In addition to the aforementioned aspects, in the following
six sections we continue to review the many advantages - of all kinds - that operators who decide to settle in the Autonomous City are finding.
Relocation of services formula
After having analyzed all the tax advantages that Ceuta has, and even within the framework of the economic benefits that companies that settle in the Autonomous City can get, we undoubtedly find the formula for the relocation of specific services.
To understand the scope of this point, we must first refer to the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (
OECD), a body that among its functions is to design better policies for a better life for both individuals, companies and for countries. And it is that together with the
G-20, the prestigious international forum for the governments and leaders of the central banks of 19 countries and the European Union, the OECD has already designed in 2016 a set of actions that seek to develop an effective international tax framework , among which stands out the principle that profits are taxed where the economic activities that generate them are carried out and where value is created.
In this context,
Ceuta becomes a perfect destination for companies that want to locate specific services such as customer service (call centers) or any administration or negotiation service, including the so common software development services.
In this way, the possibility of easily transferring one or several areas of specialization to Ceuta is one of the possibilities offered by the jurisdiction, making some of the accessory services or support services to other Group entities performed by personnel who do not need be highly qualified, they can be carried out from the Autonomous City of Ceuta, benefiting from its privileged tax system and an environment that enhances electronic media.
Qualified and specific training
In addition to the numerous tax incentives involved in the implementation of an online gambling operator in the Autonomous City, as we have been reporting in Infoplay since the syllabi and the first round of courses were known, the Government of Ceuta has implemented various training programs .
An action that has been placed in the hands of PROCESA, a company in 1987 that, at the same time as being the body in charge of managing initiatives co-financed by Community Structural Funds, is tasked with facilitating, stimulating, channeling and making viable projects and initiatives of business nature.
PROCESA has convened in the last year up to five free professional training courses that allow the hiring of qualified personnel in Ceuta by the gaming companies that are being established. Thus, for example, for two weeks the list of those admitted to the first two courses has already been published:
Product Manager and CRM / VIP Manager, two of the most notorious positions for a company in the sector, to which others will follow for
Operations and Marketing,
Customer Service and specialization in the field of
Payments and to avoid fraud and money laundering.
Constant improvement in Communications and infrastructures
Despite the limitations that the very location of the Autonomous City generates (being located on the African continent), Ceuta is increasingly more accessible from the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco. With the Peninsula, two transportation alternatives currently stand out: the port of Algeciras, where ferries depart daily to the port of Ceuta with a relatively high frequency, and the passenger helicopter service that takes about 10 minutes and connects the Peninsula with the City.
But there are more and more options and destinations, such as from Malaga, where helicopters are also regularly scheduled from Malaga international airport. The trip takes only 25 minutes and there are frequent services. For the other option - arriving in Ceuta from Morocco - you can opt for direct flights to Tangier from different Spanish cities, including Madrid and Barcelona, ??with subsequent access via the N-13 and P-4703 roads, entering the city from the Tarajal limit.
Geography and climate
Ceuta is an autonomous city that is surrounded to the east and south by the Mediterranean Sea. Meanwhile, to the west and southwest it borders Morocco, so this strategic location that places it between two continents, Europe and Africa, and two seas, the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, makes it one of the areas in which diversity of cultures (with the coexistence of Christians and Muslims mainly) and an extraordinary geographical environment (with the Sierra de los Bullones, Mount Hacho, Almina, the Isthmus and the Campo Exterior), in addition to the other outstanding intangible: the good climate, which it maintains the area most of the year between a range of 11 to 27 degrees, with hardly any wind and with up to 10 hours of natural light during the day.
And all this, in an area of ??about 20 square kilometers, in which a rich and varied flora abounds and two bays: the North Bay in front of the Iberian Peninsula and the North Bay, in front of Morocco, completing a favorable and welcoming environment.
The Cost of Living
It is again in the economic aspect -in this case in the most private and familiar sphere-, where once again Ceuta becomes a destination to consider. The cost of living is a theoretical concept that represents the value or cost of the goods and services that households consume to obtain a certain level of satisfaction. And Ceuta is currently among the cheapest cities in Spain, with indicators such as housing rentals in the City, which are relatively cheaper than those in other cities in Spain.
A variable that contributes to the fact that the cost of living in this city is 5.07% cheaper than the national average when comparing the spending of consumers from Ceuta to pay for products and services (purchase and rental of housing, local taxes, transportation public and private, purchase of basic products and leisure).
This is also reinforced by the
Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) since the prices of goods and services consumed by Ceutaan households allow estimating a reduced cost of living.
According to the
National Institute of Statistics (INE), the average monthly salary in Ceuta is 2,475.84 euros, well above the monthly average in the Peninsula. This fact, added to the cost of renting the home and the cost of living, allow us to conclude that the standard of living in Ceuta is better than that of other Spanish Cities and Autonomous Communities.
Other Regional Incentives
But in addition to all the aforementioned, benefits currently in force and others that may have greater contributions in the short term from international organizations, mean that Ceuta has many more incentives for both small and medium-sized industries as well as residents and visitors.
For example, the reduced port fees and customs benefits (which allow, for example, that raw materials can be imported from anywhere in the world without paying customs and that finished products can be exported to the rest of the European Union, without paying tariffs if they are complied with. certain conditions).
In the same way, the economic aid that the General State Administration grants to productive investment to promote business activity, in the form of Regional Incentives, consisting of subsidies to alleviate imbalances between territories and which can be up to 15% of the investment approved for large companies, 25% for medium-sized companies and 35% for small ones.
And finally, the financing facilities of the ESF (European Social Fund), which is the European Union's main tool to promote job creation and promotion, and which in the case of Ceuta contributes directly to the quantitative and qualitative improvement of the jobs that are created in the Autonomous City.
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