Fira de Barcelona
          
        
        
          | 2014 Report
        
        
          
            Bizbarcelona
          
        
        
          Solutions for SMEs and Entrepreneurs
        
        
          
            04-05/June
          
        
        
          Montjuïc. 4th edition
        
        
          The latest edition of Bizbarcelona marked the
        
        
          consolidation of this event as an indispensable
        
        
          element for promoting the world of the small and
        
        
          medium-sized enterprise and entrepreneurship.
        
        
          The show was structured around five
        
        
          categories (sales and internationalisation;
        
        
          2.0 communication and customer services;
        
        
          finance and business management; innovation
        
        
          in products and services; and new business
        
        
          opportunities and trends) to enable visitors to
        
        
          apply some of the tools on show with a view to
        
        
          growing their business.
        
        
          Over the two days of the trade fair, the
        
        
          activities included 178 talks and workshops
        
        
          with a total of 338 speakers; 491 customised
        
        
          business advisory sessions; 810 “speed-dating”
        
        
          contacts; 150 meetings in the Reempresa area;
        
        
          50 video-pitch recordings; and more than 3,000
        
        
          messages on the wall.
        
        
          In addition, there were more than 1,000
        
        
          interviews between SMEs interested in
        
        
          entering new foreign markets and experts in
        
        
          internationalisation and 1,780 contacts between
        
        
          entrepreneurs and representatives from around
        
        
          40 investment companies with funding potential
        
        
          of 100 million euros.
        
        
          Bizbarcelona also presented a wide range
        
        
          of real solutions to contribute to the growth of
        
        
          small and medium-sized companies, as well
        
        
          as the creation of new businesses. To achieve
        
        
          this, particular importance was attached at
        
        
          this 2014 edition to e-commerce, channels of
        
        
          finance, franchises and exports as tools to boost
        
        
          companies.
        
        
          The show is organised by Barcelona City
        
        
          Council through Barcelona Activa, and Fira de
        
        
          Barcelona in cooperation with the Government
        
        
          of Catalonia, Barcelona Provincial Council, the
        
        
          Chamber of Commerce and “la Caixa”.
        
        
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            Area
          
        
        
          1,500 m
        
        
          2
        
        
          (net)
        
        
          
            Exhibitors
          
        
        
          100
        
        
          
            Type
          
        
        
          Professional and public
        
        
          
            Activities
          
        
        
          Bizecommerce,
        
        
          Bizexporta, Capital
        
        
          Pymes SME forum,
        
        
          Bizfranquicias & Retail,
        
        
          financing market
        
        
          178
        
        
          conferences
        
        
          and workshops