“Investing in young people, and in particular in young entrepreneurs, can make a difference today, especially in a trade association like Confcommercio which has always placed the business and the entrepreneur at the centre. Investing in entrepreneurs of the new generations is undoubtedly an added value for society and for the economic fabric, for the entrepreneurial system which is currently experiencing rapid and profound change. Confcommercio Ravenna has therefore decided to set up the Young Entrepreneurs Group, aimed at all those who are members of the Via di Roma association who have not yet reached the age of 42 and who are owners of the company, administrators of the same or collaborators family members.”
Thus the president of Confcommercio Ravenna Mauro Mambelli welcomed the establishment of the new Confcommercio Young Entrepreneurs Group which it elected president Francesco Turchito the vice presidency Cristina Zaffi, Tommaso Fedeli and Chiara Belloniadvisors Giacomo Rossi, Edoardo Germanò and Michele Morello.
The aims of the group can be different depending on the objectives that are decided by the members through moments of discussion between the young entrepreneurs and for this reason, they can also count on the assistance of the national group Young Entrepreneurs Confcommercio.
Matteo MusacciNational President of the Young Entrepreneurs Group of Confcommercio, sent “the most sincere congratulations for the recent election” to the new president Francesco Turchi.
“Since the beginning of my Presidency – says Musacci – I have placed the development of existing territorial and category Groups but above all the promotion of the creation of new Groups at the top of the objectives of our national team. In fact, I am certain that the system needs the lifeblood of creativity and passion that we young entrepreneurs know how to instill. Wearing the “Confcommercio shirt” in this new role is an additional reason for satisfaction and responsibility for you. Your territory is in fact rich in experiences and motivated young people, as I was able to see first-hand when I participated in your happy initiative “Young Entrepreneurs Day”.
Typically, young groups organize moments of sociality, meetings with institutions or other bodies, training for businesses and propose solutions in favor of the entrepreneurial reality.
“I am very excited to have had the opportunity to commit myself to following this heterogeneous group – he says Francesco Turchi, President of Ravenna of the Confcommercio Young Entrepreneurs Group and President of the Young Surveyors Group of Ravenna. The note that I find positive is precisely the composition, in fact we have both professionals and entrepreneurs. In particular, in addition to institutional and social relations, we will be interested in ports, tourism, trade and agriculture, “green must not be a trend but a way of life, it protects the health of all of us”. A great objective is to try to strengthen the synergies between young entrepreneurs and young professionals, to give a new economic, social and emotional impulse to the city of Ravenna. Furthermore, the Confcommercio Youth Group will organize a desk for young people who want to open a new business, here they will be able to find those who follow them also for the establishment of Newcos and Start-ups, help to encourage initiatives that make generational change possible. One objective is to seek a possible solution, in particular for historic centers for those empty spaces and containers; the immediate aim is the recovery of at least the order and aesthetic appearance until the moment of their future occupation. We have given ourselves an ambitious approach which, with the help of the Association, we will try to share with the people of Ravenna, with all the stakeholders and with the institutions”.
Still within the scope of the attention paid to young people, in recent weeks Confcommercio Ravenna and Cassa di Ravenna Spa have launched the “Young Talents for Young Businesses” initiative, the project for young people who want to become entrepreneurs and for whom it was an accompanying action is in place to allow them to realize and develop a business idea by offering products and services that meet the needs of start-ups. Objective: to invest with ever greater conviction and energy in young people, their ideas and their resourcefulness. The initiative is aimed, in particular, at those who have finished their studies, high school diploma or university, or at young people under 35, or intend to start a freelance profession. The partner of the initiative, Cassa di Ravenna Spa, reserves particular conditions of support for the project with important concessions for maintaining the current account, the internet banking relationship and the POS system and above all financing with subsidized conditions.
What does Confcommercio Ravenna offer to new future entrepreneurs?
Confcommercio Ravenna, through the Cat Technical Assistance Centre, promotes an accompanying action to realize the entrepreneurial idea. Partners of the project are La Cassa di Ravenna SpA and the Flaminia Foundation. Special conditions are reserved for the young entrepreneur who signs a three-year accounting contract which consist of:
- Membership fee €50 for the first three years;
- 100% discount on accounting service fees for the 1st year;
- 50% discount for the 1st year on the payroll and administrative documents services of Confcommercio Ravenna;
- Free consultancy for the evaluation of the business idea;
- First free consultation on workplace safety, privacy, food hygiene and company certification;
- Free credit advice and on the main forms of financing for businesses.
This promotion applies both to individual businesses and to companies set up exclusively by young people or predominantly by young people. For the possible establishment of the company, the conditions currently applied by the relevant service will apply.
