The war in Iran and its global economic ravages have made it rain on wet for Spanish small and medium-sized enterprises. According to the latest indicator of the SME situation prepared by the Spanish employers' association Cepyme, state SMEs were already suffering a situation of "stagnation" in the second half of 2025, before the start of the conflict. According to the employers' association of SMEs linked to the CEOE, the smallest companies reached 2026 in "a more unfavorable situation to face the risks" that materialized with the clashes in the Middle East. The president of the business organization, Ángela de Miguel, has lamented the conclusions that can be drawn from the semiannual report, which shows "weak and unequal growth" among small companies. "Today, SMEs are not doing well," she said in a press briefing.

Typically, when there is more activity and, therefore, more people working, the chances of workplace accidents increase. Consequently, it is necessary to strengthen prevention measures, as is the case with fires: prevention—implementing the necessary initiatives—is better than cure.

Apolitical, aggressive and unapologetic. This is how Patronal Catalana defines itself, the new business entity presented this Thursday and which has set itself the objective of reaching 90,000 members. This would allow it to be considered a representative entity and, as such, to be a social agent that can, for example, participate in collective bargaining.

"Enough is enough, let's focus on recovery". It is the slogan that more than 300 business entities have chosen this Thursday to repeat in chorus their rejection of the riots of recent weeks. In a joint event held at the Estació del Nord, employers, unions and representatives of different sectors of the Catalan economy have read a manifesto to make an even more explicit condemnation of the looting and violence that occurred during the protests against the imprisonment of rapper Pablo Hasel.