Keeping abreast of trends and changes in a sector or economy is a factor that matters and drives the growth and progress of companies. For this reason, Banco Santander has created Impulsa Empresa, a platform that offers relevant and easy-to-digest content aimed at the self-employed, entrepreneurs and companies of all sizes to help them grow, digitize, transcend and take a step towards greater sustainability.

Through this platform you can access a wide range of content in different formats (articles, reports, tests, interactive videos or success stories, among others) that reveal the big problems of Spanish companies. The space was launched this year and receives dozens of visits every day to its various sections: support for your daily activities, with interesting data on business management and ideas for their promotion, as well as topics on taxation and human resources; Digitize your business with everything you need to know about digital transformation, digital marketing, e-commerce and cyber security; Expand your boundaries, on the expansion of companies abroad and information on currencies; sustainable company, Real cases and academy.

Information and access to grants and subsidies

There is also a section on grants and subsidies which includes information on Next Generation EU funds and other national, regional and local grants. For example, some articles are related to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and its objectives, how European funds are managed, or internationalization assistance by the Autonomous Community 2022.

The aid section includes information on the European Union Next Generation funds.

In addition, given the great opportunities that the Digital Kit represents for small and medium-sized companies, Banco Santander offers comprehensive services and a dedicated space to help businesses learn the details of this initiative and ensure that interested SMEs are not left behind. this project. Created under the European Next Generation EU Funds for Business Structure Digitization, this program is more than a financial aid as it also provides access to guidance, training and services.

East center joins the Santander platform for European grants and funds, a comprehensive service that allows companies to access all information about project calls paid for by these funds, subsidies and tenders from all public administrations, and offers a service of individual consultation during processing. The project, created in partnership with KPMG and LocalEurope, has already had 200,000 visits, more than 16,000 users, and has enabled the organization to advise more than 5,000 clients developing business development projects worth almost 400 million euros.

Success stories

One of the most striking sections of Santander Impulsa Empresa is dedicated to the inspiring business stories told by its protagonists, with the aim of encouraging other businesses to reach their full potential. One of them is the company Super Shepherds, an initiative that connects small rural producers with potential customers in cities. So farmers, herders and ranchers can sell their products right in this 21st century neighborhood supermarket.

In Impulsa Empresa, various entrepreneurs talk about their experiences in the first person.

The restrictions caused by the pandemic have seriously affected the small manufacturer, as many of them lived off supplies to the hotel industry. “El Super de los Pastores is a project that was born in the week of the coronavirus. We who had restaurants and all our suppliers began to think what to do,” he says. Carlos Zamora Gorbena, founder of Deluz and Company. At the end of the lockdown, Super de los Pastores opened its first stores to the public in Madrid and Santander. “Being green is more than just a word. Extensive animal husbandry is very important for the planet and reduces the carbon footprint. It’s pesticide-free. It’s also health for you,” says Zamora.

Innovation and Sustainability

Also, those responsible for Flor De Doñana Bioorganic tells his story. This company is dedicated ecological cultivation of red fruits and framed in Doñana National Park. For them, organic agriculture is a modern and sustainable way of using the land, thus protecting the natural resources, biodiversity and climate of the municipality of Almonte (Huelva). Juan Maria Rodriguez, CEO and founder of the company, explains that “we hired people, mostly from Almonte. Of the 600 workers participating in the campaign, 580 are from our municipality and over 80 percent are women. Every five years we prepare a plan for where we want to go and what dimension we want to find. At this stage of growth, Santander supported us to give him some speed.

Another success story published on the Impulsa Empresa website is related to Hintes Oil Europe. This Almeria-based company was founded in 2014 with a clear commitment to a circular and sustainable economy. Became benchmark in plastic recycling processesgiving them new life. “The product that comes out of Hintes comes from waste and then goes back into the life cycle. Those plastic wastes that are no longer used or cannot be recycled mechanically or conventionally, we recycle chemically. Through pyrolysis, we turn this plastic waste into another product called pyrolysis oil, which is in turn used again to make plastic,” he says. Ferdinand Estrada, CEO and co-founder. In addition, they produce charcoal for various uses, such as a product for activated carbon or a binder for asphalt plants.

Santander Smart Financing

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In addition to venture capital funding, Lookiero has taken advantage of the Santander Smart Fund. This initiative accompanies clients through all stages of their growth, funding their business and development projects, both organic and inorganic, both nationally and internationally, through a wide range of means.