Subventions
Covid line of direct aid to self-employed persons and businesses
“Covid line of direct aid to self-employed persons and companies”, foreseen in Title I of Royal Decree-Law 5/2021, March 12th, on extraordinary measures for supporting corporate solvency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, financed by the Spanish Government.
Temporary financial support, provided by the Solvency Support Fund for Strategic Enterprises (FASEE), which is managed by the Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI).
On April 26th, 2022, the Council of Ministers culminated the procedure which governs the operation of the FASEE through the authorization to its Management Board of the approval of the temporary public support operation requested by Grupo Hesperia, which is based on a temporary financial support endowed with 55. 000,000, formalized through a participative loan of 28,050,000 € (on which the interest rates set in the annex of the agreement of the Council of Ministers of July 21, 2020 and in the Temporary Framework of the European Commission are applied) and an ordinary loan of 26,950,000 €.
These instruments were regulated in the Ministerial Order of July 23, 2020, which determines the operation of the FASEE, endowed with a total of ten billion Euros and whose purpose is to provide temporary public support to strengthen the solvency of non-financial companies affected by the pandemic caused by the virus known as COVID-19, considered strategic for the national or regional productive fabric. It should be noted that the companies that receive the aforementioned temporary public support will have a maximum term of seven (7) years to fully repay the loans received.
Likewise, it is important to point out that, as a strategic company for the national and regional productive fabric, Grupo Hesperia is a hotel company that manages 22 hotels (that is, nearly 3,500 rooms) throughout Spain, both in the vacation and urban segments.
Unfortunately, as a consequence of the pandemic, during the year 2020, the turnover was drastically reduced, which affected both our employees and our suppliers.
At the end of 2021, the Hesperia Group’s workforce numbered more than 1,500 employees, all of them in Spain, and we also had more than 1,300 suppliers.
Notwithstanding the difficulties it has faced, the Hesperia Group has always been characterized by its commitment to sustainability and climate action, with a clear line of action that prioritizes digitalization, energy efficiency and sustainability in all its lines of business, always seeking climate neutrality in 2050. This action plan is aligned with the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations and with the strategy of the National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (2021-2030) and the European Green Deal. This being the case, the aforementioned financial support allows the Hesperia Group to maintain our objectives in terms of ecological and digital transformation.
In light of the above, it can be stated that the funds received have been used to guarantee the continuity of the company’s activity, prioritizing its viability, covering its liquidity needs and executing an investment plan with the aim of increasing the efficiency of its assets, promoting digitalization and fostering the ecological transition and, for the appropriate purposes, the weight that each of the items has had in this is detailed:
Costs derived from the Hesperia Group’s operations 64%.
Non-operating payments, which include, among others, payroll and social security payments, taxes, debt service and financial expenses, investments in ecological and digital transition, etc. 36%