The effectiveness of support of subjects of entrepreneurship by the municipal authorities

Abstract

Purpose: the article deals with the problems of small and medium-sized businesses in a permanent crisis of the domestic economy. Discussion: the article analyzes the needs of small and medium-sized businesses in state support, identifies its priority areas. The main focus is on the study and analysis of existing support programs and their popularity in the business environment. The authors identify influencing the dynamics of the number of enterprises receiving financial and consulting support at the municipal level. Results: the study confirms that many business owners are still poorly aware of all the intricacies of the existing programs of state support for entrepreneurship. As a result, the authors make a number of proposals for the improvement of the transparency of the conditions for obtaining state support for small and medium-sized businesses.