Thursday, March 28, 2024

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How does TransferWise work?

TransferWise is an online money transfer service, which allows you to transfer money up to 89 per cent cheaper than with the bank

Spain paying a third less than Britain to download music, films and audiobooks

However, both Netflix and Spotify are still more expensive in the UK than Spain

Marbella set to boom again this summer

Marbella resident of three decades Giles Brown on the reasons why the town is set to boom again this summer

Centro Plaza: Quarter century of business

Centro Plaza - which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year - is a truly international commercial hub, discovers Iona Napier

British mobile networks to make changes to stop shock holiday roaming fees

Hidden roaming costs and internet charges running into thousands of pounds and euros have left countless holidaymakers in financial ruin

New £1.1 billion marina development set for Gibraltar’s Eastern side

Blue Water Gibraltar will be built on reclaimed land alongside Catalan Bay

Conman who duped Status Quo rocker Rick Parfitt is identified as Dutchman

The fraudster, who hoodwinked Status Quo guitarist out of €2,930 for two sets of pots and pans, drives a dark blue Range Rover Sport

Online travel agent Iglu expanding overseas

The UK’s largest independent specialist ski and cruise travel agency is planning to grow

‘Vulture’ investment funds scoop up small solar panel plants

New government regulations are forcing small-sized plant owners to sell up as they can no longer make a profit from the energy they produce

‘Call me Pepe’: Exclusive interview with new Marbella mayor Jose Bernal

The Olive Press meets Marbella’s new headbanging mayor Jose Bernal, after sacking his predecessor’s FIVE bodyguards, €20,000 in personal parking spaces and iron-fisted press control

Potential EasyJet strike could spell chaos for Spanish airports

Over a thousand of the airline’s crew members affiliated with the union Unite are threatening to strike during the peak summer season

Spain’s economy minister calls for fresh negotiations on a Greece eurozone bail-out

He claimed Spain is ‘absolutely not contemplating’ the possibility Greece will leave the Eurozone

Spain’s unemployment fell in June

Unemployment is down for the fifth month in a row

Thousands of expats to have their Barclays bank account shut down

Customers in more than 70 countries will have their account closed in the next couple of months

British diesel is Europe’s priciest

But petrol is pricier than diesel in some British petrol stations

Increase in passengers passing through Malaga port

This month saw a 41.2% increase on the same month last year in people travelling through Malaga port

Spain sees largest fall in unemployment since 2005

Unemployment is falling, GDP is rising and forecasts are optimistic

Santander boss appointed to PM Cameron’s economic advisory council

Ana Botin, president of Santander since September 2014, becomes only non-Brit in Business Advisory Group

International investors bid €200 million to buy Puerto Banus

The €200 million deal looks to extend the port's lucrative shopping area

Toyota recalls 12,000 faulty hybrid cars in Spain

Toyota stated that the malfunction could cause overheating of transmitters

Key players accused of lying in the Los Frailes mine case in Sevilla

Following a corruption investigation, the judge in charge of the mine case in Aznalcollar has called in seven officials over pervasion of justice

World’s biggest plane lands in Madrid

The A380 plane will fly the route between Madrid and Dubai

Changes to discriminatory inheritance tax helps British expats in Spain

Expats finally start to receive refunds after discriminatory inheritance tax law was lifted last year

Marbella’s Funny Beach closed over go-karting violation

The gates to the iconic beach resort have been locked almost 25 years after first opening

Baggage handling strike to affect 8,000 Malaga airport travellers

Workers demand an end to unsafe conditions

Beard transplants trending in Spain

This pricey procedure can give men the beards of their wildest hipster dreams

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