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Spain’s roaring economy sees its credit rating upgraded to the A band: Experts cite strong employment and exports to go with boom in international tourism

SPAIN’S impressive economic performance has seen its credit rating upgraded to the A band. Currently the poster boy of Europe, Spanish debt has now been

16 Sep, 2024 @ 11:13

Business & Finance·Lead

Spain is running worryingly low on extra virgin olive oil after drought and poor harvests, warn farmers

SPAIN’S main associations of olive oil producers are warning that cooperatives and major retailers are running worryingly low on stock of the country’s so-called ‘liquid

9 Sep, 2024 @ 12:02

Business & Finance·Food & Drink·Lead

Ryanair reveals its new Spain routes but blasts the country’s airport taxes for ‘limiting’ growth

RYANAIR unveiled a growth plan on Thursday to invest €3 billion to expand its operations in Spain through to 2030 but threatened it will only

5 Sep, 2024 @ 17:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Brand building and why it’s important to the success of your startup

You’ve planned everything meticulously and you’re raring to go. Your product is ready to launch with your price point set and a growth strategy in

10 Aug, 2024 @ 09:58

Business & Finance

How locals in Spain can block Airbnb-style flats according to new Supreme Court ruling

Airbnb shares drop 12% amid growing backlash in Spain: Company cites weakening US demand

SHARES in the online vacation rental company Airbnb dropped by 12% on Tuesday, in the midst of an ongoing backlash in Spain against a tourism

7 Aug, 2024 @ 10:08

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

Apple is investigated in Spain over potential breach of App Store rules

Spain’s anti-competition regulator, the CNMC, announced on Wednesday that it had opened an investigation into Apple’s App Store. The multi-national tech giant has strongly denied

24 Jul, 2024 @ 19:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Technology

14% of households in Spain's Costa Blanca and Valencia areas in economic trouble due to high inflation

Spain’s economy to grow by 2.4% this year, says the IMF – making it the fastest growing in Europe

SPAIN is still the golden child of Europe after posting economic growth of 2.4% this year, according to the International Monetary Fund. The latest World

17 Jul, 2024 @ 22:00

Business & Finance·Lead

This August was the hottest in Spain since records began, figures reveal

Heat-related workplace accidents rose by 24% in Spain last year

THERE were a total of 199 workplace accidents that required time off in 2023 related to extreme heat or sunstroke, a 27% rise on the

17 Jul, 2024 @ 11:55

Business & Finance·Environment·Lead

Mercedes-Benz cruise into Malaga: German giants set up tech hub in the Costa del Sol – and they’re hiring

MALAGA’S tech boom has lured German giants Mercedes Benz to open up a new office in the heart of the city. The new centre will

16 Jul, 2024 @ 15:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga

Protect your car: Thieves are getting ever more sophisticated – Secure Start on the Costa del Sol has the solutions

AS today’s vehicles become more advanced with increased reliance on computer technology, the methods employed by thieves are also evolving. Modern vehicles are particularly vulnerable

12 Jul, 2024 @ 12:11

Andalucia·Business & Finance

Spain’s aviation sector looks to a green future by setting up country’s first hydrogen airport hub

SIX major players in Spanish aviation have signed an agreement to study the creation of the country’s first hydrogen airport hub. The manufacturer Airbus, airport

9 Jul, 2024 @ 19:00

Business & Finance·Environment·Lead

Apple and Amazon fined €194 million for iilegal collusion in Spain

Brussels accuses Apple of breaking the EU’s internet competition laws

CALIFORNIAN tech giant Apple has been accused by Brussels of breaching European Union internet competition laws, which are supposed to allow smaller firms to compete

24 Jun, 2024 @ 15:17

Business & Finance·Lead·Technology

Ford announces up to 1,600 job cuts at its Valencia plant but pins hopes on production of a new hybrid car

UP to 1,600 jobs at the Ford car manufacturing plant in Valencia are under threat after the company announced job cuts. The grim news follows

15 Jun, 2024 @ 08:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Valencia

EXCLUSIVE: Explosive allegations against gaming firm Mansion shake Gibraltar and raise questions about business links with former finance minister

A GIBRALTAR gaming firm whose name was emblazoned on various Premier League shirts has been accused of operating illegal online gambling in over a dozen

12 Jun, 2024 @ 19:47

Business & Finance·EXCLUSIVE·Gibraltar·Lead

Nearly a thousand tenants in Spain go on ‘rent strike’ against what they claim are abusive clauses from their ‘vulture fund’ landlord

NEARLY a thousand tenants spread across a number of Madrid districts are going on a ‘rent strike’ in response to what they say are abusive

7 Jun, 2024 @ 12:44

Business & Finance·Lead

Warning for Shein shoppers: Products including children’s clothes are found to contain 428 times the legal limit of cancer-causing chemicals

PRODUCTS from the Chinese-founded fast-fashion company Shein have been found to contain as many as 428 times the legal limit of cancer-causing chemicals. They include

29 May, 2024 @ 16:58

Business & Finance·Lead

Splash the cash! Growing trend in Malaga and across Spain sees homeowners earning thousands of euros by renting out their swimming pools

ONE of the many changes in habits to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic was the new practice of renting time at someone’s private swimming pool,

27 May, 2024 @ 12:22

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga

New book in Spanish written by U.S. financial adviser in Spain

If Christopher Columbus had owned a copy of the new book, “La Hoja de Ruta Fiscal y Financiera para los españoles en EE.UU.”, he might

24 May, 2024 @ 11:09

Business & Finance

Spain returns to the shops: Retail parks and malls see customer spending soar by almost 20% compared to 2019

SPENDING in shopping centres and retail parks rose by 7.9% in the first quarter of 2024, compared to a year earlier, with figures up 19.4%

21 May, 2024 @ 17:15

Business & Finance·Lead

Cyberattack at Santander bank in Spain after company detects ‘unauthorised access’ to client database

BANCO Santander has suffered a cyberattack after detecting an ‘unauthorised access’ to a client database. The breach affects its operations in Spain, Chile and Uruguay,

14 May, 2024 @ 12:52

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Rental nightmare in Spain: Average tenant spends almost HALF their salary on rent – with HUGE differences between certain provinces

RENTING is fast becoming untenable in some parts of Spain as it gobbles up an increasingly large proportion of the average salary. Tenants spent an

13 May, 2024 @ 13:15

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News·Property

The wheel deal: No job is too big or small for Premier Bodyshops on the Costa del Sol- from small scratches to full car restorations

FROM classic cars and exotic sports models to your daily driver and family runabout – Premier Bodyshops has you covered. Their team is dedicated to

13 May, 2024 @ 11:12

Business & Finance·Other News·Sponsored

Nockolds Lawyers Spain on the Costa del Sol who meet their clients’ needs before they even know they need them

THE dream of owning a property in Spain is often more fraught than aspiring buyers realise when they gaze into an estate agent’s window. The

12 May, 2024 @ 11:10

Business & Finance·Other News·Sponsored

Bank wars in Spain: BBVA announces hostile takeover of rival Sabadell – after merger deal failed

SPANISH bank BBVA has launched a hostile takeover bid for Banco Sabadell after its merger bid was rejected. BBVA will now attempt to bypass Sabadell’s

9 May, 2024 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Lead

Olive oil prices in Spain are FINALLY set to drop this summer after reaching record highs – this is why

FOR the past 12 months, the sight of soaring olive oil prices on supermarket shelves has become a disheartening reality for shoppers in Spain. The

9 May, 2024 @ 11:25

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News

Spain’s Sabadell bank rejects merger offer from BBVA after being ‘significantly undervalued’ by its rival

A PROPOSED merger between Banco Sabadell and the BBVA has been rejected by the Sabadell board on the grounds that it ‘significantly undervalues’ the bank

7 May, 2024 @ 15:15

Business & Finance·Lead

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