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The Ministry of Universities, Business and Research has launched the coordination office of the Institute for Advanced Development and Advisory Service Business Opportunities in Cartagena, which aims to support up to 1,500 small and medium enterprises in the district to achieve contracts with large companies and expand their business, an initiative that arose as a result of the study conducted earlier this year by the Young Entrepreneurs Association (AJE) and the city of Cartagena, in collaboration with the Autonomous Region for the detection of opportunities business in the region of Cartagena in the short, medium and long term, as noted by the mayor this morning, at the launch of the service.
Barreiro has stressed that the administration takes a step forward looking for business opportunities and making them available to the business.
In this region anyone who wants to invest can approach this service, and to what is going to invest, it will be profitable and will generate jobs, the mayor noted.
For his part, Minister Salvador Marin explained that this new tool of the Instituto de Fomento (Info) offers two months for companies with a comprehensive consulting service to create a 'land market', generating growth and quality employment Cartagena and its surroundings.
Previous studies conducted by the regional government and the Young Entrepreneurs Association (AJE), in collaboration with the City of Cartagena, the Chamber of Commerce and the Confederation of Organizations of Cartagena, has detected up to 28 business opportunities in the area characterized by their public impact and the need to develop outsourcing projects of SMEs.
Of these 28 business opportunities, from the Advanced Service Advice is already working at 17, that offer real opportunities for market expansion of 82 existing businesses and 11 new, which will this year, according to projections of info, keep 500 jobs and create 100 new.
From the Service reported in two months to 357 companies in the county of business opportunities that fit your profile, 61 of which are already in contact with the bidders.
These companies have a total of 350 workers and our estimate is that if the contract would create about 50 additional posts, indicated the director.
Among the business opportunities identified are generated by the expansion of Repsol in tailings facilities, airport, waste recovery, renewable energy, tourism and health services or the development of industrial infrastructure and knowledge, commented subsequently AJE president in Cartagena, Pedro Pablo Hernández.
The Advisory Service Business Opportunities Cartagena, framed in the new Info coordination office in the city, is located in February at the European Business and Innovation of Cartagena and advice to SMEs on supply and demand data services, support for project development, reporting mechanisms and application support for preparation and submission of tenders, project updates and needs, forming partnerships, coordination of requirements, distribution of opportunities, and identification capabilities.
In addition, this new office will provide employers in the region the regional innovation, internationalization, and financial means for undertaking, among others, offering the info from its headquarters in Murcia.
Marin said that this initiative is part of the Industrial Plan and is a bet on the Ministry to decentralize and strengthen the presence of the info in Cartagena and acts as a meeting of supply and demand of companies.
It is not merely have a list of business opportunities, but a thorough analysis of the same, the services that will be necessary to pay in its implementation and development of SMEs and Cartagena which by its nature can be done with contract, concluded the Minister.
STEERING COMMITTEE
To achieve the greatest advantage of business opportunities Cartagena and its surroundings, and take advantage of this Advisory Service, this morning it has formed a committee to monitor the proceedings in the regional government also is present the City of Cartagena, the Chamber of Commerce, the Confederation of Employers of Cartagena and the Association of Young Entrepreneurs of the Cartagena area.
Also, in addition to this committee, the Office organizes monthly meetings with the entities that generate business opportunities in detailing the characteristics of services that will be demanded and technical requirement, which makes the possibilities for SMEs the region can better adapt to demand and gain the contracts.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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