AEFA celebrates the first Family Business Meeting in the province of Alicante

First meeting round tablemoderated by the AEFA president, Business challenges in the BANI environment and María Dolores Furió, general manager of Economic Model, Autonomous Finance and Fiscal Policy at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Model, attended as a speaker; Joaquín Pérez, head of CEV in Alicante; IEF president Andrés Sendagoorta; and Ineca’s president, Ignacio Amirola.

Sendagota, who attended such an event for the first time, Weaknesses of the Spanish economy Due to the pandemic, he said “we have a brutal weakness in our supply chain” while advocating the need to value and reinvigorate the family entrepreneur figure.

In the afternoon session of this meeting, the conference on the subject, digital transformation and new business, Presented by Enrique Dans, Professor of Innovation and Technology at the Instituto de Empresa Bussines School. The expert pointed out that the family business had to adapt to technological changes: “We must know how cryptocurrencies and metadata work so that we do not lose business options in the future.” He also highlighted the need for companies to adapt, at the employee’s request, to connect with their employees in different ways, encouraging a la carte teleworking to the maximum, as the employer “has to move from culture of control to culture”.

this Provincial Family Business Meeting ended with the round table «Strategies for having a happy family business»Led by Gustavo Lubián, AEFA Secretary General and Suavinex Innovation and Social Responsibility Corporate Director, attended by Carmen Berbegal from Actiu; Andrés Araez of Rubio Snacks; and Marcelo Montilla of Atlántica Agricola. In this intervention, the distribution of functions within the family business, the trust between them, the capacity for dialogue and the mechanisms to meet the individual demands of each were pointed out as key elements for a happy family business.

Carlos Mazón, chairman of the Alicante Provincial Council, was responsible for closing last Thursday’s session. In his speech, he evaluated the work done in the province of Alicante, ” the entrepreneurial capacity of our business fabric is incredible, and the Administration needs to be up to the task». He used his speech to reflect on two issues of particular importance: broadening the positive silence before the administration and greater implementation of the responsible declaration.

Maite Antón: “With 3 million unemployed in Spain, we have a hard time finding talent”

The slowness of public administrations and the excess of bureaucracy became the focus of public attention. Twenty-seventh Ordinary General Assembly of Alicante Province Family Business Association (AEFA)was held together with the First Provincial Family Business Meeting last Thursday. During the action, AEFA president Maite Antón assured that “local, provincial, regional and national governments are needed to avoid interdepartmental arrangements that make necessary permits impossible or endless”, referring to undertaking business projects. He finally claimed More agility for public administrations so that family businesses can expand their operations.

AEFA meeting held at El Maestral restaurant, maintaining family businesses as engines of the economyAntón “proposed to continue with the historical claim in the Valencian Community” Inheritance and Donation Tax Premium for all companiesindiscriminately extended to those with a turnover of more than 10 million Euros and are now excluded.

Another issue that was discussed at the Ordinary General Assembly of AEFA was the attractiveness of talent, which is an issue that concerns family businessmen in the province. Regarding this, the president said, “paradoxically, Three million unemployed in our country, we will meet difficulty finding talent». As a solution, Antón proposed to unite the efforts of « companies and training centers to work hand in hand, adapting the contents (digitalization, new energies, circular economy) that will facilitate the realization of the end goal. education. It is very important to convey hope to young people so that they have a future”.

Taking advantage of his speech, the President said: renewable energy In addition to the increase in prices, he said, addressing the administrations: correcting rising energy costs and difficulties in obtaining raw materials». It also called for “more equitable financing of the Valencian Community and fair investments in the province of Alicante”.

The twenty-seventh Board concluded with the approval of the income statement and the balance of activities carried out by the partner organization throughout 2021. 11 new partners over the past year, The association has reached 167 subsidiaries, making it one of the family business associations with the largest number of associates in Spain.

this new members Companies participating in AEFA are Fernando Brotons Administración de Fincas, Grupo FM, Hermanos Lopez Lloret (Clavileño), International Ophthalmology Consulting, Mova Strategy, Petroalcant, Productos Lozano, Tescoma, TLM Operadores Logísticos, Vaype Servicios Integrales and Zarago 2012 so far. The companies Alamo 96, COES, Gaviota Simbac, Gestimed, Glem, Singular Glass and Multiacústica were founded in .