The Economic Office of Galicia and Sabadell Gallego join forces to provide businesses with up to €300 million in financing
The Igape and the bank sign an agreement that ensures, among other things, the evaluation of operations within a maximum of seven days and prioritises strategic sectors and rural areas Santiago de Compostela, 3 April 2025 The Xunta de Galicia, through the Galician Institute for Economic Promotion (Igape), has signed an agreement with Sabadell Gallego […]
Xunta advocates for Galicia’s industrial competitiveness model and investment attraction in Madrid
The Director of Igape, Covadonga Toca, participates in the Best Practices Group meeting of the ICEX Interterritorial Council for Internationalisation and speaks at the round table “Industrial Competitiveness: How to Finance the Future” during the Wake Up Spain event. She presents the Economic Office of Galicia as an example of new governance focused on businesses […]
Rueda reaffirms Xunta’s commitment to administrative simplification to strengthen business development
Advocates for the elimination of bureaucratic obstacles to expedite economic projects In the past year, the Economic Office handled nearly 19,000 enquiries and advised on 193 projects of special relevance Santiago de Compostela, 26 March 2025 The President of the Xunta, Alfonso Rueda, accompanied by the Minister of Economy and Industry, María Jesús Lorenzana, today […]
The Economic Office of Galicia welcomes a group of economics students from Northern Arizona University
Santiago de Compostela, 11 March 2025 The Economic Office of Galicia, under the management of Igape, welcomed today a group of approximately 20 students from Northern Arizona University. The meeting, held as part of an exchange programme, provided an opportunity to learn first-hand about the activities carried out by Igape to support Galicia’s productive fabric. […]
Lorenzana emphasizes that the new line of access to credit for the self-employed and SMEs will facilitate access to financing for more than a thousand companies
The Xunta increases the budget for this year’s 2025 call to 19 million euros, which could put around 150M€ into circulation In the last 5 years, over 4,900 Galician SMEs and self-employed individuals have received these aids, mobilizing a total amount of 389 M€ Santiago de Compostela, January 23, 2024 The Minister of Economy and […]
Lorenzana announces that, for the first time, Igape grants for SMEs and self-employed will be available from January, with nearly €173M
A total of 15 funding lines will be published in the Official Journal of Galicia (DOG) on 13 and 14 January The aim is to help businesses plan their financing needs in advance and be aware of the public support available to them Among the support to be announced are loans to encourage business consolidation, […]
Lorenzana announces €14M in grants to boost innovation and digitalization of Galicia’s productive fabric
As a novelty, these grants include over €10 million to promote the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in companies She insists on the importance of continuing to support companies that want to keep growing in the Community Cerdedo-Cotobade (Pontevedra), January 9, 2025 The Minister of Economy and Industry, María Jesús Lorenzana, announced today that the […]
Xunta will launch a grant line for startups in mid-January with a budget of €1.5M
Grants range from €10,000 to €20,000 and cover one hundred percent This is a support line that was launched for the first time last year to promote emerging innovative and technological business initiatives In Galicia there are currently 311 startups, generating 2,662 jobs and a combined turnover of over €241.2M The Xunta’s network of accelerators […]
The Economic Office of Galicia receives more than 1,700 inquiries per month since its opening in April
The service handled 13,731 inquiries from companies, self-employed individuals, and entrepreneurs in its first eight months of operation, with more than 80% resolved immediately The team of more than 100 professionals from different sectors also provided advice to 204 projects of special relevance for the Galician territory and held 583 face-to-face meetings In 2025, the […]
The Xunta highlights the Economic Office of Galicia to advance in debureaucratization and administrative streamlining and support the productive fabric
Lorenzana emphasizes the role of the office that functions as a single channel of specialized attention for businesses and industry For his part, José González positively values the establishment of a regulatory model that provides uniformity to the procedures for starting commercial activities, as long as the singularities of the Autonomous Communities and municipalities are […]
