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IfM study: Number of start-ups recovers in the first half of 2021

The lockdowns from November 2020 and April 2021 had a significantly less negative impact on start-up activity in Germany than the first lockdown…

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Single point of contact: No need to reinvent the wheel

The Institute for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (IfM) in Bonn sees the establishment of a single point of contact as an important task for the new federal government. Since the end of…

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More start-ups in the liberal professions – fewer in the commercial sector

The number of new businesses founded in Germany fell by a total of 2.7 million in 2016. According to the IfM Bonn, it also shows that...