A working meeting between representatives of national employers and wood furniture and president CEPYME (Spanish Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprise) brings to the table the real problems of the sector.
Francisco Lax, President of AREMA, was one of the representatives of national employers that remained past dates a meeting with Jesus Plywood, President of CEPYME, national employers of small and medium Spanish enterprises, where they were put on the table which are the problems that most SMEs are facing our industry.
Together with José Blasco President Confemadera-Habitat, employers requested the overwhelming support of the National Association:
- A comprehensive plan for innovation and internationalization Habitat for industry.
- Problem that involves the removal of subsidies and loss of pay laid-off workers Fogasa SME companies.
- Support funding.
- Elimination System modules.
- Renewal Plan Habitat and housing rehabilitation.
- Deferred income tax.
- Increased costs for late payments SS.
- Delay in refund of VAT on exporters.
One area in which 90% are SMEs called industries, where the average worker is about 20, needs a strong support on all fronts, both Regional and National level, in the words of Francis Lax "we have be heard if or if, as we are an industry that generates a very large volume of employment, and for this and for that we are working daily from associations, any other way is not feasible. "
AREMA represents an industry that Murcia has conalrededor 1,300 companies belonging to the cluster of wood and furniture.
The turnover of the sector represents 3.5% of the regional industrial non-energy sectors, employing around 7,000 workers.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Yecla