Cabildo and Chamber of Commerce sign an agreement to expedite aid to SMEs and the self-employed

The president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, María Dolores Corujo, and the president of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Lanzarote and La Graciosa, José Torres Fuentes, have signed a collaboration agreement to expedite the management and processing of aid aimed at alleviating the economic impact that the health crisis generated by Covid-19 is causing on self-employed workers and small businesses on the islands of Lanzarote and La Graciosa.

The document establishes the guidelines that will allow the chamber entity to distribute the six million euros that the Cabildo of Lanzarote will initially allocate to the beneficiaries of this aid program in accordance with the criteria established in the regulatory bases and the call for the subsidy. The Chamber of Commerce must also verify compliance and effectiveness of the determining conditions for its granting and, finally, justify the delivery of the funds received to the first island institution.

The president of the Cabildo, María Dolores Corujo, celebrated the launch of “a program that will provide a framework of trust and security to the self-employed and SMEs of Lanzarote and La Graciosa, to dozens of families, from which to face the future with better prospects.” “Let no one have the slightest doubt that this government group is not going to leave anyone behind,” she insisted.

In the same vein, the Minister of Commerce, Carmen Guadalupe, considered that this program “will contribute significantly to the recovery and revitalization of an essential sector for the economic activity of the island that has been especially punished during the pandemic.”