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 […]
The Xunta highlights cooperativism for boosting growth and competitiveness of the Galician business fabric
The director of Igape, Covadonga Toca, held a working meeting with representatives of the Union of Cooperatives of Galicia – EspazoCoop, which emphasized the importance of cooperativism for Galicia’s economic development She highlights the role of the Economic Office of Galicia as “a new way of connecting with companies, facilitating and promoting debureaucratization, and bringing […]
The Economic Office of Galicia welcomes a visit from the design, furniture and carpentry students of the Melide Secondary School
Santiago de Compostela, 9 December 2024 The Galician Institute for Economic Promotion (Igape) welcomed this morning a group of around twenty students and teachers from the intermediate vocational training course in carpentry and furniture and the higher dual programme in design and furnishing at the Melide Secondary School, as part of the activities the school is developing […]
The Xunta will open a branch of the Galicia Economic Office in Madrid to strengthen business dynamization and attract investments
It will be located in the facilities of the Casa de Galicia in Madrid and is expected to become operational by mid-2025 Lorenzana emphasizes that the Galician Government is taking a further step by opening the first office outside Galicia to continue simplifying the path for companies wishing to establish themselves in the Community She […]
Rueda highlights the contribution of Galician companies that bet on “generating wealth” worldwide without renouncing their identity and origin.
Highlights the “extremely powerful business network” of Galicia, with a foundation led by “family companies” Xunta seeks to attract investments and promote entrepreneurship through personalised advice, administrative simplification, and access to industrial land at zero cost for eight years. Vigo, November 27, 2024 The president of the Xunta, Alfonso Rueda, today highlighted the work of […]
