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Closing date to apply for aid for the Community and the Ministry of Industry committed to Lorca amounting to 13 million euros, with a final balance of about 194 applications
José Ballesta request a meeting at the Ministry of Industry to move need to continue and even expand in subsequent years this program to cover all the needs
The Minister for Universities and Research Company, José Ballesta, presided today, along with the mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, the Bureau for the Standardization of Trade Facilitation and the municipality, which includes a central executive responsible, regional and local , chambers of commerce, the Regional Confederation of Business Organizations (Ceclor), and representatives of professional associations, in order to report on the status of programs and help lines launched in the municipality.
Incentive program for Lorca Reindustrialisation focused the bulk of the meeting, because once the deadline to apply for aid have been counted a total of 194 applications, which together far exceed initial forecasts and the budget established by the Ministry of Industry of 13 million by 2012.
This line of specific incentives are designed not only to rebuild the town, but to reviving its production and business.
Therefore, the responsible regional request a meeting at the Ministry of Industry to move need to continue and even expand in future years this incentive program to cover all the needs of the industrial Lorca.
Industry Minister, José Manuel Soria, has already said in his meeting with the regional government president, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, a renewal of this grant program for next year.
"This would be a minimum of 26 million euros will be earmarked for the re-industrialization of the city," said Jose Ballesta.
In the words of director José Ballesta, "this massive demand for aid reflects the vitality of the business Lorca, his need to return to head the regional industrial production and its contribution to economic growth and job creation."
These incentives are designed for both industrial infrastructure affected by earthquakes, for which it has received a total of 32 applications for works mainly in nurseries and urban development projects, and for the development of new initiatives, where it has reached the figure of 162 applications, where sectors of the food industry and energy have led most of the projects.
Thus, be granted one million euros in grants and 12 million left on repayable loans, with a maximum of 15 years and five of lack.
Responsible for disseminating and advise on the granting of such aid has been the Development Agency of Murcia, a body under the Ministry of Universities and Research Company.
This institution has developed several dissemination activities, management and control of aid, three information days, and actions of technical advice to more than 96 percent of companies have submitted requests for help.
Incentives for commercial rehabilitation
The Bureau for the Standardization of Business Activity Lorca informed about the status of an incentive program for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of commercial premises in the municipality.
To date, between the City and the Department of Consumer Affairs, Commerce and Handicrafts, under the Ministry of Universities and Research Company, have received a total of 276 applications for assistance, mainly for the services sector, followed by commerce and industry.
Finally, the meeting was informed of the progress of major investment projects will be developed in the region, they are building a large solar photovoltaic, under the name 'Solar Lorca', be able to supply power to more than 200,000 homes.
This project goes hand in hand with the construction of Solar City, a network that will accommodate the manufacturers, installers, maintenance, engineering and consulting, "which will make the city of Lorca the national benchmark of solar energy" said Jose Ballesta.
Source: CARM
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