Unicaja and the Sociedad de Garantía Recíproca de Asturias (Asturgar SGR) have renewed their agreement to provide liquidity and financing to entrepreneurs, the self-employed, micro-enterprises and SMEs in Asturias. These financing facilities are aimed at transactions with extraordinary terms and interest rates, with the guarantee of the Asturian mutual guarantee society. In this way, they will be able to access loans for investments, financing of working capital or furniture leasing, under special conditions.
The signing took place at the headquarters of Asturgar, by its president, David González, and by Unicaja's head of Business Banking - North, José Marcos Fernández, who highlighted "the commitment of the financial institution to the Asturian businessowners, self-employed and entrepreneurs, who will be able to access the best market conditions and with the guarantee provided by Asturgar's guarantee".
He also recalled that the companies adhered to Asturgar may have access to a full range of financing, under special conditions, in Unicaja, which "provides loans to enable them to cope with new projects and investments and to provide liquidity, with the aim of promoting entrepreneurship, promote innovation, improve competition and contribute to the creation and maintenance of employment in Asturias".
For his part, the president of Asturgar SGR, David González, said that the company's main objective "is to promote Asturian companies by providing advice and help in the search for the best financing". The agreement signed with Unicaja, "reinforces -he added- that will to improve the innovation and sustainability of our companies". In short, he concluded, "all this aimed at creating employment and welfare for society as a whole".
Commitment to companies and job creation
Unicaja's commitment to SMEs and the self-employed is part of its activity as a proximity financial institution, focused on the business of companies and retail banking, which plays an important role in promoting territorial development.
This collaboration is in addition to other agreements signed in recent months with Reciprocal Guarantee Companies to help improve the viability of transactions through its 100% risk guarantee. The bank's objective is to support its clients and promote the Asturian business sector.
Companies, in general, and SMEs and the self-employed, in particular, are key objectives of Unicaja's financing policy. In this sense, the bank supports these groups, which are essential for the revitalization of the economy and the creation of employment, especially in its areas of operation and in its regions of origin, among which Asturias stands out.
About Asturgar
At the end of 2024, Asturgar SGR had 40 million euros of financing, distributed among almost 500 Asturian companies, which allows it to support more than 9,500 jobs in the region and to support the structuring of the territory and the less populated Asturias. In addition, Asturgar allows entrepreneurs to carry out their transactions in an agile, fast and simple way, thanks to the tool www.asturgar-online.com.
Asturgar is the Sociedad de Garantía Recíproca de Asturias, the main financial instrument for economic promotion in Asturias, when it comes to providing financing to SMEs, self-employed and entrepreneurs, and stimulating investment and job creation. It has the strength of more than 1,600 integrated Asturian companies and the support of the Autonomous Community of Principado de Asturias and the main business associations in the region (Fade, Femetal, CAC-Asprocon, Chambers of Commerce of Oviedo, Gijón and Avilés, ASATA), among others.
