SME Finance (Italy): Brazzale SpA, Italy’s oldest dairy, raised about €10m ($11.4m) by borrowing against cheese aging in its warehouse, enabled by a change to Italy’s securitisation law that now allows financing on non-registered goods like food and raw materials—aimed at freeing cash tied up in inventory. Competition & Media (UK): Getty Images has terminated its $3.7bn plan to merge with Shutterstock after the UK Competition and Markets Authority required a sale of Shutterstock’s editorial business to an approved buyer, raising questions for smaller creative clients that rely on licensing. Local Business Climate (Cyprus): Limassol’s rapid tower-and-marina boom is boosting jobs and investment but also pushing up rents and traffic, while earlier town-centre regeneration work helped reshape public spaces. Policy & Regulation (Spain): Spain’s micro-firms face “regulatory suffocation” as Cepyme and CEOE warn that rising costs and weakened social dialogue are driving closures, arguing neighbourhood shops can’t meet the same reporting burden as multinationals. SME Support (Northern Ireland): Invest NI says its programmes helped secure £48m of investment in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, with support tied to job creation and agri-food growth. Digital Banking (EU/UK): Bluevine is expanding digital onboarding for foreign-resident owners of US small businesses, including selected EU countries, to reduce friction for cross-border SME finance.