«We have made progress in environmental sustainability, we have improved salaries and we have also made progress in tax pressure. We don’t complain. Paying taxes is our responsibility as companies. But we have to start looking at competitiveness and keep in mind that we have to compete and we should be able to do so under similar conditions. Things have a limit. We cannot overdo it. The president of the Family Business Institute (IEF), Ignacio Rivera, president of the brewing group that operates under the Estrella Galicia brand, wanted to put the focus of his speech on the closing day of the XXVII National Congress of Family Business on need to take care of the ability of companies to compete and the need to modulate regulatory burdens. The president of the lobby has followed the path marked a day before by the more than 600 family businessmen who have participated in what is the main Spanish business conclave at point out regulatory pressure and regulatory changes as the main threat to the growth of the economy. Rivera has claimed the positive impact of family businesses not only on the workers who carry out their tasks in their workforce but also on the societies in which they operate. In this sense, he has highlighted the value of multinational companies such as Cosentino or Inditex having decided to maintain their headquarters in places such as Almería or Galicia despite their global dimension. Related News standard Yes The CEO of Santander Spain demands a more favorable fiscal framework with the extension of the banking tax in doors Bruno Pérez “The regulatory framework cannot be a burden for companies to invest, innovate and create jobs,” warns Ignacio JuliáAnd in this context he has called on politics to promote consensus necessary to put together an adequate regulatory framework, also taking advantage of the intellectual basis provided in recent months by the reports on Europe’s competitiveness written by Enrico Letta and Mario Draghi, which have put the need to rationalize regulation to the center of the debate. promote the competitiveness of European companies compared to Chinese or American companies. He also wanted to vindicate the value of family businesses and their long-term vision, compared to the more short-term vision that investment funds and ‘private equity’ embody. A debate that is more lively than ever in the group after the entry of investment funds into the capital of family businesses. On that basis, he has asked for greater sensitivity from the authorities towards their competitiveness. “That politicians do not make our continuity and our competitiveness more difficult,” he asked. The King sends a message of confidence in companies. In his closing speech, Felipe VI highlighted the struggle of family businesses to be competitive and showed their confidence that they will continue to achieve it. «In an extraordinarily complex economic context, you face increasing pressure to adapt and differentiate. You have done it in past and more recent times, and I am sure that you will continue to do so.” “If a simpler and more attractive environment can be fostered in Europe for investment and employment, social energy and the commitment of companies such as “Families would surely do the rest,” the King stressed. The Minister of Social Security, Elma Sáiz, has highlighted the Government’s commitment to the business community, exemplified in the coverage measures established during the pandemic and in the distribution of European funds. , which, he said, in more than a third of the cases have reached SMEs. “We will no longer be at the tail end of Europe,” he proclaimed.
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