Publication CEPYME500 2017

#PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SECTOR
How are the companies within the sector faring with regards to their
European counterparts?
As for the service they offer we have nothing to envy them about, quite
the opposite. Spain has magnificent professionals and companies in this
sector, many of them associated with FENAC. But it is true that Spanish
consulting firms are far behind in terms of social recognition and
perceived value. Moreover, we share the characteristics of the Spanish
business fabric: at one end we have the famous Big Four and large
international offices and at the other end there is an immense majority of
small firms that share the rest of the pie. We lack a middle class, in other
words, more medium-sized companies. It would be great that a Spanish
firm could compete with the big companies in order to have a Spanish
Big Five very soon.
What are the most notable activities and proposals carried out by
FENAC for boosting the activity and development within the sector?
Our main focus is how we present ourselves to institutions, business
organisations and other economic sectors; the constant generation of
networking and sharing success stories and good practices to enhance
the importance of our sector. Everything is put together in several
programmes such as PushPull, Becoming Large, Observatory of Human
Resources, Digital Transformation or Qualification Plans. Through these
programmes, we organise meetings or business seminars of all kinds
with renowned speakers.
All our ideas come from our internal committees, open to all partners. We
are now promoting the “Alliance of Intangibles” with important Spanish
institutions in order to enhance the work of consultants and professional
services, for which we hope to have CEPYME’s support.
How do you assess the CEPYME500 project and its contribution towards
the development of medium-sized Spanish companies?
I sincerely believe it is a magnificent initiative which CEPYME has been
able to promote with great professionalism and success. I trust that many
SMEs, which are the essence of our business fabric, will know how to
take advantage of this great opportunity and I am sure that, if they do,
they will obtain important benefits in many areas.
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