Movento at the 39th Barcelona Second-Hand Vehicle Show

For another year, the dealerships forming the Movento group will attend the 39th Barcelona Second-Hand Vehicle Show (from 29 November to 8 December at Fira de Barcelona) with the brands they represent: Mercedes-Benz, Smart, Seat, Audi, Volkswagen, Skoda, Dacia, Renault, Hyundai, Land Rover and Jaguar.

The show, which closed last year with a record result of over 3,000 semi-new vehicles sold, expects to be highly popular again with people wishing to upgrade their car or buy another one. Visitors will be able to enjoy over 600 m2 of vehicles on show from Movento, including zero-kilometre, semi-new and second-hand models. Those wishing to do so can also take them on a test drive.

The event, which is being held for the 39th time this year, comes right before the Low Emissions Zone is launched in Barcelona and its metropolitan area, which will limit access by the most polluting cars

Sor Lucía Caram helping the underprivileged with Sarsa van

Sarsa, the Movento group’s official dealership for Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, Cupra and Skoda, has provided Sor Lucía Caram with a Crafter van so she can continue to help disadvantaged groups and individuals at risk of social exclusion.
 At present, the Convento de Santa Clara Foundation helps 1,600 families in Manresa and 4,500 families in other areas.

Sor Lucía Caram made an appeal via social media after one of the vans they use to distribute food broke down, and the Sarsa dealership responded swiftly to offer its support.

Sarsa has provided a Volkswagen Crafter van with a 3,000 kg load capacity that will be renewed every 6 months.

This action forms part of Moventia’s CSR policy and once again demonstrates the group’s commitment and involvement in society. Only recently, in December, Sarsa provided vehicles for charity use to the Enriqueta Villavecchia Children’s Oncology Foundation so the Three Wise Men could visit the homes of sick children unable to get out to see their parades.

Moventia, committed to society

Moventia, in line with its CSR policy and with the aim of achieving a better society, has again been involved in the commitment and social responsibility of its environment by participating in non-profit entities and foundations.

Highlighted actions in December include, finding collaboration with the Enriqueta Villavecchia Foundation during the celebration of its 30th anniversary, as well as providing two vehicles to the same foundation. In addition, some of our employees took part in a volunteering scheme for the Three Wise Men to give presents to sick children.
In this regard, during the celebration of La Marató, dedicated to rare diseases, Moventia provided a bus from the company Sarfa to accompany the presenter, Quim Masferrer, around Catalonia.

Finally, Sarsa, the Seat, Audi, Volkswagen, Skoda and Cupra dealership of the Movento group participated in the processions of the Three Wise Men in Granollers, Terrassa and Castellar del Vallès, once again showing its commitment to society.

Josep M Martí participates in a round table on mobility

Josep Maria Martí, the Deputy Chairman of Moventis, took part in a round table discussion last week on the challenges of sustainable mobility as part of the 3rd Jornada de la Cátedra Telefónica (Telefónica Chair Conference) organised by Universitat de Barcelona (University of Barcelona) and Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Rovira i Virgili University).

 

Over 200 people attended the event, which was moderated by Mr. Santiago J. Castellà, the Lead Professor of Public International Law and International Relations at Rovira i Virgili University. Josep Maria Martí was joined for the discussions by Mr. Lluís Alegre, Technical Director of ATM, Mr. Ramon Bacardí, Executive Director of Innovation, Technology and International Business of the Barcelona Bus Network, and Pascual Sanchis, Marketing Manager for the Public Authorities at Telefónica.

 

The participants debated and argued the numerous challenges faced by sustainable mobility from the perspectives of environmental issues, sustainability, noise, emissions and economic factors.

 

In his speech, Josep Maria Martí spoke about the innovations that will transform mobility over the coming decades and the role to be played by mobility in new urban development.

Moventia presents new intercity transport service in Mallorca

  • The company has been awarded the tender for the western region of the island, including such important municipalities as Palma, Magaluf and Palmanova​
  • A fleet of 55 buses (50 CNG and 5 electric hybrid) will be used to launch new routes running more often

Calvià Town Hall was the location chosen to present the new intercity service for the western region of Mallorca this morning. The President of the Regional Government of the Balearic Islands, Francina Armengol, and the Chairman of Moventia (the bus route operator), Miquel Martí, were accompanied by the Regional Councillor for Mobility and Housing, Marc Pons, the Managing Director of Movilitat, Jaume Mateu, and the Mayor of Calvià, Alfonso Rodríguez.

A number of the improvements to be offered by the service were highlighted during the course of the presentation, such as the reduced journey times on some lines, including the routes connecting the regional capital – Palma – with Port de Andratx and Palma with Peguera. The addition of new routes was also highlighted, such as the one connecting Santa Ponça, Andratx and Valldemossa.

In turn, Francina Armengol said “a very important qualitative and quantitative leap was necessary to guarantee our citizens’ mobility rights”. In the same regard, Marc Pons added that this new service “represents a terrestrial mobility model change in Mallorca”. Miquel Martí expressed satisfaction with being able to offer the new service on the island, where the company already operates the Emilio Seco discretionary services and four tourist trains.

A total of 55 buses (50 compressed natural gas and 5 electric hybrid) will be used to provide the service. Furthermore, a gas refuelling station will be installed in the municipality of Calvià as well as two electric charging stations. A number of stops will also be improved while other new ones will be added.

TRAM and Moventia renew agreement with Sant Joan de Déu to guarantee mobility for the homeless

The support from Moventia and Tramvía de Barcelona in Sant Joan de Déu directly benefits over 500 people, men and women aged 18 to 65, in the process of regaining their personal independence.

 The entities involved believe that mobility is one of the key aspects that are essential in combating social exclusion.

TRAM and Moventia have renewed their support for the project to provide mobility access to the homeless served by the social services of Sant Joan de Déu Serveis Socials – Barcelona. This partnership, which forms part of the actions being taken by the two businesses as socially responsible companies, represents a contribution of 60,000 euros to provide public transport to the people supported by various social service programmes.

Specifically, this help will be directly received by over 500 men and women aged between 18 and 65 who are helped every year by Sant Joan de Déu Serveis Socials – Barcelona through its programmes. The partnership was renewed at an event held at the Casa Orlandai Cultural Association attended by the Vice-Chair of Corporate, Internal and Institutional Communication of Moventia, Silvia Martí; the Chairman of TRAM, Felip Puig; the Managing Director of TRAM, Humberto López Vilalta; the Director of Sant Joan de Déu Serveis Socials – Barcelona, ​Salvador Maneu; and the Director of Obra Social Sant Joan de Déu, Oriol Bota.

During the event, the representatives from the two companies exchanged ideas with someone who had been helped at the Hort de la Vila residential inclusion centre, benefited directly from the project and now lives independently, as well as a social worker from the centre, allowing them to discuss the importance for the homeless of being able to access public transport in their day-to-day life.

The conversation highlighted that public transport is an essential tool that enables people to engage in daily life, such as studying, working or maintaining a social network, and especially for the homeless needing to access various public resources throughout the city of Barcelona and its metropolitan area. Furthermore, access to transport allows them to enjoy additional activities that directly impact their recovery because they strengthen social and community ties.

Comments were also made at the meeting about the positive impact of the project on employability: in 10 months (January to October 2019), the employment rate rose by 12%, enabling 42% of the people receiving this support to have a job by the end of the programmes. In this period, there has also been a 15% increase in people with a financial income (it should be noted that there was an increase this year in the number of people with a financial income visiting these centres, due to an increase in benefits). In total, 76% of the people who are helped leave with financial resources.

Sant Joan de Déu Serveis Socials – Barcelona, ​​which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, seeks to help the homeless recover from their situation through people-focused comprehensive care and accompaniment along their path to regaining complete independence. It is a benchmark service in this sector in Barcelona.

Specifically, the organisation helps over 500 people every year. According to the latest diagnosis report by XAPSLL (Network of Homeless Support Services), this figure represents 14% of all homeless in the city. In turn, Obra Social Sant Joan de Déu seeks social improvement and channels charity action by society towards various charity projects and centres. It also conducts awareness programmes and offers administrative support to other Sant Joan de Déu centres in terms of fundraising.

By signing this partnership deal, which forms part of the actions being undertaken by the two entities as socially responsible companies, TRAM and Moventia are joining forces and aligning values in terms of commitment to society and people, as well as the promotion of sustainable and safe mobility, with the values upheld by Sant Joan de Déu. Hence, they are providing access to mobility for the homeless through an economic contribution that will enable the cost of the transport passes used by these people during the year to be fully funded.

The project, promoted by Sant Joan de Déu Serveis Socials – Barcelona, is aimed at offering free access to the use of public transport in the city of Barcelona and surrounding areas to the homeless being looked after by the various direct support programmes operated by the organisation so they can attend their training, employment or job search activities, medical appointments, regain their network of social and family relationships, engage in socialisation support activities (including leisure and cultural activities) and any other type of procedure or activity coordinated with the social workers of Sant Joan de Déu to help them take back control of their life.

We know a delegation from Belarus and the Belkommunmash company

A diplomatic delegation from Belarus accompanied by representatives from the company Belkommunmash (a leading manufacturer of electric buses in Belarus) visited the new Moventia installations on Wednesday.

Miquel Martí, Chairman of Moventia, and Joan Giménez, General Manager of the Regular Transport Division of Moventis, were responsible for meeting Sergey Lukashevich, Senior Councillor at the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus, Cristian Balcells, Honorary Consul for the Republic of Belarus in Catalonia, and Vladimir Korol, CEO of Belkommunmash.

The visit was used by the company to present its electric buses while also discussing possible synergies and commercial agreements between Moventia and Belkommunmash.

 

Moventia in the ‘Ara’ newspaper

Moventia was the subject of an article in the economy section of the Ara newspaper today. The article explains the growth of Moventia in Mallorca after the company was awarded part of the intercity transport service on the island. In turn, the piece provides a general overview of the services offered by the company on the island and its commitment to France through passenger public transport services.

Read the article here

 

 

Fotografía diari Ara

Moventia continues to support multiple sclerosis

Moventia will attend the presentation of “Mulla’t per l’esclerosi múltiple”, an initiative launched by the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation 26 years ago and sponsored by Moventia. The event will take place at 12:30 on 3 July at Club Patí Vela in Barcelona.

Unlike previous years, the presentation will now include a small cocktail event at which the foundation and Ignasi Blanch, illustrator for the poster this year, will explain to both sponsors and companies what the foundation does and how and where the money that is raised will be used. Several actors and athletes will also join the cause. One of these guests will be the famous chef, Nando Juvany.

Bicycle sharing system launches in Vantaa

On June 19, the public bicycle service has opened in the city of Vantaa (Finland). The scope of this new service is 1,000 bicycles and 100 stations, with the possibility of expanding up to 1,000 more bicycles, as well as electric bicycles might be introduced. The contract has 4 years long, with an extension of 3 more years. The opening ceremony, organized by the Helsinki Regional Transport Authority (HLS), had a marked festive component.

This new service is added to those already managed by Moventia in Finland, Helsinki, and Espoo; France, Paris and Peru, Lima, consolidating the commitment of sustainable urban mobility, with 28,400 bicycles and 1,843 stations.