The Lanzarote Business Circle has held a meeting with its associates with Kaudal, a leading company in technological patronage, in order to "disseminate content of interest to reflect on the challenge of promoting the Canarian business and industrial fabric through responsible investment".
The president of the Lanzarote Business Circle, José Valle, inaugurated the event by welcoming those present and assured that the Association is working "to make Lanzarote and the Canary Islands a prosperous land." "We are concerned about the economy of our land and the diversification of the business fabric. The union of businessmen that I represent strives every day to improve the employability and quality of the work we have been developing," said Valle.
Valle stressed that during the event they addressed "the keys to technological patronage and the vision that experts in the field have provided us." "This is an option that will surely make many of the businessmen of Lanzarote grow and evolve and those who come after us," he emphasized.
During the meeting, the CEO of the Arquimea Group, Manuel García-Sañudo, presented the Group's mission and the projects they are developing in the Canary Islands. The CEL points out that Arquimea is an intersectoral international technology group that develops innovative solutions and products in highly demanding sectors of activity. This company carries technology in its DNA, because for Arquimea technology "is the engine of social development".
The event also included the participation of Vicente Dorta, Head of Investments at Kaudal, who presented technological patronage "as a way of fiscal optimization and responsible investment." "The benefit for Canarian companies of investing in technological patronage not only has a very interesting and highly profitable economic-fiscal aspect, but also of corporate social responsibility," said Dorta.
"Having a relevant group of researchers in the Canary Islands will also allow us to advance in joint research projects with the aim of improving the competitiveness of companies in the Archipelago in an increasingly dynamic and innovative world," added the Head of Investments at Kaudal.
For her part, the Director of R&D&I Projects at Kaudal, Rosa Planelles, addressed the social impact projects developed in the Islands. "In the Canary Islands there is an ecosystem that can generate a powerful technological nucleus, where many factors converge: a diverse and recognized academic world, a very attractive economic environment for companies, and a natural ecosystem that can allow us to be leaders in areas such as research around the sea, among others," detailed Planelles.
The CEL recalls that this company is looking for other Spanish companies that have research, development and innovation projects to promote them through technological patronage, financing projects in all sectors of activity.
The consultant PWC, which provides audit and tax advisory services internationally, also participated in the presentation. Its senior manager expert in taxation, Laura Rosales, explained "how technological patronage works, a financing channel based on tax incentives applicable to research, development and innovation, which allows channeling private investment to the research and innovation ecosystem." She also gave some brushstrokes on "how to achieve a significant return through the application of tax credits that reduce the Corporate Tax".
