GRTU President Paul Abela and Director General Vince Farrugia are in London participation in the ANNUAL CONFERENCE of UEAPME.
Overshadowing this year's Conference is the threat of economic recession as most European small enterprises carry the tremendous burden of increasing fuel and energy prices and falling demand under the unfair competitive pressure of products hitting the European market and produced in countries that do not adhere to the rigid labour and quality standards and social and bureaucratic costs.
European SME leaders are under strong pressure from the members of their Organisations to act and protest publicly to instigate the EU Commission to take strong and decisive action to protect European SME's and prevent the worst.