Banco Santander announces the eighth edition of the Barcelona SME of the Year, Girona SME of the Year and Tarragona SME of the Year Awards. It does so, like every year, in collaboration with the newspaper La Vanguardia and with the aim of recognizing the work of small and medium-sized companies as generators of wealth and job creators in the performance of their daily work. In the case of Tarragona, they do so with the Chambers of Commerce of Reus, Tarragona and Valls, in addition to the Chamber of Spain.
The deadline for submitting candidatures for the SME of the Year 2024 award began on February 23 and will close at 8 p.m. on April 8. All small and medium-sized companies in the three provinces with less than 250 employees and with a turnover of less than 50 million euros at the end of the 2023 financial year can apply for this new call.
In addition to choosing the SME of the Year, the jury will be able to award four second prizes in each of the divisions, in the categories of Internationalization, Innovation and digitalization, Training and employment, and Sustainable SME. The winning companies will compete for the 2024 National SME of the Year Award, which will be decided in the first quarter of 2025. Likewise, those that win one of the different second prizes will compete for the National Award in their respective categories.
Interested companies must fill out the registration form that they will find on the website of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce, where they can also consult the contest rules.
In its deliberations, the jury will assess merits such as job creation, with special attention to indefinite employment; training actions for employees; The internationalization of the company; the digitalization and innovation initiatives, as well as the sustainable projects in which they have participated.
With this eighth edition, the SME of the Year Award is consolidated as the reference award for small and medium-sized Spanish companies. Last year a total of 1,740 companies from the 50 provinces and the autonomous city of Ceuta registered.
