In 2020, 106 of the 134 listed companies based in Spain presented non-financial information about the 2019 tax year, i.e. 79% of companies, up 9 points over the previous year (70%), according to a report by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Observatory entitled “The importance of the 2030 Agenda in the post-coronavirus landscape”.
Indra has signed contracts worth €100 million to equip the 38 Eurofighters the German Ministry of Defence has acquired as part of the Quadriga programme, with the latest generation systems that will ensure the aircraft’s superiority for decades to come. The firm will develop and produce, in consortium with German sensor supplier Hensoldt, the new ESCAN Mk1 electronically scanning radar.
With 27.5 GW of installed power on land, Spain is the fifth largest country in the world, behind China, the USA, Germany and India. It also has a shipbuilding industry, a maritime-port sector and technological and engineering capabilities that have already made the country an international benchmark in the value chain of offshore wind installations. However, offshore wind as a technology has hardly been developed in Spain due to the high depth of territorial waters for projects with fixed foundations -inviable from a depth of 50 metres.
Last May, 9,570 new companies were created in Spain, the highest figure for a month of May since 2007, according to data from the National Statistics Institute (INE). This was more than double the number created in May 2020. That said, INE recalls that in May last year the number of companies incorporated, which increased capital or were dissolved “was exceptionally low” due to the declaration of the first state…
Fernando González Urbaneja | Over the last two decades, for very sound reasons, big companies around the world, including Spanish ones, have shown interest in improving their governance model, what is now called “governance”. There is an abundance of academic literature, recommendations from regulators, legal regulations in all areas and explicit commitments from managers and directors blessed by boards of directors and general meetings. It is clear that efforts and…
Bank of Montreal informed the CNMV on Monday that it holds a total of 3.467% of the voting rights of Repsol (REP). However, it does not specify whether this is in its own name or in the name of third parties, nor the average acquisition price. This stake would make it the fifth largest shareholder after Sacyr, with 8.2%, JP Morgan with 6.8%, BlackRock with 5% and Amundi with 4.5%….
Amazon published yesterday the “Report on the impact of Amazon on Spanish SMEs 2021,” where it flags that the 12,000 Spanish small and medium-sized companies sellling on Amazon have registered more than 650 million euros in exports in 2020. This is an increase of more than 30% compared to the previous year. In addition, they have created more than 30,000 jobs in Spain and another 3,000 abroad. Despite the difficulties…
IBEX 35© companies increased their treasury shares by 38.7% last year, according to a report by BME’s Research Department. At the end of 2020, the total value of treasury shares held by companies in the index was 3.3 billion euros, which represents 0.63% of the IBEX 35©’s total capitalisation. This was largely due to the 27.2% decrease in the amount of own shares amortised: 4 billion, compared with 5.7 billion in 2019.
Social Security registers a record high of 19,500,277 people affiliated in June in Spain, In addition, there are still 447,800 people affected by temporary layoffs. Infojobs conjectures that the trend of job creation will consolidate in the medium term. With Social Security enrollment at an all-time high and the European funds still to arrive, is a real opportunity 20 million people working in Spain?
Caixabank (CABK) has finally reached an agreement with the unions to carry out an adjustment plan of 6,452 employees, equivalent to 15% of the workforce, after reducing the initial proposal by 1,839 people (22%). The departures are expected to take place between November this year and March 2022. And all of them will be voluntary. According to analysts, the associated impact on the profit and loss account is estimated at…