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Montaje con una alocución presidencial ante micrófonos a la izquierda y el interior de un restaurante Presto a la derecha
La adquisición de Presto por el Grupo Nutresa, facilitada por el Gobierno según el presidente, preserva cerca de 700 empleos. · Semana

Presto will keep operating after the Nutresa purchase and jobs will stay

President Abelardo De La Espriella explained in his address how the Government facilitated the acquisition of Presto by Grupo Nutresa, an operation that…

President Abelardo De La Espriella referred in his presidential address to the acquisition of Presto by Grupo Nutresa and explained, according to his account, how the national Government intervened to facilitate the operation and protect employment. --- The context --- Presto was going through difficulties that put the continuity of the restaurant chain and the posts of its workers at risk. According to what the president set out, it is a company with decades of history and tradition in Colombia, present in the daily life of many families across the country. --- The facts --- According to the account given by the president, upon learning of the difficult situation of the company, his administration sought approaches with businesspeople interested in taking over the business. The effort was carried out through the minister of Commerce, Mauricio Gómez Amín, who contacted different business groups, among them Grupo Nutresa, which finally decided to acquire the brand. According to the president, the Government carried out the necessary steps so that the purchase could be made in the shortest possible time and facilitated the operation within hours. As a result of the agreement, 700 workers will keep their posts and the chain will be able to continue its activity and its trajectory in the Colombian market. --- The positions --- The president presented the case as an example of cooperation between the State and the private sector to protect employment and strengthen the Colombian business fabric. He also thanked Grupo Nutresa for taking on the operation and the minister of Commerce for the steps taken during the approach with the interested business groups. --- What remains unknown --- The economic details of the acquisition and the conditions agreed between the parties are not yet known. Nor has it been explained what changes, if any, workers and the establishments of the chain could face in this new stage under the ownership of Grupo Nutresa. --- Unanswered questions --- How will the list of companies in trouble announced by the Government be drawn up? What criteria will be applied to choose the companies that receive support in the search for investors? What guarantees will the workers of those companies have during possible sale or restructuring processes? --- EPM analysis --- The announcement places the defense of employment at the center of government action in the face of business difficulties. The intervention described by the president himself was one of facilitation and contact, while the decision to acquire the brand belonged to a private business group that took on the operation. The president also announced that his administration will draw up the list of companies in trouble in Colombia in order to find them, with the minister of Commerce and his team, national and foreign investors. According to his approach, the purpose is to prevent other companies from closing and to keep jobs and business trajectories from being lost. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the Presto case leaves a valuable lesson: when the State facilitates swiftly and the private sector steps in decisively, a historic company can continue and 700 workers keep their jobs. The challenge now is for the announced list of companies in trouble to be built with clear criteria, fair treatment and public follow-up, so that each rescue protects employment without improvisation, under rules known to everyone and with results that citizens can verify in every region of the Colombian nation today.
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