All the benefits of the Professionals of Business and Technology and more! As an entrepreneur member of the Professionals of Business and Technology, you can enjoy benefits tailored specifically for entrepreneurs, which are stacked on top of the existing member benefits and services.
You don’t have to manage everything on your own as an entrepreneur! The Professionals of Business and Technology offers its entrepreneur members a range of high-quality resources for developing their own company. We have compiled services that support, advise and guide you and give you a new kind of boost to operate as an entrepreneur.
As an entrepreneur member, you get even more! You can get discounts on a wide range of services and find all the benefit codes for the entrepreneur members of the Professionals of Business and Technology in one place.
Your trade union has the best understanding of your industry. The union’s lawyers can support you in a wide range of challenges in working life. The scope of the legal services offered by the Professionals of Business and Technology is also unique – you can’t get a similar legal protection benefit elsewhere.
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The Professionals of Business and Technology provides an extensive selection of services and benefits specifically designed for entrepreneur and light-entrepreneur members. Key member advantages include tailored entrepreneur sparring in Finnish and English, exclusive banking benefits with Danske Bank (including free account setup, six free months of business packages, and waived loan arrangement fees up to EUR 200,000), and free access to the Suomen Yrittäjät comprehensive service package.
Members also benefit from free legal resources via Fondia's Legal Insights databank containing over 1,700 articles, fee discounts on UKKO.fi and OP Light Entrepreneur services, guidance on Entrepreneur Fund unemployment coverage, and essential guidelines on business pricing and VAT compliance.
What support is available through the personal entrepreneur sparring service?
Members receive personal online entrepreneur sparring tailored to their specific needs, available in both Finnish and English. The coaching is led by coaches with personal experience as entrepreneurs and covers topics such as starting a company, day-to-day operations, and acting as an employer.
What Danske Bank benefits are available to entrepreneur members?
Entrepreneur members pay no fee to become a business customer with Danske Bank and receive the Danske Business or Danske Business Plus package free for the first 6 months. Additionally, Danske Business Plus is available at the standard Business package price, and corporate loans of up to EUR 200,000 carry no delivery or arrangement fees.
What is included in the Suomen Yrittäjät service package for entrepreneur members?
The service package is free for entrepreneur members and includes national member benefits, legal advice services, the Yrittäjä membership magazine, a weekly main newsletter, member pages with guides and an information bank, visibility in the Yrityshakemisto directory, and discounted seminars and training courses. It does not include direct membership in Suomen Yrittäjät or its local associations.
What discounts and benefits are available for light entrepreneurs?
Members receive a 20% discount on the UKKO Light Entrepreneur service (reducing invoicing fees to 4% from 5%), a 10% discount on the UKKO Sole Trader monthly fee, and a 20% discount on the service fee for OP Light Entrepreneur services.
Can I join the Entrepreneur Fund directly through the union?
You cannot join the Entrepreneur Fund directly through the Professionals of Business and Technology; you must apply for membership separately with the fund. However, you can maintain your trade union membership while enrolled in the Entrepreneur Fund.
Danske Bank business packages are free of charge for the first six months for eligible entrepreneur members.
Danske Business or Danske Business Plus free of charge for the first 6 months
The Legal Insights databank by Fondia provides access to over 1,700 legal articles in Finnish and English across 10 key business law domains.
contains a total of more than 1,700 articles in Finnish and English on legal issues important to entrepreneurs
VAT liability applies to entrepreneurs when their turnover exceeds EUR 20,000 for a 12-month financial year.
VAT liability applies to all persons operating as an entrepreneur when the turnover for the financial year (12 months) exceeds EUR 20,000.
Members receive a 20% discount on the UKKO Light Entrepreneur invoicing fee, bringing the rate down to 4% (normal 5%).
As a member of the Professionals of Business and Technology, you get access to the UKKO Light Entrepreneur service at a 20% discount.
Members receive a 20% discount on the service fee for OP Light Entrepreneur services.
As a member of the Professionals of Business and Technology, you get a 20% discount on the OP Light Entrepreneur services.
Trade union offering dedicated services, legal backing, sparring, and partner benefits to entrepreneur members.
Partner bank providing free account setup, discounted business packages, and waived loan arrangement fees to members.
Finnish business organization whose comprehensive service package is provided free of charge to entrepreneur members.
Legal service provider offering union members complimentary access to the electronic Legal Insights databank.
Independent unemployment fund providing earnings-related unemployment security specifically for entrepreneurs.
Invoicing and sole trader service platform offering discounted fees to union members.
Light entrepreneur invoicing platform providing a 20% service fee discount for union members.
