Mayor of Kazan: "The number of credits for small and medium business should...
Ilsur Metshin called to finance more actively small and medium business.
- Every year more and more significant is the contribution of small businesses in the socio-economic development of our city. Currently small businesses operate in all sectors of Kazan - noted in his report on "Business Monday" in the City Hall today, March 1, Azat Sharapov, chairman of the Committee of economic development of Executive committee of Kazan.
In 2009 in Kazan were about 17 thousand economically active small enterprises, employing more than 150 thousand people.
According to Azat Sharapov, the average wages of workers in small enterprises account for 18 thousand 919 rubles, annual turnover - 224,7 billion rubles, or 36,2% of the turnover of all enterprises of Kazan, which is 2,4 percentage points higher than in 2008.
- I ask "Bank of Kazan" to give me information how many loans were issued to small and medium businesses for two months of this year - asked the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin. - It is necessary that the quantity of credits has increased in many times!