WHAT A COMPANY NEEDS TO SUCCEED IS HERE UNDER Business Support Office ONE ROOF T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S Barcelona Growth Centre OAE: What do we offer? OAE: Services 1. Setting up a company 2. Advisory services for business funding 3. Recruitment search 4. Internationalisation and foreign trade 5. Transfer of business 6. Business growth 7. Innovation 8. Business location and landing 9. Information and municipal paperwork 10. Barcelona Showroom BARCELONA is a city of business. Excellently situated and well-connected internationally, the city is one of the preferred destinations for international investment in Southern Europe. BARCELONA is the Mobile World Capital, the 4th European Smart City, the European Capital of Innovation and is positioned in the top ten of many international rankings that compares economic, social or cultural criteria. BARCELONA has learned to evolve and become a global model as an open, creative and welcoming city, always open to the most unconventional visions for the future: a true land of opportunity. • PRIVILEGED LOCATION • SUCCESSFUL FOREIGN INVESTMENT • EASY TO GET TO AND WELL-CONNECTED • MAGNET FOR TALENT INTERNATIONALLY • AMBITIOUS CITY PROJECTS FOR • MOTOR FOR A LARGE DIVERSIFIED THE FUTURE ECONOMIC AREA • LEADER IN STRATEGIC SECTORS • AN ENTREPRENEURIAL AND BUSINESS- • BEST QUALITY OF LIFE IN EUROPE FRIENDLY CITY • A CITY BRAND THAT ADDS VALUE Barcelona Growth Centre Resources and services to drive the city’s economy. The Barcelona Growth Centre is the place where many of the measures established by the Barcelona Growth Committee, created in 2011 by the Barcelona City Council Department of Economy, Enterprise and Employment as a meeting place for dialogue between the government and the private sector, are being implemented. This committee created 30 operational measures that have been put into practice over the past months in order to help reactivate the city’s economy and generate new jobs. Located in the heart of 22@, the innovation district, 6th/7th/8th Floors the Barcelona Growth Centre is a new symbol of Open University the city’s focus on generating a business-friendly of Catalonia (UOC) atmosphere, economic growth and employment. This space showcases all of Barcelona’s assets in order to position the city as a global centre of business, creativity, innovation and 5th Floor entrepreneurship. BDigital and CTECNO The OAE, located on the ground floor of the Barcelona Growth Centre, has two main spaces: one where staff meets with companies 4th Floor and provides guidance and business services, Corporate Startup Barcelona and the other, the Barcelona Showroom, which is an innovative space showcasing Barcelona’s business potential where companies can meet 3rd Floor with visitors and hold corporate meetings. Mobile World Capital On the 2nd floor, we have mStartupBarcelona, Foundation (FMWC) a business acceleration and incubation space. The building is also home to: the Mobile World Capital Foundation, Cibernàrium, BDigital, 2nd Floor CTecno and the UOC research centres. mStartupBarcelona 1st Floor Cibernàrium and Business Auditorium Ground Floor Business Support Office The Business Support Office (OAE) is the benchmark space for businesses in Barcelona, a networking, information and guidance hub for business growth and competitiveness. Promoted by the Barcelona City Council through Barcelona Activa, the OAE aims to improve the city’s economy and business fabric, while generating new jobs. It brings together under one roof all of the added-value services a company needs to grow, with an expert team that provides comprehensive guidance to help organisations address their needs. So, at the OAE you can get information and process business-related paperwork, both on a municipal level and for foreign trade, or participate in one of the business growth programmes or training activities. Companies and organisations can also use the Barcelona Showroom, an area for corporate meetings incorporating the values of the Barcelona brand to showcase the city’s business potential. The mission of the OAE is, in short, to address the needs of businesses, facilitate start up and growth, and boost employment in the city. What do we offer? Advisory services Training Personalised advisory and guidance services Short training courses to improve the companies’ in all strategic areas of management and growth chances of success in various strategic areas for your company: setting up a business, of business. Complementary to the personalised hiring employees, business funding, services offered by the OAE. internationalisation, transfer of business, business growth, business localisation and Events and promotion landing, and information regarding compulsory Business-focused activities such as investment municipal paperwork. forums, networking events, marketplaces and sectorial meetings. These take place in the Processing services OAE Barcelona Showroom, which is also available At the OAE, companies can get information to companies for business meetings and and guidance regarding the paperwork required presentations to showcase Barcelona’s business for their business activity: municipal issues potential. (licenses and taxes), digital certificates, foreign trade (EC certifications and authentication of trade documents) and to set up a new company. Programmes Activities focusing on improving aspects associated with business growth, scaling up business and sales, organised through public-private partnerships. Services 1. Setting up a company Information, advisory services and offered through the Business online processing to set up a business (limited Support Office company - SL) and register individual business- people (freelance). With the OAE Services, we support companies It takes between 4 and 10 days to set up a limited and address their individual needs, with company (SL), 48 hours for a new limited company an expert team that guides and advises them (SLNE) and individual businesspeople in all of the areas that are key to management can be registered on the spot. and growth. To access the Business Start-up Service, you must We also guide them through the paperwork first attend the two-hour training session “Com and processes required to facilitate growth tramitar telemàticament amb Barcelona Activa” and expansion. (Online processing with Barcelona Activa). Don’t know what type of company to set up? At the OAE you’ll find the guidance you need and save time with online processing MORE THAN 2,000 COMPANIES HAVE SET UP ONLINE SINCE 2008 Collaborators: Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism 2. Advisory services for business funding Support in searching for, applying for and getting funding. Our expert team, which works with companies to diagnose and establish the best route to follow depending on their specific needs, allows participants to access existing financial tools, both public and private, from banks or other alternative sources, with the Barcelona Activa seal of approval. If you need funding, our expert team at the OAE will guide you through the best options and help you make contact. MORE THAN 20 MILLION EUROS RAISED PER YEAR BY AN AVERAGE OF 200 COMPANIES Collaborators: Public funding ICF, CDTI, Enisa, Horizon2020 and more. Bank funding Banc de Sabadell, BBVA, la Caixa, Caixa d’Enginyers and more. Networks of Business Angels BANC, BCN Business Angels, Eix Technova, ESADE BAN, IESE Business Angels, Keiretsu Forum, SeedRocket, Antai Business Angels and more. And dozens of crowdfunding platforms. 3. Recruitment Search Service providing support to address the staffing needs of companies Geared towards companies in Barcelona and its surrounding metropolitan area that need to hire new employees with local or foreign profiles. We guide and monitor companies throughout the process, from identifying vacancies, recruiting personnel (candidates from Barcelona Activa and other recruitment sources), pre-selection and interviewing candidates. Companies’ staffing needs can be met through labour contracts, training placements or FP Dual agreements (vocational training students). Likewise, here at the OAE, through the Business- Employment Platform, we are working with professionals to make Barcelona a city with more employment opportunities. We offer a comprehensive service to support and guide people looking for jobs: we provide personalised advice, training to make them better candidates, and contacts at companies with vacancies. At the OAE we help you select the personnel you need and give you support in hiring them. WE WORK WITH MORE THAN 50 TRAINING CENTRES AND HAVE OUR OWN DATABASE OF CANDIDATES 4. Internationalisation and foreign trade Service to diagnose and advise on foreign trade and doing business abroad. Designed for companies undergoing an inter- nationalisation process, this service includes prior analysis and initial guidance to resolve any doubts regarding foreign trade and doing business abroad. Through this service, we provide companies with a specific programme of training activities on internationalisation and accessing new markets. If necessary, we also guide them towards and facilitate access to complementary programmes offered through other organisations. If you want to internationalise or do business abroad, at the OAE we can help you with an in-depth analysis of your situation. BARCELONA- BASED COMPANIES LEAD SPANISH EXPORTS Collaborators: Barcelona Chamber of Commerce. 5. Transfer of business 6. Business growth Guidance through the transfer of business Service to support growing businesses process. by defining and monitoring plans to boost competitiveness. Geared towards businesspeople who want to transfer their companies and businesspeople/ The business-growth service is geared towards entrepreneurs who want to keep them going, SMEs and individual businesspeople this service facilitates the transfer of solvent that need to analyse the company’s current businesses. The OAE provides both parties with situation, identify measures for improvement personalised advisory services, information to and get support throughout the process, providing carry out the transfer and access to a transparent advice on the various resources available in market of businesspeople interested in each case. transferring their companies and entrepreneurs looking for businesses to manage. Through this service, after the diagnosis has been done, we recommend training actions For re-entrepreneurs, we help identify business and programmes fitting the company’s needs opportunities and provide guidance in drawing up (mentoring, innovation, scaling up business, etc.). a transfer plan. For the transferring party, we help draft a feasibility study and transfer plan, and provide support in negotiating and closing a deal. THANKS TO THIS SERVICE, BARCELONA HAS HELPED KEEP VIABLE BUSINESSES OPEN AND SAVE JOBS If you want to transfer or take over a viable business, or if you want to grow your own company, the OAE can help you achieve your goal. Collaborators: Collaborators: Reempresa – CECOT. Business schools and large business consultancies. 7. Innovation Training programmes and activities to foster innovation in companies and facilitate access to funding within the framework of European programmes. The innovation programme for SMEs offers advice and support in searching for new business opportunities and targeting segments of clients, products or services, which can lead to company growth. Furthermore, we provide support to incorporate mechanisms that encourage innovation and creativity, and facilitate space and moderators for creative sessions in your company. 2013 EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF INNOVATION, EUROPEAN COMMISSION To be more competitive, you have to innovate. At the OAE, we help you get the training and resources you need. 8. Business location and landing Information and advisory services for companies with expansion projects searching for spaces in Barcelona and the metropolitan area. For companies and local projects that request this service, we help search for the right location in the Barcelona Activa facilities (Glòries Business Incubator, Almogàvers Business Factory and Barcelona Advanced Industry Park) and other areas, particularly single-occupancy spaces (indus- trial warehouses, buildings and large office spaces). We also offer personalised advisory services for companies and international entrepreneurs living abroad on key issues such as the legal requirements to establish a company here, the process to set up a business, hiring professionals and finding work space. At the same time, we facilitate contact and networking with other stakeholders in the city. Choosing a good location for your business is key. At the OAE you’ll find the right place. COMPANIES LIKE ANSUR TECHNOLOGIES, TBSCG, KING, AND EUROCIO FREETIME HAVE ALREADY ESTABLISHED OFFICES IN BARCELONA Collaborators: Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB). 9. Information and 10. Barcelona Showroom municipal paperwork The OAE offers companies the Barcelona Information and advisory services regarding Showroom for corporate meetings and the most common municipal processes required to showcase the city’s business potential. to carry out economic activity in Barcelona. The Barcelona Showroom is an innovative space At the OAE, companies have access to with business-related resources, contents information and advisory services to process and data, available to local and foreign companies paperwork regarding business activity in the city. to meet with visitors and hold business meetings. Most of this municipal paperwork is associated Located in the Barcelona Growth Centre, with works (licenses, building taxes, permits, etc), the Barcelona Showroom aims to boost and public space (terrace or driveway licenses, facilitate economic activity in the city, and to foster loading/unloading applications, etc), business business competitiveness and networking. activity (closing, opening, transferring and requesting business licenses) and urban planning With the Barcelona Showroom, (request for reports or certificates of major works, you can bring all the values certificate of legal construction or housing, etc). of the city to your business We guide you through all of the presentations. paperwork your business needs, step by step. THE OAE HAS A DEDICATED PLACE FOR INFORMATION AND PROCESSING OF MUNICIPAL PAPERWORK OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Barcelona Growth Centre Roc Boronat, 117 (entrance on Sancho d’Àvila). 08018 Barcelona (22@Barcelona) Tel.: 933 209 600 Opening hours Monday to Thursday: 8:30 am to 6:00 pm Friday: 8:30 am to 2:30 pm Access Metro: L1 Glòries, L4 Llacuna Bus: 71, 90, 92 and 192 AV. DIA Bicing: corner of Sancho d’Àvila/Roc Boronat GONAL and Almogàvers/Pere IV. C. TÀNGER bcn.cat/business C. SANCHO DE ÁVILA IV C. PER E C. PALLARS Check out other facilities of Barcelona Activa C. BADAJOZ C. CIUTAT DE GRANADA C. ROC BORONAT C. LLACUNA RAMBLA POBLE NOU business