Councilor Salvador Marín yeclanas encourages companies to use the Community programs to create jobs
The Ministry of Universities and Research Company granted almost four million euros in aid of 'InfoFinanciación 2009', managed by the Instituto de Fomento (info), business and industrial projects in the town of Yecla.
Thanks to these aids helped to maintain 5,573 jobs and create 60 new jobs.
Salvador Councilor Marin stated that "in the past year, 2009, in the town of Yecla were granted aid worth EUR 3,892,867 with an investment of 10,200,476 euros.
In total, 198 were approved aid cases compared with 30 last year, the highest number of lines on foreign trade with 147 cases. "
Also in 2009 there were 38 applications in Info relating to helplines innovation projects, up from 15 last year, which represented an investment of over seven million euros, and a grant of EUR 2,757,261 .
To the business sector to continue to use the policy of the Autonomous Region to build and maintain employment, maintain Marin counselor this afternoon a meeting with businessmen yeclanos in informing them about the new aid program and other measures InfoFinanciación 2010 the method-action FinanciaPyme.
One of the main novelties of this exercise is to aid the Program for Promotion of Business Cooperation.
About this initiative, Marin said that "from the regional government claim that our companies improve their competitive position and increase the development of international activities."
The beneficiaries of the Programme for the Promotion of Business Cooperation are on the one hand, companies in the region to undertake a project of cooperation with other companies not linked to each other, and, second, the so-called Intermediate Bodies (such as business associations , research institutes or technology centers, among others) whose aims include the promotion of business cooperation.
Aid cooperation
In the case of projects submitted by companies is established to support the development of business plans and strategic plans for cooperation between companies, the development of cooperation projects in trade that are intended to combine their business potential and capabilities for competitive advantage , where it includes access to new markets, strategic alliances, 'joint-ventures and cooperative projects internationalization.
Also support cooperation in R + D + i which has the aim to generate new products, services or processes that provide a substantial improvement for the participating companies, such as branding or joint distribution, communication tools between business process design innovative products, etc.
This is compounded by applications to national and international cooperative R & D + i, and the proposed mergers or merger of two or more companies.
As for the types of eligible projects and presented by intermediate agencies, will support actions aimed at the revitalization of cooperation by the clusters of the region and awareness campaigns to promote cooperation.
Aid, both for businesses and intermediary organizations will be sunk up to a maximum of 75 percent in terms of gross subsidy on subsidized spending approved.
The maximum annual amount of aid per participating company, regardless of how many grants you get, of 45,000 euros and 60,000 euros in case of an intermediate body.
Source: CARM