Image TWO NEW CALLS FOR AID FOR THE MADRID MARKETS AND THE COMMERCIAL, HOSPITALITY AND HOTEL SECTORS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED.

TWO NEW CALLS FOR AID FOR THE MADRID MARKETS AND THE COMMERCIAL, HOSPITALITY AND HOTEL SECTORS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED.
2023/07/02

The Madrid City Council publishes 2 new calls for municipal aid to markets, commerce and hospitality

Tomorrow, April 4, begins the deadline for the request for up to 7 million euros of aid for the modernization of the markets and food galleries and the carrying out of actions to promote the city's trade and hospitality.

  • The calls, published in the official bulletins of the Madrid City Council and the Community of Madrid on April 3, 2022, make more than 4.9 million euros, extendable to more than 6.9 million euros.
  • The aid regulated by both calls may be requested from the day following its publication in the BOAM and BOCM.

Approved by the area delegate, the Area Governor for Economy, Innovation and Employment, Miguel Ángel Redondo , these two new calls for aid to trade and hospitality in the city, the modernization and revitalization of municipal markets and food galleries and the promotion of associations, training in the commercial sector and support for local businesses, initially have a total credit of 4,975,000 euros that may be increased up to 6,975,000 euros, in case of demand, provided there is sufficient credit to it.

The deadline for submission of both calls begins tomorrow April 4 and ends on April 24. .

These two calls for subsidies, together with the one to support the digitization of the commercial, hotel and catering sectors, published last January, and the 3 that will be approved soon, aimed at supporting the operation of the associative fabric, the occupation of premises and the participation of designers in Madrid fashion week, are part of the MADRID YEAR OF COMMERCE ACTION PLAN presented by the Mayor of Madrid on March 3rd.

These aids constitute one of the main financing instruments of the INTEGRAL STRATEGY FOR THE DIGITALIZATION, PROMOTION, DYNAMIZATION AND SUSTAINABILITY OF COMMERCE IN THE CITY, to which since the beginning of the legislature in July 2019 until December 2022 they have been allocated, through from different budget programs, close to 59 million euros from the municipal budget and dedicated institutional advertising resources worth more than 32 million euros, thus quintupling the amount equivalent to the previous 3.5 years of the last legislature.

CALL FOR FOOD MARKETS AND GALLERIES.

  Credit and object:

The credit approved for this call, 4,370,000 euros, expandable up to 5,870,000 euros if there is demand and credit, is mainly intended to encourage the structural improvement of municipal markets, with special attention to the actions provided for in the SUSTAINABILITY GUIDE FOR THE MADRID MARKETS , presented by the deputy mayor of Madrid, Begoña VIllacís, last December.

Beneficiaries:

The following may be beneficiaries of these aids:

  • Municipal market dealers
  • Users of premises in municipal markets (self-employed or SMEs)
  • The associations of merchants of the markets, although they are not concessionaires of these
  • The holders of food galleries or stalls located in these that meet the requirements established in the call

Eligible Projects

The eligible projects in this call include, among others:

  • The installation of solar panels for the generation of electrical energy
  • The substitution of air conditioning or refrigeration installations that use greenhouse gases
  • The replacement of roofs of buildings that are made with materials that may constitute hazardous waste.
  • The installation of refrigerated lockers and purchase collection points.
  • Installation of air quality control equipment.
  • Investments aimed at improving the accessibility of the facilities, the development of the circular economy and enabling a more efficient consumption of energy resources and/or reducing the environmental impact of waste management
  • Installation of charging points for electric vehicles.
  • Carrying out construction works, comprehensive reform, modernization or conditioning of commercial structures whose objective is to improve buildings, premises, facilities or the provision of services, and have an impact on improving the competitiveness and commercial viability of the companies. integrated companies.

prepayable aid

  The aid is pre-payable, the execution period for the actions ranges from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023 and the subsidy percentage ranges from 30 to 100% of the eligible investment depending on the nature of the project.

LINK TO THE CALL

CALL FOR SUBSIDIES FOR THE PROMOTION OF ASSOCIATIONS, TRAINING IN THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR AND SUPPORT FOR PROXIMITY TRADE.

  Credit and object:

  The credit approved for this call, 605,000 euros, expandable up to 1,005,000 euros if there is demand and credit, is used to finance projects and actions aimed at promoting associations, training in the commercial sector and supporting local commerce, made in Madrid by associations of merchants and concessionaires of municipal markets.

  Beneficiaries:

  • Business associations from the commercial, hotel and hotel sectors whose activity is preferably confined to the municipality of Madrid.
  • Municipal market dealers.

Eligible projects:

  The eligible projects in this call include, among others:

  • Commercial revitalization, communication and/or advertising actions, aimed at promoting trade and hospitality.
  • promotional campaigns
  • Online and face-to-face training actions aimed at digital training in the commercial field, the development of shopping tourism and trade innovation.

The aid is post-payable, the execution period for the actions ranges from July 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023 and the subsidy percentage can reach 85% of the eligible budget, with a limit of 25,000 or 50,000 euros depending on the nature of the project

LINK TO THE CALL