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Companies, Relevant News Item, Spanish economy 20th February 2023

Indra wins contract to develop Navy’s new-generation electronic intelligence systems

Link Securities | The Directorate General of Armament and Material (DGAM) has awarded Indra (IDR) a contract to develop and test the Navy’s new generation of electronic intelligence systems within the Santiago national programme of Electronic Defence, according to Europa Press. The systems under development aim to facilitate the detection and generation of strategic information to ensure the access and use of the electromagnetic spectrum for the Armed Forces. Indra…

Spanish economy 18th February 2023

Optimism among listed real estate companies

The listed real estate sector has managed the crisis well and is in optimal conditions to face the coming years, according to the dominant opinion among the 300 experts gathered at the V Iberian Reit & Listed Conference held in Madrid. Dominique Moerenhout, CEO of EPRA – the umbrella organisation for listed real estate companies in Europe – said that, in such challenging times as the present, “in the coming…

Relevant News Item, Spanish economy 17th February 2023

Repsol announces dividend 11% increase to €0.70 per share

Repsol yesterday presented its results for the 2022 financial year. The oil company recorded profits of €4.251 billion, an increase of 70% compared to 2021. The company’s EBITDA rose to 13,813 million, up 40%. Investments amounted to 4,182 million euros. Net debt was reduced by 61% to 2,256 million and liquidity increased to €12,000 million. Regarding the dividend, Repsol announces that it will propose at the next General Shareholders’ Meeting…

Spanish economy, Spanish Politics 17th February 2023

SMEs: with the odds stacked against them

Francisco Vidal | Covid, inflation and the new minimum wage hike are just additional problems for SMEs that suffer “a regulatory burden that suffocates them: a commercial establishment opening its doors in 2021 in any Spanish city would be affected by more than 3,000 regulations, from European to municipal”. SMEs make up the heart of Spain’s productive fabric and, in fact, by the end of 2022 there were 2.9 million…

Spanish economy, Spanish Politics 16th February 2023

Pointless interventionism

J.P. Marín-Arrese | It is not surprising that on the eve of elections, government coalitions should be breaking up, with each partner distancing itself from its former allies in an attempt to improve its election results. What is surprising in our country is the deliberate intention of publicly banging each other’s heads together while at the same time pretending not to get out of the official car. It is understandable…

Companies, Spanish economy 16th February 2023

CAF emerges as main candidate to win €330M contract to renew ATM Milano’s bus fleet

Link Securities| The railway manufacturer Construcciones y Auxiliares de Ferrocarriles (CAF), through its bus division Solaris, has applied as the main candidate to renew ATM Milano’s bus fleet, in a tender valued at €330 million and for which it will face competition from up to three different rivals, according to the newspaper elEconomista.es. The tender, which will be resolved in the coming weeks, according to sources involved in the process,…

In Spain, Spanish economy 15th February 2023

Spain: Inflation up to 5.9% in January, core inflation soars to 7.5%

2023 has started with a new jump in the CPI, to 5.9%, after the decline that started in July last year from a record high of 10.8%. Clothing and transport lead the rise this month. And, although food is down slightly, some groups, such as fish, are starting to pick up again in the monthly statistics. Core inflation continues to soar, rising above the headline CPI for the first time…

Spanish economy 15th February 2023

215 shops close every day in Spain

Covid, inflation, stagnation of consumption… These are just additional problems for a sector that is currently facing the rise in the minimum wage, the rise in Social Security contributions, the fall in consumption… “And a suffocating regulatory framework: A business opening its doors in 2021 would be affected by more than 3,000 regulations of all kinds, from European to municipal,” explains Francisco Vidal, director of economics at Cepyme, the employers’…

Companies, Ibex, In Spain, Spanish economy 15th February 2023

Aena passenger numbers exceed pre-virus levels in January for first time (+2% vs 2019)

Bankinter | Aena (AENA) airports recorded 16.9 million passengers in January, which is +2% compared to January 2019 (pre-virus) and compares with -2% in December. Compared to last year, it is up +63%, although it should be borne in mind that, at the beginning of last year, traffic was still affected by the Omicron variant. Analysis: Good news. Passenger traffic continues to improve in January, surpassing pre-virus levels for the…

Companies, Spanish economy 14th February 2023

Grenergy acquires 60% stake it did not already hold in Sofos Harbert Renewable Energy.

Norbolsa | The renewable energy company announces the purchase of the remaining 60% it did not already own of the photovoltaic and battery project developer Sofos Harbert Renewable Energy, consolidating its commitment to the US renewable energy market. This acquisition comes ahead of the three-year term of the initial contract and will become Grenergy’s subsidiary in the country. It is currently developing a portfolio of 1.9 GW of solar power…

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