Yulia Provotorova, Acting Head of the Department for the Development of Entrepreneurship, Consumer Market and Innovation Policy, spoke about the changes made to the program "Economic Development and Innovative Economy".
In particular, she said that due to the fact that many entrepreneurs have registered self-employment, the indicators of small and medium-sized businesses have changed. Last year, there were 512.8 units instead of the planned 526.6 units. By law, the self-employed are not small and medium-sized businesses. At the same time, the number of residents with such a working status is growing annually. If in 2023 there were a little more than 44 thousand self-employed people in Voronezh, then by the beginning of 2025 it will be almost 91.5 thousand people.
Thus, the number of SME representatives who received municipal support in 2024 also decreased. Instead of the planned 27 units, it was 23. And the amount of subsidies has increased by one million rubles and currently stands at 3 million.
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At the same time, the number of new jobs due to subsidies increased by 60 in Voronezh last year. This exceeded the plan by more than 46%.
In turn, the chairman of the Duma budget commission, Andrei Sobolev, appealed to the Department for the Development of Entrepreneurship, Consumer Market and innovation policy with a request to develop additional mechanisms to support entrepreneurs. He recalled the practice of co-financing the costs of entrepreneurs' participation in intercity and international exhibitions.
Also during the meeting, Yulia Provotorova said that this year the budget allocation for the dismantling and disposal of already demolished non-stationary retail outlets had been increased to 2.6 million rubles.
Earlier, we told you that the deputies of the Voronezh Parliament suggested that residents jointly control the installation of playgrounds.
