Unicaja and CEOE-CEPYME Guadalajara have signed an agreement that will benefit the more than 5,000 companies, SMEs and self-employed workers represented by this confederation. The agreement aims to make the entity’s services available to companies, SMEs and the self-employed, to provide solutions tailored to their different financial and management needs, promoting business competitiveness.
The signing was carried out at the headquarters of the confederation by the territorial director of Central Business Banking and Expansion of Unicaja, Carlos Martín-Forero, and the president of CEOE-CEPYME Guadalajara, María Soledad García. Under the agreement, Unicaja joins as a sponsor of the CEOE-CEPYME Guadalajara Business Excellence Awards, in order to reinforce its commitment to businesspeople in the province and contribute to their development.
“Unicaja’s commitment to the businessmen of the province is firm and daily. It is a satisfaction for our entity to also express it through agreements like this one,” highlighted Martín-Forero. “With this alliance we strengthen our link with the companies of Guadalajara and we will be able to bring our services and financial solutions closer to a greater number of companies. We will thus offer them greater financing possibilities and the support of our specialized services in business banking,” he added.
For her part, the president of CEOE-CEPYME Guadalajara has highlighted the importance of this agreement with Unicaja, as it represents an opportunity to continue offering companies, SMEs and the self-employed in the province financial tools and solutions adapted to their needs.
In this sense, he has pointed out that facilitating access to financing and advantageous conditions is essential to boost business activity, encourage new investments, support business growth and contribute to the creation of employment and wealth in the province of Guadalajara.
Recognitions for the business fabric of Guadalajara
The 2026 Business Excellence Awards will be presented during a gala, which will be held next November 21, at 7:00 p.m., at the Finca Guadalajara Green.
The Company of the Year Award will go to Exide Technologies, from Azuqueca de Henares, which has around 350 workers and six decades of industrial experience, currently specializing in the manufacture of batteries for cars, trucks, buses and industrial vehicles.
Likewise, another 16 companies will receive recognition in areas such as job creation, innovation, technological development, training and rural development, as well as a special mention for Ángel Catalán Sánchez.
For its part, Unicaja will present the Award in the category ‘Most environmentally friendly company’ to ANRA, Guadalajara Pest Control.
Closeness and experience
This collaboration is part of Unicaja’s commitment to companies, SMEs and the self-employed, considered priority groups in its financing policy and in its 2025-2027 Strategic Plan. The agreement allows companies to access a range of financial products and services under special conditions and adapted to the needs of their activity, thus contributing to the development of the local economy.
Its proposal combines financing solutions and professional advice to accompany them in the different phases of their activity, from the management of their daily operations and their working capital needs to their growth, digitalization and internationalization projects, offering them advice for the development of their activity in foreign markets, and always under a model based on the proximity and knowledge of each business.
CEOE-CEPYME Guadalajara is the Provincial Confederation of Entrepreneurs that has the objective of promoting and favoring the economic and social development of the province of Guadalajara, as well as being the spokesperson for the companies of Guadalajara, while representing, managing and defending the general and common interests of its associated companies, especially in relation to the administration, public and private entities and worker organizations.
Source: www.unicajabanco.com
