The small business survival guide

What challenges will enlargement bring? Certainly it will mean greater competition: as the Central and Eastern European markets open up and the free movement of goods and services becomes a reality, firms will have to front up to a whole new set of competitors eager to steal their customers. For many, it has also meant compliance with a raft of new regulations. It will be hard work, but the opportunities enlargement opens up will be worth the wait for those who can stay the distance.