General Assembly Valencia Entrepreneurs Association (AVE) this Wednesday has become great the act of justifying the figure of the businessmanafter the hard critics voiced by some leaders to be against the collective and especially the president of the Mercadona, Juan Roig. Some attacks on the head of the organization, transportation Vicente Boluda, attributed election proximity. because “deep down, They don’t believe in entrepreneurs. nor on private initiative”.
A business plea, backed by the President of the Generalitat, Ximo Puigdid not hesitate to bring the ranks closer with the employers. “As if to caricature the business world The rich man of Monopoly In his speech at the ceremony in l’Alqueria del Basket de València, Consell’s president said, “This is unfair and above all misleading.”
“The business world that Valencians know, Committed to creating quality employment, He insisted on strategic projects and the promotion of education and innovation, assuring that “without a company there would be no economic prosperity, employment and equal opportunities without employment”.
Along the same lines, and after reviewing the latest investment projects such as the Volkswagen gigafactory that the Valencia Community has managed to attract, Generalitat President said:strategic nature of the large family business” Represented by the AVE.
Previously, the head of the organization, Vicente Boluda, gave an account of the weight of his work. 180 partnersco-billing is equivalent to: 63% of Autonomous GDP and his company employs 290,000 people, as he recalls.
“Of course, the closeness of the elections has led some political parties to businessmen, trying to discredit and humiliate us. And I say it’s definitely because we’re in the election period, because it’s benevolent, because they don’t believe in business people and private initiatives deep down.”
Provocation
Bolu defended the businessmen who faced this situation “They don’t bleed to provocation”While he did not “keep silent”, he urged those present to “do what we do best: create jobs, lead our teams, convey our business culture, be ethical and above all contribute to our progress”. society, develop and become more prosperous”.
So he askedlower the tone of persistent tension It “occurred in political-institutional life” and demanded respect for institutions and separation of powers. He also insisted on publicly rejecting the “bad image he was trying to give to businessmen” and did not participate in attempts to confront them. with the workers
Already in the protest section, he argued that the process should be accelerated. Mediterranean corridor and agreeing on a national policy This.
On the other hand, the assembly hosted the new partners of AVE, including the former president of Hosbec Hotel Managers Association and the owner of Port Hotels. Tony Mayor. Thus, he joins a long list of Alicante natives present in the organisation. Adolfo Utor, Pedro López, Enrique Riquelme, Pablo Serna, Antonio Arias, Gianni Cecchin or Jose Juan Fornés, among others. President of the Alicante Family Business Association, Mait Anton.
Ministers were also present in the political arena as well as Puig. Raphael Climent And Arcadi Spain and the head of PP CV, Carlos Mazonamong others.
New Generation Funds
80% of companies Associated with AVE, the organization that brings together the large family companies of the Valencian Community, Do not take part in any projects financed by Next Generation Funds. Mainly because of their “inaccessibility”, “lack of information” or lack of clarity of processes to exploit them.
This is evident in a survey of attendees at the organization’s parliamentary meeting, held in Valencia this Wednesday, which highlighted the difficulties that exist in getting companies resources from Brussels for recovery.
Despite this and the fact that the majority think inflation And raise rate This will be the biggest challenge their companies will have to face this year, the perspective of the big family companies in Valencia doesn’t look bad. Actually, 62% of those consulted assure that they plan to increase employmentAnother 32% today at least assure that they will continue to do so.
Likewise, until 80% plan to increase their investments In Spain, and in particular, 70% say they will reinvest their profits.
Most worrying in the political arena, political instability Occurs in Spain, in the opinion of AVE members. Thus, another year of autonomy suspends the big businessmen political class.
with everything up 75% think both national and regional economic situation will be the same or better Of course, to achieve this, political demands are made for measures to stimulate activity as well as job creation and new companies.