El servicio de inversores promovido por el consejo local y CEIM para empresas extranjeras en Madrid.

The delegate for innovation and entrepreneurship, Ángel Niño, highlighted the alliance between the Local Council of Map Madrid and the Confederation for Employer Madrid in Madrid-CEOE (CEIM) to launch the investor service «accompanies foreign companies established in the city, meets their needs, and promotes valuable economic measures in the best activities in the best activities in the best activities in the best activities in the best activities in the best activities in the best activities in the best activities in the best activities in the best activities. Madrid».

Niño participated today in a meeting with Colombian companies and investors in Madrid, organized by CEIM at its headquarters, to strengthen commercial ties and increase cooperation and business attractiveness as an investment destination. The Colombian ambassador to Spain, Eduardo Ávila, and the President of Madrid, Miguel Garrido, also intervened.

«Madrid is today the economic engine of Spain, thanks to our favorable taxes, the legal certainty we guarantee, and, especially, because in Madrid we see companies as allies,» said Niño.

The City Council has nearly twenty programs for business support in the capital, including «talent bridges,» aimed at increasing the exchange of innovative and business talents with all Latin American countries. «The great moment that Madrid is experiencing is largely due to the investments coming from abroad, of which Colombian companies are an excellent example,» said the councilor.

Niño emphasized the benefits of the capital «as an investment destination and as an unbeatable place to live, start a business, develop professionally, and raise a family, in a secure environment with quality services and hardly equal» and encouraged entrepreneurs and investors participating in the investor service.

Investor Service

CEIM and the Municipal Council of Madrid launched this service at the end of 2020, aimed at the loyalty of foreign companies in the capital, to strengthen support for these entities that stimulate the economy and create jobs in Madrid, as well as to assist and facilitate their activity in the city.

This investor service, which takes place within the umbrella actions of the Investment Office in Madrid (MIA) of the local council, contributes, on the one hand, to strengthen the role of the entity as an agency responsible for promoting Madrid as an attractive destination for new investments and, on the other hand, CEIM consoled as a commercial point.

In the first few months of this service, it served to assess and try to overcome the impact of the crisis caused by the pandemic on the productive capacity, volume of employment, and export of the different sectors of activity, identifying the main problems facing foreign companies to maintain or recover their activity level. It also served to have a better perception of the commercial climate offered by Madrid and adjust the new competitive factors in the post-pandemic context.

Furthermore, the investor service, fully funded by the Municipal Council through CEIM, has focused on identifying future investment projects and studying the feasibility of developing new services or assistance lines.

Colombia Investments in Madrid

Madrid was the destination for 64% of investments in Colombia highlighted in Spain since 1993 (180 million euros), 68% of those received in the last decade. This country ranks 54th among the main investors in Madrid.

31% of Colombian productive investment in Madrid is concentrated in real estate (56 million euros), before 10.1% in wholesale and intermediaries (18.1 million); 9.9% in the food industry (17.8 million) and 6.8% in auxiliary activities to financial services (12.2 million). /