Candidates for these recognitions will be eligible for the Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the Research and Business Innovation Award, the Socially Responsible Company Award, the International Projection Award, the Women Entrepreneur Award

With the aim of promoting the social recognition of the figure of entrepreneurship and their work and contribution in today's society, the City of Paterna, through the Association “Paterna City of Business” has convened the 1st edition of the Paterna City of Business Awards

This was announced today by the Mayor of Paterna and president of the municipal association, Juan Antonio Sagredo, who highlighted that “the strong economic structure of the municipality and the great potential of the companies located in its 5 industrial parks need some awards that, year after year, recognize the work, the trajectory and the responsibility of the companies that have chosen Paterna to settle and grow”.

With this objective, the association has established, within the framework of the Municipal Strategy for Economic Development, 5 categories of awards for Entrepreneur of the year, for Research and business innovation, for Socially Responsible Company, for International Projection and Women Entrepreneurs. All those companies, professionals and / or self-employed registered in the municipal area of Paterna have until November 20 to submit their candidacy for one or more categories of the awards.

In this regard, the first mayor has remarked that “Paterna has everything to become the municipality of autonomic reference at a business and industrial level and these awards are the culmination of all this favorable situation”.

As explained by Sagredo, who is also in charge of the Business Area, University and Industrial Estates, the City Council has already reported this call to the different management entities of Fuente del Jarro Industrial Estate, Tactical Business Park, L'Andana Industrial Estate , Technology Park and Science Park so that the more than 3,000 companies located in these 5 areas can attend.

With the Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the City Council and the Paternal City Business Association seek to recognize the local promoters who have established companies in the last two years based on a business idea and have led it to success, generating jobs and contributing to the economic and social development of Paterna.

With the Business Research and Innovation Award, they seek to reward those companies that have stood out for the incorporation of innovative technologies in their processes, or for the development of innovative products and / or services that provide the company with high added value.

With the Socially Responsible Company Award, they try to recognize those companies that have stood out for incorporating policies and strategies and for implementing socially responsible practices, as well as for directing their activities towards sustainable management.

The International Projection Award is an award that recognizes the work of companies that have contributed to internationalization in the economic or business field, while the Award for Women Entrepreneurs was created with the aim of publicly recognizing the contribution of women in business, , with the aim of promoting their capacity as businesswoman while spreading the work that it develops in the business area.