The Genesis Initiative

General Information

Identification Code: 05221658419-01

Website: http://www.genesis-initiative.org

Entity Form: uk company limited by guarantee

Registration Category: Think tanks and research institutions

Registration Date: 4/9/2012

Last Update: 1/20/2024

EP Accredited Number: 1

Mission & Interests

Goals: The Genesis Initiative was established to enhance the level and quality of dialogue on SME policy development, both in the U.K. and across the EU. This objective is achieved through research, the drafting of policy papers, the issuing of a regular Manifesto on improved measures to assist SME creation, access to more diverse funding sources, facilitating scaling-up etc, and by acting as an advocacy body in the common interests of small businesses, vis-à-vis the UK Government ministries and members of the EU Parliament. This has become even more important in the light of the UK's departure from the EU, and the need to sustain bilateral EU-EU SME trade. The Genesis Initiative follows closely the activities of the newly-formed EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly

Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Interests:

Banking and financial services
Business and industry
Competition
Economy, finance and the euro
Employment and social affairs
Single market
Taxation
Trade

Levels of Interest:

national
european

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: - Consultation with MEPs and EC officials on Genesis Initiative SME policy issues; - Regularly chair lunchtime debates under the auspices of the Kangaroo Group at the EU Parliament on current financial services legislative proposals, with rapporteurs, EC officials and industry representatives/EU trade bodies; - Submission of position papers/responses to EC public consultations on SME policy issues, ie, late payments, access to finance, Capital Markets Union (CMU), CRDIV, securitisation regulation, Prospectus Regulation, crowdfunding initiative, removing barriers to cross-border trade, public sector contracts, etc; - Debates at Westminster Parliament throughout the year on SME policy, frequently with an EU dimension, with more recently a debate on the impact of the Capital Markets Union; - Organisation of talks at the EU Parliament on entrepreneurship and removing obstacles to set-ups and access to financing (with SME-Europe, BusinessEurope, etc).

Communication Activities: Publication of Genesis Initiative SME Manifesto (2024), with contributions from HRH Prince Michael of Kent, Members of the House of Commons, academics and SME policy experts. Position paper relating to continuing access to the Single Market for UK-based fund managers (UCITs, AIFs, MiFID), after Brexit (https://www.genesis-initiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Brexit-Defending-financial-services-in-the-SME-sector.pdf)

Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: SME,Unofficial groupings

Head Office

Address: Church street

Post Code: GU20 6BH

City: Windlesham, Surrey

Country: UNITED KINGDOM

Phone:

Indic Phone: 44

Phone Number: 452020

EU Office

Address: Church street

Post Code: GU20 6BH

City: Windlesham, Surrey

Country: UNITED KINGDOM

Phone:

Indic Phone: 44

Phone Number: 452020

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Membership Information

Members25 Percent: 1

Members: 1

Members F T E: 0.25

Structure

Structure Type: Structure

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Organisation Members: The UK All Party Parliamentary SME Group (Westminster)