El Corte Inglés, Company of the Year at Prensa Ibérica and Banco Sabadell

Prensa Ibérica and Banc Sabadell yesterday presented awards to the most outstanding companies of the year at the Banc Sabadell Company of the Year ceremony, organized by El Periódico de España and Actius, the economic sector of the group, and sponsored by the financial institution and Banc Sabadell. In collaboration with Cepsa, Naturgy and Úbico. Six companies (El Corte Inglés, Ilunion, Aena, GMV, HM Hospitales and García Carrión), two start-ups (Trucksters and Ecoballution) and Director Antonio Huertas, President of Mapfre, received awards that recognize the excellence of each company in different aspects. . El Corte Inglés won Company of the Year, and Antonio Huertas was highlighted as Entrepreneur of the Year. Managers and representatives of the winning groups thanked the award in front of an audience of about 200 guests at the Four Seasons Hotel in Madrid.

José Luis González Pessada, Director of Communications, Sustainability and Corporate Relations at El Corte Inglés, commented that the Company of the Year award wanted to highlight the work of more than 80,000 professionals in the distribution group. He pointed out that “they work every day in a very demanding sector to improve and provide the best services.” Gonzalez Pesada, who received the award from Arantza Sarasola, Vice President of Prensa Ibérica, and Cristobal Paredes, General Manager of Banca Corporativa Banco Sabadell, also confirmed that the award comes in a very special week for the company, in which results were achieved and in which its sales increased and its debts were reduced.

Business effort

Madrid is emerging more and more in its commercial activity, a point that Ferran Bueza, director of El Periódico de España, wanted to emphasize. “Last year, up to 25,000 new companies were created in Madrid, which is already a great attraction for talent. Although our profession is national, we want El Periódico de España and Actius to highlight this reality and visualize the efforts that Madrid is making.” Commercial fabric to improve the well-being of the area and its residents.” For his part, Martí Sabals, Director of Economic Information at Prensa Ibérica, emphasized the combination of social and economic profitability. “From Actius, we try to produce the best financial information on the web and on paper every day. We have covered different topics, from the economy of football clubs to the Spanish stock market,” Sabals explained.

Trucksters was named Startup of the Year, and Ecoballution was named Best Circular Economy Startup. In other categories, awards were given to Ilunion (which received the Overall Company Award), Aena (Sustainable Company) – whose president, Morici Lucena, intervened from Barcelona via video call to thank the award – GMV (Innovative Company), HM Hospitals (family business), and Garcia Carrión (International Company).