Doing business in the island of Corsica. -
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Published on: 11/6/2000
Last Visited: 3/16/2002
You might like to try Guy Femenia [you can mention my name] at the Banque Populaire Provençale et Corse [http://www.bppc.fr/] at the Ajaccio Serafini branch [04 95 21 49 85].He is their manager for enterprises.
The Banque Populaire has a subsidiary called SPEF, an investment bank for SMEs.Last year it invested equity of 500MF in 190 companies.They are shareholders in one of Corsica's most successful businesses - the Pietra brewery.As well as buyouts, M&A and development capital, they offer a special service for business creation and innovation.In English, they offer a 'Guide to Starting Your Business' on how to set up in France [click here for details].Their financing can be accompanied by interest-free refundable advances of up to 100KF and subsidies up to 50KF to help finance export sales development, patent research, surveys & audits, without any guarantees being required.