In what is surprisingly a pioneering, but welcome project in the municipality, the Business Association of Nerja (AEN) will be holding weekly sessions to help people starting up a new business. The project is called Start + Help and the aim is to provide assistance relating to obtaining funding, finding the appropriate premises, locating potential partners, viability plans and training.
Help for small businesses
The Council of Ministers has approved a royal decree designed to change the administrative culture, liberalise trade, eliminate bureaucracy, streamline and simplify procedures and support entrepreneurs, the measure including the so-called ‘autolicencia exprés’ – automatic licence.
New businesses
Renovations are in full swing at the bottom end of calle Pintada as a new business prepares to open. Work is also continuing on the premises of the former Calahonda pastry shop and the adjacent Drugstore, these now being merged into one single shop.
Decline in new business applications in Estepona
Figures released by Estepona Council show that the number of people requesting licences for new businesses dropped by 50% during 2008 when compared to the previous year. Falling sales in the traditional commercial sector have put a lot of people off starting up on their own. There were 181 permits processed regarding the opening of businesses, some 77 changes of …
They come and they go….
You can see the effects of the economic crisis wherever you go these days. Walking down avenida Castilla Perez, just from the junction with calle El Barrio down to Plaza Fabrica de los Cangrejos, only a few hundred metres, we have lost one bar, one beauty salon, two shoe shops and a sort of Chinese bazaar shop. Another Chinese shop, …
Comings and goings…
The new Wines and Delights shop, located almost on the corner of calle El Barrio and avenida Castilla Perez, looks almost set to open. The signs are up and the inside is stocked with shelves full of wine bottles and jars of unknown substances. The premises at the end of calle El Barrio, formerly occupied by sellers of Rayban items …