Success stories

Ludmila Antonauskaya
Ludmila Antonauskaya: EU business support helping one woman from Belarus compete with international giants
Belarus
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21/03/2018
Ludmila Antonauskaya is a perfect example of someone defying the stereotype that women and business cannot go together. She runs several companies, is one of the TOP 100 successful businesspeople in Belarus (No. 65, but the top woman on the list), and has raised two children. Her main business – a holding company called Polimaster – is among the world leaders in the field of equipment for...
Orange pipes for fibre optic connection ADSL users.
With EU4Business help, Belarus telematics manufacturer increases productivity with enhanced business processes
Belarus
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07/09/2017
With funding from the European Union, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) helped Mechatronics, a telematics producer from Belarus, to enhance the effectiveness of their business processes, optimise the organisational structure and increase labour productivity by 34% per year. The EBRD helped Mechatronics, a producer of equipment for fuel level and consumption control from...
tulips
With EU4Business help, Belarus tulip farm automates business processes
Belarus
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07/09/2017
With funding from the European Union under the EU4Business initiative, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) helped Nakhodka Polesya, a tulip farm in Belarus, automate business processes and optimise their operating expenses and reporting time. The EBRD helped Nakhodka Polesya, a tulip farm, introduce an IT-solution for automating business process management, enabling them...
With EU4Business help, Belarus paper manufacturer revamps website and gains new clients
Belarus
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30/08/2017
With funding from the European Union under the EU4Business initiative and Sweden, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) helped Gofrobum, a woman-led manufacturer of paper and corrugated packaging from Belarus, to redevelop the company’s website and increase their client base by 39%. The EBRD helped Gofrobum redevelop its website and broaden the scope of their marketing...
Online shopping.
With EU4Business help, Belarus electronics retailer launches online store
Belarus
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30/08/2017
With funding from the European Union under the EU4Business Initiative, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) helped Uspekh Pro, a wholesale supplier and retailer of computer and digital equipment from Belarus, create and launch its own internet store and increase online sales by four times. The EBRD helped Uspekh Pro, a wholesale supplier and retailer of computers and...
Interior café Garage Minsk
EU4Business helps Belarusian restaurant chain improve customer loyalty
Belarus
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16/08/2017
With funding from the European Union under the EU4Business Initiative, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) helped a network of Belarusian restaurants use business analytics and spur sales effectiveness. With funding from the European Union, the EBRD helped Café GARAGE, a local network of fast & casual restaurants to implement business intelligence (BI) system for...
software company increases its business
EU4Business helps Belarus software company expand globally
Belarus
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09/08/2017
With funding from the European Union under the EU4Business Initiative, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development helped ScienceSoft, a software producer from Belarus, to diversify its client base and to expand business through a merger, increasing turnover by 65% in one year. The EBRD helped ScienceSoft to almost double in size and to diversify its client base , as well as to overhaul...
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East Invest 2 brings European know-how to the budding business support sector in Belarus
Belarus
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20/07/2017
The distinctive feature of Belarus from other post-Soviet countries, united by the Eastern Partnership, is the dominant role of the state in almost all spheres, including the national economy. The basis of the national economy is controlled by state companies, and for a long time the private sector was given a secondary role. Zhanna Tarasevich, a co-chairman of one of the national business...
Belarus clothes manufacturer increases turnover by 87%, thanks to EBRD advice and EU funding
Belarus
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30/03/2017
With funding from the EU, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) helped a Belarussian clothes manufacturer develop brand strategy and expand its own retail chain, increasing sales by 30%. The company, Mark Formelle , established in 2009, designs, produces and distributes cotton garments, sleepwear, underwear and other specialty clothing such as thermal wear. Despite rapid...
The restaurant app
Developing Belarus’ first mobile restaurant app
Belarus
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30/09/2016
SMEs can grow their businesses by accessing cutting edge innovations. For example a restaurant in the Belarusian capital Minsk has developed the country’s first mobile restaurant app with the advice and support of the EBRD. Founded in 2007, Sushi-Bar Manga has been keen to pay close attention to international trends in the restaurant business. The business was interested in using innovative...