President of Cepyme Aragón María Jesús Lorente expressed a similar view, saying that access to digital transformation for small companies is one of the main challenges: “We cannot afford to let any company face the digital divide that could emerge in our region”.
COMMON NEEDS AMONG SMES
Both agreed that the Government of Aragón and business organizations must identify the needs of each sector in this area and then help them access the tools that will allow them to join the wave of the technological revolution.
Valle spoke very positively about the meeting, which allowed her to “gain first-hand knowledge” of the reality facing small and medium-sized companies in Aragón, which account for 99% of the region’s business fabric. She also explained that they had conveyed both certain general needs, such as access to talent, energy and infrastructure, and others specific to each comarca.
Lorente said that business organizations had the opportunity to convey concerns from the three provinces—Zaragoza, Huesca and Teruel—including “infrastructure, highways, industrial estates, access to supplies, absenteeism, business succession and local commerce…”.
“The Government of Aragón is fully committed to SMEs because they are an essential part of our productive fabric and our autonomous community’s capacity to create jobs,” the Economy Minister said.
DECREE ON DATA CENTERS
Eva Valle used the opportunity to reiterate the government’s opposition to the Spanish Government’s royal decree seeking to screen data centers. “It is a project that puts investments of great importance for the future of Aragón’s economy at risk,” she stressed, before suggesting that “it appears to be specifically aimed at investments in Aragón”.
The minister said they were “refining” their submissions, which would “highlight the real risk of investment relocation, not only outside Aragón but outside Spain”.
