This was announced by Acting Minister of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan Oleg Pelevin at a meeting of the SME Corporation with entrepreneurs of Tatarstan. Andrey Zheleznyakov, Deputy General Director of the SME Corporation, also became the key speaker of the event.
Also, since the beginning of the year (as of July 27), small and medium-sized businesses of the Republic of Tatarstan have attracted financing totaling more than 18.1 billion rubles with the help of guarantees from participants of the National Guarantee System (NGS), the operator of which is the SME Corporation. The consolidated volume of financial support increased almost 2 times compared to the same period last year. At the same time, more than 730 companies of the republic received funding.
"The guarantee support provided by the NHS participants in accordance with the national project "Small and Medium-sized Entrepreneurship" helps small and medium-sized businesses to attract the necessary financing in case of insufficient or shortage of collateral," said Andrey Zheleznyakov. – Including one of the programs of preferential lending, among which "1764", PSK, the program of preferential investment loans (PSK + 1764) at a rate of 3.5-5% per annum and a program for innovative companies at 3% per annum."
"We see that the demand for federal financial support measures from SMEs in our republic is growing, including through the SME Corporation. These are primarily financial instruments – concessional lending, guarantees. In total, since the beginning of this year, Tatarstan's business has received support totaling more than 41 billion rubles, where 4.3 billion rubles fall on republican support programs," notedOleg Pelevin.
According to the program of preferential investment loans launched in August last year (PSK +1764), the operator of which is the SME Corporation, 56 companies of the Republic of Tatarstan, as of July 27 of this year, received long-term financing for new investment projects totaling almost 6.2 billion rubles.
Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Tatarstan since the beginning of 2023 (as of July 27) have also received financial support under the credit incentive program (PSK), which is implemented by the SME Corporation together with the Bank of Russia, totaling more than 7 billion rubles, which is more than twice the figure for the same period last year.
The meeting also discussed the expansion of sales markets, including through participation in the programs of "growing" SME suppliers, and the possibilities of a SME.RF Digital platform, where you can get services and facilities for entrepreneurs.
SME Corporation is an institute for the development of small and medium-sized businesses. It provides guarantees and sureties for business lending, provides access to the purchases of the largest customers and helps to get on the shelves of retailers. The Corporation is also a federal institute for innovative development, provides support to high-tech innovative SMEs. The SME Corporation also provides financial support through the SME Bank and crowd investing platforms, conducts training in entrepreneurial competencies and implements business acceleration programs. Through the Management Company "MIR" finances companies at the stage of growth and development. With the help of SME Leasing, a subsidiary of the SME Corporation, entrepreneurs get access to leasing financing.