazzo Borsa Merci 50122 Firenze - ITALY
TEL. (+39) 055.26.71.41 - FAX (+39) 055.26.71.404
E-mail:promofirenze@promofirenze.com
Web:www.promofirenze.com
Opening hours for visitors :
Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. / 2 - 5 p.m.
Friday 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.