The self-employed workers organization UPTA has alerted this Thursday that the widespread increase in prices recorded in July, combined with the rise in fuel and electricity costs, will reduce the margins "of thousands of small businesses" and will also limit their capacity for growth, investment, and job creation."Inflation is once...
Close to three million self-employed workers will have access to the new billing application created by the Tax Agency (AEAT) to adapt to the Verifactu system and issue their invoices at no additional cost, without having to hire a private program, according to calculations by the self-employed organization UPTA, which...
The Union of Professionals and Self-Employed Workers (UPTA) has warned that the use of cash in certain private healthcare activities could be serving to hide up to 40 percent of the actual billing. For this reason, the organization will submit a formal request to the competent Ministry for self-employed workers...
Self-employed workers in Spain spend an average of 226 hours a year exclusively on procedures with various administrations and on fulfilling their tax, labor, and Social Security obligations. According to the National Federation of Self-Employed Workers Associations (ATA), this bureaucratic burden implies a total outlay for the group that exceeds...
The General Council of the Colleges of Administrative Managers of Spain has demanded from the Government an urgent review of the deployment of Verifactu and the future mandatory electronic invoice, in order to adjust these obligations to the real size of self-employed individuals and micro-enterprises through criteria of proportionality and...
The Union of Associations of Self-Employed Workers and Entrepreneurs (Uatae) has emphasized that self-employment has managed to maintain "practically intact" its membership volume during the month of July, registering only 103 fewer contributors. According to the organization, this behavior "confirms the strength" that the group has been showing in 2026,...
The National Federation of Associations of Self-Employed Workers (ATA) has alerted that the Special Regime for Self-Employed Workers (RETA) registered a decrease of 103 self-employed workers in July, leaving the total number of affiliates at 3,472,357 people, according to the data released this Tuesday."The employment data we have learned today...
The Chamber of Commerce of Spain has claimed this Monday "the necessary measures" to ensure security, the normal functioning of commerce, and the economic reactivation in the autonomous city of Ceuta, immersed in a migratory crisis since last week.The chamber institution has shown its support "firmly and decisively" to the...
The Council of Ministers has given the green light this Tuesday to a Royal Decree-law that introduces extraordinary measures in the field of Social Security to protect companies and workers affected by the fires this summer. The new framework relaxes access to the cessation of activity for self-employed workers and...
The Spanish Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (Cepyme) has highlighted the commitment of the business fabric to job creation after the data from the Active Population Survey (EPA) for the second quarter was published. However, it has warned of the decrease in the number of entrepreneurs and self-employed workers...
The reciprocal guarantee societies (SGR) operating in Spain have channeled in the first half of 2026 financing of 1.695 billion euros towards SMEs and self-employed individuals through 12,838 guarantees formalized. This activity represents a growth of 8.3% compared to the same period of the previous year and has contributed to...
The Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE) has highlighted the "decisive boost" of the private sector in job creation during the second quarter of the year, following the release of the latest data from the Active Population Survey (EPA). At the same time, it has drawn attention to the loss...
The National Federation of Self-Employed Workers Associations (ATA) warned this Tuesday of the strong reduction in the number of self-employed workers in the second quarter of the year and denounced "the suffocation" that the group endures.In a press release, ATA emphasizes that the Active Population Survey (EPA) for the second...
The Union of Associations of Self-Employed Workers and Entrepreneurs (Uatae) has warned about the proliferation of "false self-employed" following the latest data from the Active Population Survey (EPA), which reflects a decline of 3.04% in self-employment, according to the organization communicated this Tuesday.The entity has explained that the way the...
The Union of Associations of Self-Employed Workers and Entrepreneurs (Uatae) has urged that the protection of self-employed workers affected by the fires this summer be guaranteed through the provision for cessation of activity due to force majeure, as long as they meet the required conditions. This was stated by the...
The National Federation of Self-Employed Workers (ATA) has demanded from "all administrations" the immediate implementation of specific aid for self-employed workers and companies affected by the fires recorded this summer, as the organization pointed out this Monday in a statement.Among the proposed measures is an extraordinary benefit for cessation of...
The Union of Professionals and Self-Employed Workers (UPTA Spain) warned this Tuesday about the advance of pluriactivity in the Spanish labor market, after noting an increase of 5.6% in the number of self-employed workers in the last five years.According to the study prepared by UPTA, in 2020 an average of...
Vodafone Spain has announced a new proposal aimed at freelancers and small businesses that integrates connectivity services, cybersecurity, IT support, and digital solutions tailored to the particularities of each activity.According to the company in a press release, the new solution, called "My Business Pro," is "flexible and scalable" and is...
The parliamentary group of Compromís in Les Corts Valencianes has reproached this Sunday that the current employment policy of the Consell pivots, in their opinion, on the salary increase of high-ranking officials. The deputy of Compromís and spokesperson for Employment in the regional chamber, Mònica Àlvaro, has denounced that in...
The Union of Professionals and Self-Employed Workers (UPTA) has denounced that millions of self-employed workers continue to assume "an essential function" in sustaining public coffers without receiving any direct compensation, and calls for a reform that maximally simplifies VAT management.The organization emphasizes that self-employed workers are the ones who charge...
The board of directors of the National Federation of Associations of Self-Employed Workers (ATA) agreed this Thursday to support the current president of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE), Antonio Garamendi, in his candidacy to continue at the head of the employers' association in the elections scheduled for next...
Until May, 293 workers lost their lives in Spain due to a work accident, which represents four fewer deaths than in the same period last year, according to provisional data released by the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy. In percentage terms, this variation implies a decrease of 1.3%.The main...
The latest "Barometer II Quarter 2026" from ATA reveals that three out of four self-employed workers, 75.6%, have opted to increase their rates since June 2025 to cope with the general increase in their expenses. This percentage represents a "notable increase" compared to the 68.9% recorded in the first quarter...
BBVA has communicated this Friday that, at the close of May, 58% of new loans granted to small and medium-sized enterprises were formalized through digital channels. In the case of self-employed workers, the entity has specified that the weight of loans processed online rose to 67% in the same period."Digitalization...
The National Federation of Provincial Associations of Fish and Frozen Products Retailers (Fedepesca) has expressed its support for postponing the mandatory application of VeriFactu. It does so by aligning with the technical arguments of the Spanish Association of Tax Advisors (Aedaf), which emphasizes the importance of avoiding duplication, excessive costs,...