The Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations of Metal (Confemetal) has launched this Thursday its new 'hub' Value Chain of Defense of Spain, as reported in a statement.This working group will serve to articulate the institutional and business participation of the metal sector at the national level in the field of...
The expenses that companies face to operate coach services with between 39 and 55 seats have increased by 8.2% in the first half of the year compared to the same period of the previous year, according to data from the Observatory of Costs of discretionary passenger transport.This rise is mainly...
Red.es, an entity dependent on the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Function through the Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence, has launched for the first time the "AI Week" in the network of Acelera pyme Offices, as the institution communicated this Thursday.The initiative, organized in coordination with...
The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, will launch a comprehensive plan against absenteeism that will incorporate different actions to address unjustified absences from the workplace.She announced this during her speech on the first day of the Debate on the State of the Region, which the Assembly...
The Government plans to mobilize 40 million euros to boost the development of artificial intelligence (AI) models aimed at 'startups' and small and medium-sized enterprises. This was announced this Wednesday by the Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence, María González Veracruz, during an event on digital economy organized...
Pimec has called for the implementation of a state law for business growth that places the dimension of companies among the priorities of economic policy and that allows Spanish SMEs to grow in size sustainably.This was stated by the president of Pimec, Antoni Cañete, this Wednesday in Madrid during the...
The General Council of Economists of Spain (CGE) and the Foundation for Applied Economic Studies (Fedea) agreed this Wednesday that it is essential to reduce regulatory barriers and simplify regulatory frameworks so that small and medium-sized Spanish enterprises do not have incentives to "remain small."These conclusions were presented at the...
The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) of Peru and Swiss Cooperation, dependent on the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) of the European country, have launched a "new stage of technical assistance" focused on strengthening small and medium-sized exporting companies and on the development of more advanced trade...
Orange and Libelium have launched the technological infrastructure of NEXMO, the mobility data space promoted by Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) within the MovEDIHub project, as communicated by the institution.The initiative, backed by funds from the European Union - Next Generation EU through the Secretary of State for Digitalization...
Direbús, the association that groups small and medium-sized enterprises dedicated to passenger transport by road, has warned that the precautionary suspension of several conservation tenders for the state road network may compromise safety in circulation, as the renewal of key contracts for the maintenance of these infrastructures is delayed.The decision...
The Vice President of the Government of the Canary Islands and Counselor of Economy, Industry, Commerce, and Self-Employed, Manuel Domínguez, detailed this Wednesday in parliamentary commission the launch of two new actions aimed at sustaining economic activity, protecting employment, and opening new avenues for entrepreneurship in the islands.Specifically, these are...
The Spanish Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (Cepyme) has pointed out this Wednesday that the extraordinary process of regularization of foreign citizens is "decisively" conditioning employment figures and, consequently, any assessment made about them.According to the business organization, at the end of August there were nearly 340,000 foreign affiliates...
BBVA has registered a 3.3% increase in new financing aimed at companies, SMEs, and self-employed individuals in Spain during the first half of 2026, according to the 'country manager' of BBVA in the country, Peio Belausteguigoitia, at the Regional Convention that brings together the seven territorial directions of the bank...
The president of Cepyme, Ángela de Miguel, has urged the Government of Spain to offer "support" and "advice" to small and medium-sized enterprises in their digitalization process, so that this effort becomes a "revolutionary" leap that allows them to grow and gain competitiveness.De Miguel delivered this message on Tuesday during...
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food injects 6 million euros additional into the Agroinnpulso program, a line that facilitates financing to strengthen the competitiveness of innovative startups and SMEs linked to the agri-food sector.In detail, the collaboration agreement signed between this department and the National Innovation Company (Enisa), an...
The Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Function, Óscar López, communicated this Monday that his Department has resolved the calls for Red IA and Red IA Salud, with a total allocation of 180 million euros, aimed at supporting 372 artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives.The announcement was made during his speech at...
Banco Santander has channeled 3,401 proposals from its professionals through the global initiative "Santander Innovation Challenge," a program designed to enhance internal talent and innovation through solutions supported by artificial intelligence (AI), data, and automation.The purpose of this challenge is to locate ideas that contribute to optimizing products, services, and...
CaixaBank has granted in the first half of 2026 more than 10,000 million euros in new financing to small and medium-sized enterprises, which represents an increase of 2% compared to the same period of the previous year, according to the entity detailed in a statement released this Wednesday.Between January and...
The PPCV has demanded that the Government of Spain act "urgently" and proceed with the deflation of the IRPF, considering that, if not done, a "new hidden increase" in the tax burden borne by self-employed workers is occurring.In this line, the spokesperson for Employment of the GPP, Javier Gutiérrez, has...
BBVA closed 2025 with a 32% increase in financing directed to the entire franchise sector. In parallel, the amount channeled to small and medium-sized franchised enterprises (SMEs) advanced by 24% in the same period, according to the financial entity communicated this Wednesday, without revealing the total amount granted.In addition, the...
The "Next Generation" funds from the European Union (EU) have already reached 1.5 million beneficiaries in Spain. Of them, nearly seven out of ten (68%) are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or micro-companies, as detailed by the Government this Tuesday.The Executive emphasizes that two out of every three euros of...
The disbursement associated with the operation services of the electrical system is already at 3.360 billion euros until mid-August, which represents a rise of 36% compared to the same period in 2025, according to the latest report from the Observatory of the cost of operation services. This organization includes the...
Forum Chile, a company of the Spanish bank BBVA specialized in financing and insurance for the automotive sector, presented last July Flotas & Empresas, a new proposal aimed at covering the purchase of vehicles by SMEs and large Chilean companies.According to the press release sent, this offer is oriented towards...
Employment in large companies and in corporate SMEs advanced in the second quarter by 3.6%, which represents a slight acceleration in the pace of job creation compared to the first three months of the year, according to the statistics released by the Tax Agency."Although it is impossible to determine with...
The Multisectoral Platform against Delinquency (PMcM) has urged this Friday that, in parallel to the adaptation of the new European insolvency regulation, the existing mechanisms against delinquency be reinforced and better coordinated. The organization demands that their real application be ensured and that they be integrated into a strategy for...