Understanding, the curtain falls on Winning Companies, motor SMEs in the country

Small and medium-sized enterprises continue to invest despite the crisis and are confirmed as the engine of the economy for the restart of the country.

The analysis of the 'Imprese Vincenti 2021' digital tour, the Intesa Sanpaolo program for the enhancement of Italian small and medium-sized enterprises, reaches this conclusion.

During the closing event, organized in collaboration with The European House-Ambrosetti, and in front of the one hundred and twelve 'Winning Enterprises 2021', an assessment of the edition was drawn up with a dialogue that focuses on companies and the tools they provide. disposition to seize the opportunities offered by the ecological and digital transition. Imprese Vincenti aims to enhance, make known, support and strengthen SMEs, thanks also to the collaboration of project partners Bain & Company, Elite, Gambero Rosso, Cerved, Microsoft Italia, Nativa, Circularity and Coldiretti, as well as Intesa Sanpaolo Formazione and Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center.

"This edition of Imprese Vincenti is very timely because it has made the role of SMEs as the engine of the economy tangible", says Stefano Barrese, head of the Banca dei Territori Division of Intesa Sanpaolo. "If in Italy - he adds - the recovery is more We owe fast expectations to the SMEs in large part. Intesa Sanpaolo has undertaken to activate medium / long-term disbursements for over 410 billion euros, of which 270 for businesses ”.

This year, Imprese Vincenti will activate new interventions for small and medium-sized enterprises, within an articulated framework of opportunities and growth tools made available by Intesa Sanpaolo, in line with the 'Motor Italy' plan, the new strategic program of the Group which 50 billion available for the relaunch of SMEs. Since the beginning of the year, the Group has provided almost 21 billion euros to Italian companies.

With Imprese Vincenti "we managed to intercept ten thousand companies in three years, a number that gives a sense of the success of this initiative", says Anna Roscio, business manager of Banca dei Territori.

During the digital tour, most of the 2021 Winning Companies highlighted the ability to continue investing despite the pandemic emergency, with a reorientation towards digitization and sustainability.

"Small and medium-sized enterprises play a fundamental role because 50 percent of national exports come from them", underlines Gregorio De Felice, chief economist of Intesa Sanpaolo.

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