Aid

TO INVESTMENT

SEKUENS

THE MAIN ECONOMIC PROMOTION TOOL IN ASTURIAS

The Asturian Agency for Science, Business Competitiveness and Innovation (Sekuens) is a Public Entity which reports to the Asturian regional administration, playing the role of liaison between companies and the different departments of regional and national administration, business promotion entities, R&D&I support infrastructures, financial entities and, essentially, those agents that have to take part in a business project.

It evaluates the projects presented by companies and investors on an individual basis to define the most appropriate support scheme.

It develops industrial infrastructures and promotes R&D&I and internationalisation amongst companies in the region

It wins over new projects that strengthen the Asturian business fabric and reinforces the loyalty of those investments made in the region.

Support

TO INVESTORS

Thanks to its more than 30 years of experience of supporting companies and entrepreneurs and the figure in excess of €29.2 million invested in business promotion, SEKUENS offers technical-financial analysis and assistance to new investors during all project stages:

INVESTMENT ANALYSIS

  • General information about the region and areas of interest
  • Project specific information: industrial floor/ceiling, potential partners, human resources, training, financing and aid, industrial property, supplies, outsourcing…
  • Investor Assistance during their visits to the region
  • Dialogue and coordination of agendas with companies or institutions of interest to the investor

SET-UP AND DEVELOPMENT

  • Information about the administrative procedures required
  • Meeting management with the competent administrations
  • Specialised advice regarding the application for regional, national and international aid and subsidies
  • Promotion of business participation and European programmes
  • Intermediation with the sectorial environment, business support entities and cluster and R&D&I infrastructures available in the region
  • Advice on the design and financing of training programmes for the incorporation into companies of information and communication technologies

Investor Support

ENTITIES

IDEPA carries out its activity in coordination with the following business promotion instruments, in which the regional administration participates:

SRP

REGIONAL PROMOTION COMPANY

Public venture capital company. Participation in share capital and granting of loans, preferably participatory ones.

ASTURGAR

MUTUAL GUARANTEE SOCIETY OF ASTURIAS

Business financing through the granting of technical and financial guarantees.

CEEI

EUROPEAN BUSINESS AND INNOVATION CENTRE

Support for entrepreneurs and Technology-Based Companies. Management of Business Incubator and Bio-incubator of the Asturias Technological Park.

ASTUREX

FOREIGN PROMOTION ENTERPRISE PRINCIPALITY OF ASTURIAS

International promotion of the Asturian enterprise.

Main

INVESTMENT AREAS

GET IN TOUCH WITH US!

Asturian Agency for Science, Business Competitiveness and Innovation (Sekuens)
33428 Llanera, Asturias. Spain.

+ 34 985 980 020
+ 34 985 264 455

investinasturias@sekuens.es

GET IN TOUCH WITH US!

Institute for Economic Development of the Principality of Asturias (IDEPA)
33428 Llanera, Asturias. Spain.

+ 34 985 980 020
+ 34 985 264 455
investinasturias@idepa.es