In recent months, the Basque Government has unveiled a number of different public plans of great interest to companies, such as providing support to internationalisation, industrialisation, and entrepreneurship, amongst others. These plans come at a time when manoeuvring room for public administration has been seriously reduced due to the steep drop in tax revenue in recent years and the strict rules of fiscal sustainability imposed by the European Union. The…

Water. The Basque Region is noted for its abundance rather than its scarcity, and therefore its availability here is not an issue. Unfortunately, this is not the case elsewhere throughout the world, where it is foreseen that half the world’s population will suffer water shortages by 2030. This is a multiple faceted problem, and one which will lead to billions of people around the world being deprived of the most…

Imagine, just for a moment, that you are at the helm of an SME in the manufacturing sector which is currently going through hard times. Anyone who has managed to survive six years of debilitating economic crisis certainly has great merit. If that is your case, the key to survival has most likely been a Spartan diet, which has left your company weak, depleted and bordering on ‘anorexia’. Moreover, your…

Many of our companies are well versed in the so-called “Red Queen Effect”; namely, it is no longer sufficient to run as fast as in years gone by in order to remain competitive. In today’s new business landscape, we need to speed things up. In what you may ask? In understanding the real needs of our clients, in opening up new business opportunities, in developing and launching new products and…