Inicjatywa Mikro (Poland)

In 1996 Katarzyna decided to set up her own business in Cracow, Poland, offering advertising services and designing posters and leaflets. She then started making and selling decorating frames, salt dough figures and glass prints which proved so popular that she needed to expand the premises and move to a central location in town close to the market square. Here she opened a gift and tea shop where customers could buy cards, local souvenirs and hand-painted frames while drinking cups of tea or coffee and eating local desserts. To keep up with the demand, Katarzyna needed to buy kitchen equipment. Fortunately she managed to obtain a EUR 5 320 loan from the EIF-backed intermediary Inicjatywa Mikro to help her do so. The loan helped her to grow the business and to keep her colleague Malgorzata employed. Case study Providing jobs and growth.

Company: Tea shop by Katarzyna Nowakowska, Poland
EU-supported loan from Inicjatywa Mikro

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