Girona’s companies are demanding more bureaucratic agility in order to continue growing

2023-09-22 15:15:30

The president of PGI Engineering, Aina July; the CEO of Frit Ravich, Judith Viader; the business director ofEurofirms Group, Jaume Dulsat; and the commercial director of companies of the territorial management of Catalonia a CaixaBank, Antonio Asensiohave agreed in affirming that companies need a greater flexibility and bureaucratic agility if they want keep growing. They said it in the second and last round table of the presentation ofassets‘ a Girona this friday All four have gone directly to the institutions because make “life easier” for companies.

July (PGI Engineering) gave one of the headlines of the event. She is proud of what is probably her star project: “We won’t be the ones to start the Holy Family, because we weren’t there. But Yes, we will be the ones to finish it“, in 2026, if everything continues as planned. He highlighted the importance of “the culture of effort, innovation, growth and commitment” that any company that wants to last over time must have.

Viader (Frit Ravich) has faced the debate with a relaxed, approachable tone and sometimes with a touch of humor: “The villains of the film are always the businessmeni the ‘cool’ are entrepreneurs and start-ups“, he affirmed. But he also wanted to show the importance of the food industry in the world, something that was highlighted during the pandemic. “We were the model to follow in Europe, the industry with fewer fractures. We have very representative companies in Girona. And we must ask the institutions to help us”, he insisted.

“The impact of the war was very important, although it has now stabilised”, said Viader, who acknowledged that at one point they had to reflect on theincreased costs not only in the price facing the consumer but also internally. “In a moment of difficulty, your wits are sharpened“, he said. So at Frit Ravich they took advantage of the situation to speed up the digitization plan they already had in place, always taking into account the needs of the market.Sustainability must be of the entire business chainnot only environmental”, he argued in conclusion.

Dulsat (Eurofirms) has highlighted the change that is being carried out in the labor trends. “What people older than me wanted is not what younger people want. Salary has an emotional component, people don’t just move for money“, he explained, referring to the will of flexible hoursthe possibility of telecommutingto achieve goals, to “be part of an organization“.

Because as a whole, society demands a “more comfortable” lifeon many occasions closer to nature. And more focused in Girona terms, he has insisted that there are “great opportunities” such as industrialization, recovering manufacturing centers. And also continue on the path of “diversify the tourist seasonper provide work beyond the summer months“.

And from CaixaBank’s perspective, Asensio spoke about two key sectors: he portions and the touristic. And it has valued the good tourist campaign from Girona this one summer season. However, “the foreign card used is growing at double digits, much more than the national one”, he pointed out. “We have a commitment to reduce the funding of activities that are not sustainable”, he indicated.

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