Barcelona Business Support for Logistics, Digital and Creative Firms

• Port and logistics

  The Port of Barcelona describes itself as a logistics hub with its own logistics zone. It lists fashion and footwear, electronics, industrial and consumer products, chemicals and e-commerce among the goods served. Forwarders, customs agents, hauliers and warehouse firms work around it.

• Digital and innovation at 22@

  The city council names digital and technology as a strategic sector and 22@ as an innovation district. Small software teams, agencies and start-ups sit in and around it, usually selling services by project.

• Creative and cultural industries

  Creative and cultural industries are also on the council's list of strategic sectors. Design, audiovisual and event studios are typical, and most are small teams with uneven project pipelines.

• Trade fairs and events

  Fira Barcelona's Gran Via site hosts business events that bring visitors to hotels, caterers and event suppliers. Their income tends to follow the event calendar.

• 01Logistics and customs firms often pay carriers and charges before clients settle, so cash sits in goods in transit.
• 02Studios and software teams commonly price projects by feel and later find some jobs cost more than they earned.
• 03Forwarders and hauliers commonly absorb waiting time when a terminal or customs check slows a shipment, and rarely get to bill for it.
• 04Small creative firms can depend on one or two senior people for both selling and delivery.

UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Compared with Barcelona, India is 4 hours 30 minutes ahead in the cold months and 3 hours 30 minutes ahead in the warm ones.

We book the first call once the scope of the problem is clear, so the conversation starts from your business and not from a calendar.

• Logistics
• Technology
• Professional services
• Hospitality
• Retail

Trades to start from

• Customs clearance agents
• Contract logistics providers
• Warehousing and fulfilment providers
• Software development companies
• Branding and graphic design studios
• Film, video and audio production houses
• Event management companies

• Business Consulting

  Reviewing working capital shows forwarders and fulfilment firms how long cash waits between paying carriers and being paid.

• Business Audit

  Margin by project exposes which studio and software jobs earn their keep and which only keep the team busy.

• Business Process

  Clear handover steps between sales, production and billing reduce rework in small creative teams.

• Business Growth

  Looking at client mix helps digital agencies decide whether to specialise or stay broad.

1. First call by phone or video, to hear how your business runs and what is stuck.
2. A written scope that says what we will look at, what you will receive and what we need from you, with the fee written in your own currency.
3. Your first sheet: the one page of numbers or decisions that the work starts from.
4. A review rhythm agreed with you, so the work is checked against what actually happened.