The 7th edition of the “Bono Consumo”, with a new municipal investment of 500,000 euros

the councilman of Commerce and hospitality, rosario Martinez and the president of aPyMeCo, Jorge almarcha, presented last week the seventh edition of the bono Consumption, with an investment of the City of torrevieja of 500,000 euros and an economic injection of one million euros. this amount represents a total amount of investment in the seven editions of 4,441,139 euros for the productive sectors of the town, which doubles with an injection of 8,882,278 euros.

in this new campaign of bono Consumo, the appointments to acquire the bonds in person will begin to be distributed from tuesday, February 7, while stocks last, in the office of Commerce and occupation of Public roads, from 9:00 to 14:00 hours. the sale of vouchers for this seventh edition will be from February 13 to 28, from 8:00 to 18:00 hours. Finally, previously purchased vouchers can be redeemed at participating establishments from March 1 to april 1 (both inclusive), and online voucher sales will also open on March 1.

all those wishing to purchase vouchers in the PreSent SaLe by appointment must meet the following requirements:

- Present themselves with their original, personal and nontransferable dni/nie the same person may redeem more than one voucher for the same purchase or expense. if the purchase is made with several vouchers from different people, the different ids associated with the vouchers must be checked. the vouchers will have a value of 10 and 20 euros, of which the customer will contribute half of the amount, i.e. 5 and 10 euros, so that each buyer will have a 50% discount on purchases or consumption. spending money on flights for the whole family may be way down the list of priorities, when they are just trying to survive. Things in the UK have possibly never been this bad since Wartime. If you can, fly home in the cheaper months, and make sure you stay in a Hotel and do all the running around, i.e pay for a taxi to their place, and go armed with food or money to contribute when you do go. Whilst we think it is hard for us here; things are not good for folk at home.

- have a credit or debit card authorized by your bank for online purchases. - to have previously requested an appointment.

Consumers may purchase for each dni/nie a maximum value of €100 in consumer vouchers, of which only €50 will be paid. in order for a voucher to be applied to the purchase, it is an indispensable and mandatory requirement to present the dni/nie before payment in the establishment itself, as well as the discount voucher in printed or digital format.

Finally, it should be noted that a telephone number has been set up for information or any incident (865 942 361) from February 13, as well as a technical support service via two e-mails (soporteapymeco@ gmail.com and bonoconsumo. torrevieja@netrotec.com).

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