As the President said “This latest data is closely linked to the emblems generating employment in Spain and therefore the number of workers decreased in the same proportion of 0.9%. ” According to the report of the AEF, in absolute numbers it has in 2063 jobs, thus lowering of employees 235 929 233 866 on 31 July. Turnover The turnover refers to statistical review, provides a setting in the above information for the year-end 2008. “It is, therefore, to incorporate the billing given in the previous report, the adjustments that businesses have sent in recent months and allow us to establish as a final check on 31 December 2008 the number of 25.734.661.000 .
This represents an increase of 3.8% on the total figure of 2007, which was 24.786.918.000 “explains Vallhonrat. The sector remains the most turnover of power to 6.117.546.000 , followed by hotels, as a whole, with 5.515.941.000 and travel agencies 2.182.895.000 . Within walking distance is placed: fashion, in all specialties, with 1.779.087.000 ; furniture and Textilhogar, 1.727.964.000 and transport services 1.531.279.000 . The franchise, by regions and by origin in the report, the AEF has also revised franchising plants operating in the different Spanish regions. As usual, Madrid is 291 head emblems (three more than last year), followed by Catalonia with 241 (5 more), Valencia 95 (add 3 compared to the previous period) and Andalusia with 86 (4 more than in 2008). These four communities coalesce 79.7% of franchisers in central Spain. With regard to the billing that produce the flags in the Autonomous Communities, the report shows that the four communities mentioned account for 85.8% of the national total, which is justified by the concentration of large networks, especially in Madrid and Catalonia .
As for the origin of the emblems, as revised in the AEF, the number of foreign brands have gone from being an Now form 18.1% to 18.5% of the total, or what is the same total of 895 166 of today are foreigners, while in 2008, 159 of the 875 prevailing at that time were foreign. France and the United States lead the ranking, even though Italy is the country that teach more recently introduced in Spain with four new marks (from 26 to 30) and Andorra, South Korea and Norway implemented for the first time in our country. “The balance sheet leaves us a good taste, despite the current situation, the franchise continues to remain stable and strong as a whole. Of course, some sectors are more affected, but others re-emerge and evolve more strongly. This causes the system is balanced and generally continue to offer very favorable expectations “concludes the President of the AEF. On the Spanish Association of Spanish Franchisers Franchisers Association (AEF) was founded 15 years ago and currently consists of 193 members, whose turnover represents 66% of turnover generated by the system franchises in Spain. The objectives of the AEF are to represent and protect the interests of the franchise in our country and to partner with the Administration and make it available in other markets, through its presence in various international franchise exhibitions. In turn, the AEF is a member of the Iberoamerican Federation of Franchising (FIAF).