by Nina Tsintsadze With joint EBRD and EU credit line, Fashion House Materia tailored its business to meet EU standards “Materia” means fabric in Georgian, without doubt a winning name for a fashion house based in Tbilisi. The local brand offers its customer...

SMEs in the agro-food and beverage industries learned how to prepare products for export to the EU on a training course organised by the Georgian Chamber of Commerce with support from East Invest 2. The SME Academy training course was held in April 2016 for representatives of SM...

The East Invest 2 programme has financed the setting up of an online trade platform which is helping Georgian wine producers, such as Baia Abuladze, export to EU countries. 26-year-old Baia Abuladze is a wine producer in the Imereti region of western Georgia. Winemaking is tradi...

With the help of the EU4Business programme, Lopota Tour Service, a holiday resort management company in Georgia, improved its customer service and operational practices, increasing turnover tenfold as a result. EU4Business helps Georgian hotel expand With help from the European...

A €40 000 bank loan arranged through the European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) has allowed Omar Baxturidze to expand his dental practice in Rustavi, Georgia. Omar took out the loan in March 2014 with one of EFSE’s partners in Georgia, Bank Republic. “After y...