Gremi de Flequers de Barcelona

About the guild

Gremi de Flequers de Barcelona is a leading professional association for bakers in Barcelona. It represents bakers throughout the city and surrounding area, and supports the industry with services designed for the day-to-day needs of bakeries.

Services for members

The guild offers specialized business advice for bakeries:

• Legal advice: Company formation, maintenance, changes, and dissolution; recognition of century-old businesses; drafting and reviewing contracts; collecting unpaid debts; representation before government agencies and utility companies; inheritance and gifts; filings with commercial and property registries; municipal ordinances; technical and health regulations; grants; and converting unemployment benefits into startup capital.
• Business and financial advice: Reviewing balance sheets and income statements, feasibility studies and business recovery plans, cash-flow forecasts, investment and financing plans, information on agreements with financial institutions, and industry grants.
• Tax and accounting advice: Ongoing tax guidance, responses to information requests and appeals, audit assistance, tax regimes and direct assessment, corporate income tax, personal income tax, inheritance and gift taxes, and property transfer taxes.
• Employment advice: Company registration and employer identification numbers, mutual insurance registration, employee onboarding and termination, contracts, payroll and social security filings, advance-notice letters and final pay, personal income tax settlements, income certificates, and self-employment administration.
• Technical advice: On-site visits to identify improvements to marketing, merchandising, product restocking, and window displays to help bakeries become more competitive and productive.

Insurance

Through Gremio Mediación de Seguros, members can access personal and business insurance policies, including auto, van, and motorcycle; small-business and retail; homeowners; life; health; general liability; accident; retirement; investment; and pension plans. The service includes a free review of existing policies and advice on risks facing the business, owner, and employees. Contact for this department: David Gil, dgil@gremipabcn.com, 93 215 55 00.

Training

The guild offers in-person and online courses for all experience levels, from artisan baking for hobbyists to career training and professional development. Classes are offered through its baking school.

Job board

The guild provides job placement and candidate-search services to fill member bakeries' openings. Businesses can post jobs, and workers can register to apply for current openings.

Other resources

The guild maintains a purchasing platform, a bakery finder, its own magazine, and educational content about bread and baking. It also promotes specialty products, including Pan de Payés Catalán and Pan del Tricentenario.

Contact

• Address: C/ Pau Claris, 134, main floor, 08009 Barcelona
• Phone: 93 215 55 00
• Fax: 93 216 05 39
• Insurance department: 93 215 55 04
• Email: dgil@gremipabcn.com