Vyacheslav N. Arkhangelsky Vyacheslav N. Arkhangelsky

Based on the analysis of federal and regional Plans of Measures to support entrepreneurship during the
pandemic and the documents of the current archive of the Regional Union of Small and Medium-sized
Businesses, the article draws conclusions about the impact of the pandemic on the sphere of small and
medium-sized enterprises in Russia and the Middle Urals. It describes the main activities of the Union of
Small and Medium-sized Businesses of the Sverdlovsk region in 2020. The methods of comparative analysis,
generalization, and classification were used in the research process.
The paper discusses the problems of overcoming such negative consequences as insufficient financing
of small and medium-sized businesses, existence of corruption and excessive control and supervision. Conclusions are drawn about the degree of attractiveness for entrepreneurs of specific types of support during
the pandemic. The main activities carried out by the Union in 2020 are described. Special attention is paid
to the work of the Fifth Tax Forum of Small and Medium-sized Businesses of the Sverdlovsk Region, held
on November 25, 2020. The leaders of the Union prepared and presented to the participants of the Tax
Forums a number of proposals to improve the legislation, both at the regional and federal levels.
Scientific novelty: this is the first research that presents a generalized statistics on the development of
small and medium-sized businesses in the Middle Urals during the pandemic; it reveals the degree of effectiveness of measures to support small and medium-sized businesses in 2017–2019 and in 2020. A number
of measures are proposed to improve the activities of the Union of Small and Medium-sized Businesses of
the Sverdlovsk Region in the form of recommendations to the Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region and the

 

Based on the documents of the current archive of the Regional Union of small and medium-sized businesses, the article draws conclusions on the main directions and tools for regulating the activities of the Union of small and medium-sized businesses of the Sverdlovsk region in the period 2016-2019. The issues of overcoming such negative consequences as a sharp reduction of SME financing, manifestations of corruption, imperfection of control and supervisory activities, and the quality of management activities of authorities that provided support to small and medium-sized businesses in the Sverdlovsk region are considered. There are both obvious and hidden barriers to the development of small and medium-sized businesses. The article describes the main activities carried out by the Union in recent years. Special attention is paid to the work of the Coordinating Council of non-profit organizations engaged in anti-corruption activities. The role of the Union in the preparation and development of the Anti-corruption social contract of business in the Sverdlovsk region is indicated. One of the most important events was the annual Tax forums (with the participation of up to 200 representatives of small and medium-sized businesses). The leaders of the Union prepared and presented to the participants of Tax forums a number of proposals for improving legislation, both at the regional and Federal levels. Scientific novelty: for the first time, a summary of statistics on the development of small and mediumsized businesses in the Middle Urals for 2016-2019 is presented and conclusions are drawn about the stagnation of this dynamics. A number of measures to improve the activities of the Union of small and medium-sized businesses of the Sverdlovsk region in the form of recommendations to the Governor of the Sverdlovsk region and relevant Ministries are proposed.