The Association of Family Businesses (AEFA) in the province of Alicante, among other things, strengthen training in this business area. In Enhancen, the cooperation that it has been maintaining since 2017 was renewed by signing a new agreement. Thanks to this agreement, various actions will be taken to ensure the continuity of family businesses in the province and to expand family businesses by training entrepreneurs. The growth and survival of these business models.
Maite Antón, president of AEFA, and Sergio Gordillo, managing partner of Enhancen, attended the signing of the agreement. The agreement, which will remain in effect throughout this year, also aims to develop meetings that will contribute to the education of family entrepreneurs in the province on current issues that may affect their competitiveness or business management.
Antón took advantage of the event to “thank you very much for the support Developn has provided to the family business in this province”. “We are inside maximum moment of volatility this requires our entrepreneurs to always have the necessary preparations so that they can make the most effective decisions in the management of their organizations. That’s why we’re committed to running training sessions with Enhancen that resulted in this issue,” says Antón.
Gordillo, for his part, underlined that “the family business is very important in the current economic context and can be threatened by anything that happens, so seek outside help from professionals who know the business.” how to deal with complex situations is key”, pointed out Enhancen managing partner Sergio Gordillo.
Enhancen is a consulting firm that has been helping Spanish companies define new strategic lines and improve their results and processes for 20 years. It aims to make an impact as an agent of change to transform organizations by gaining an absolute commitment to improved, solid and exceptional results. Alliance, proximity, change management and responsibility are the four values that define what Improvement is, how it is done, and what results are expected from their work. In addition to its orientation to results and its pragmatism in solutions, its differentiation is its proximity and involvement in the project.
Regarding PwC Tax & Legal, PwC’s law firm and tax advisors, the alliance has also been renewed to strengthen and promote the preparation and training of family entrepreneurs in the state. The agreement would, in particular, allow the execution New edition of Business Family SchoolAn initiative that will address issues related to the management of the family business, which makes up 92% of Alicante’s productive fabric in the province, and the sustainability of these business models.
AEFA President Maite Antón signed the agreement; Inmaculada Pascual, director of PwC Tax & Legal in Alicante, and José Abad, responsible for the legal area of PwC Tax & Legal in Alicante, as well as Borja Escrivá, PwC’s senior manager. Among the actions envisaged in the agreement, the organization of an event will focus on professionalization and digitalization, family office as a tool to protect assets in the family business.
“We are taking action,” said the AEFA president. a highly competitive and globalized marketwhich requires being duly trained to face the decision-making process of family businesses and to formulate business strategies successfully and accurately”. Antón wanted to thank PwC for its confidence in renewing this agreement, which “once again supports family businesses in this province, adding so much employment and wealth to our region.”
On the other hand, Inmaculada Pascual stressed that “in these troubled times it is more important to protect, sustain and ensure the growth of the company and family assets. to pass it on to the next generation. All of this is based on the family’s will to manage both the company and the family assets in a professional and collaborative manner”.
PwC Tax & Legal are PwC’s law firm and tax advisors. PwC’s goal is to build trust in society and solve important problems. The company network is present in 156 countries with more than 295,000 professionals dedicated to providing quality service. in auditing, tax and legal advice, consulting and transactions.
AEFA was established in 1995. a group of 32 businessmen from the state Familiar character in Alicante. It was the first family business association created in Spain, following the example of the National Institute of Family Business created two years ago. Among its main objectives is the protection and continuity of the interests of family businesses. Currently, the business exceeds wholly owned subsidiary.