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Average pension for freelancers in Spain skyrockets after labour reforms take effect

FREELANCERS in Spain are finally seeing their pensions climb above the €1,000 threshold, after years of lagging behind salaried workers. According to new figures published

26 Aug, 2025 @ 15:47

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News

WhatsApp Warning: How your favourite phone chat app can easily turn into a hackers playground

THINK WhatsApp is just for sharing holiday selfies and planning your next tapas crawl? Think again. It’s now the hottest spot for cyber tricksters looking

23 Aug, 2025 @ 16:47

Business & Finance·National News·Other News·Sponsored

Man loses dead wife's inheritance in Spain because he started a new relationship

Set for an inheritance windfall in Spain? This one tip can stop you from also getting the debts – including mortgages, credit card bills and even unpaid gas bills

HEIRS in Spain who don’t formally reject an inheritance could find themselves personally liable for the deceased’s debts – including outstanding mortgages, credit card bills

23 Aug, 2025 @ 09:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News

Air Europa cyberattack: Airline tells anyone who has bought a ticket to CANCEL their credit cards

Turkish Airlines banks on South American tourism market with €300m stake in Spain’s Air Europa

TODAY Turkish Airlines announced that its offer of a minority stake in the Spanish airline company Air Europa has been accepted. This new deal means

20 Aug, 2025 @ 15:16

Business & Finance·Other News·Travel News

EXPLAINER: What is the scheme to help people move to Spain’s dwindling rural villages?

FANCY moving to rural Spain? Have a business idea? Why not consider HolaPueblo? As populations increasingly leave the Spanish countryside and move to urban environments,

20 Aug, 2025 @ 14:25

Business & Finance·Other News

How Legal Marketing Builds Long-Term Client Relationships

CLIENT relationships do not only entail winning cases but also maintaining both trust and consistency, and ensuring that the clients do not lose touch with

20 Aug, 2025 @ 13:47

Business & Finance

Injunctions and Property Disputes: Protecting What’s Yours

HAVE you ever had a neighbor just erect a fence midway in your backyard like Sims in real life? The matter of property disputes gets

20 Aug, 2025 @ 13:37

Business & Finance

Gala success: Up to €100,000 raised for poor kids in Africa at glitzy World Vision bash in Marbella

A GLAMOROUS charity auction in Marbella has raised over €80,000 for impoverished children in Africa. The glittering World Vision Gala at Puente Romano Hotel, saw

19 Aug, 2025 @ 18:20

Business & Finance·Celebrity·Health·Lead·Other News

Spain’s Andalucia hires Japanese company responsible for UK Post Office scandal to develop AI in healthcare

THE company behind the UK Post Office’s disastrous Horizon system, that saw innocent postmasters jailed, has signed a deal to provide AI based software for

19 Aug, 2025 @ 17:15

Andalucia·Business & Finance·Health·Lead·Other News

Spain rebalances to China amid a Trump slump in exports to US

SPAIN’S exports to the United States fell by 5% in the first half of 2025 as Donald Trump’s tariff war begins to bite – with

19 Aug, 2025 @ 16:00

Business & Finance·Lead

How Private Investigators Help Improve Corporate Governance in the UK

UK businesses will face tighter compliance requirements. Private investigators don’t just solve problems, they stop them before they start. Their roles include finding hidden problems,

19 Aug, 2025 @ 15:56

Business & Finance·Other News

Common Misconceptions About Employment Law and Employee Rights

THE rumour in a workplace flies as fast as the kettle boils, but worse legal advice travels even faster. One of the co-workers swears that

19 Aug, 2025 @ 15:46

Business & Finance·Other News

Spain’s stock market equals record as minister declares ‘we are not in a real estate bubble’

SPAIN’S stock market, the IBEX 35, has broken the 15,000-point barrier for only the second time in its history. The country’s benchmark stock index closed

19 Aug, 2025 @ 13:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Property

Marbella’s La Cañada shopping centre to become the biggest in Malaga after €12m expansion gets greenlight

LA Cañada, the largest shopping centre in Malaga province, has been given the green light for a major €12m expansion. In a move set to

19 Aug, 2025 @ 11:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News·Property

Tourism in Spain’ Andalucia keeps soaring despite sky-high prices

ANDALUCIA is breaking records again this summer despite prices hitting historic peaks and inflation biting hard. Last-minute bookings are being thanked for the book, with

18 Aug, 2025 @ 13:45

Andalucia·Business & Finance·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Good news for variable mortgage holders in Spain as Euribor rate falls more than expected

Behind Bank of England rate cut: Weak growth, looming tax squeeze

Expats in Spain with property, pensions, or investments linked to the UK are being urged to act after the Bank of England cut interest rates

18 Aug, 2025 @ 10:54

Business & Finance

We’re all poorer: Food prices in Spain shoot up at three times the rate of wages since 2019

THE price rises of food in Spain has far outstripped the boost in wages over the last six years, leaving everyone poorer. Filling a shopping

15 Aug, 2025 @ 17:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News

How to Teach Kids Money Management: Top Financial Lessons for Parents in the UK, US and Spain

By Peter Dougherty WHAT large financial risks do you currently face? That your investment portfolio might suffer losses if there’s a sudden stock market downturn?

14 Aug, 2025 @ 15:01

Business & Finance·Columnists·Lead

DEXTER Shines at Sanlucar Races, in Spain’s Andalucia Drawing Over 300 Business Leaders

THOUSANDS of people flocked last Tuesday to the sands, grandstands, and VIP boxes of Sanlúcar de Barrameda for the kickoff of the famed Sanlúcar Horse

14 Aug, 2025 @ 14:45

Andalucia·Business & Finance·Other News·Sponsored

€300,000 Raised to Fight Aging: Radical Life Extension Group in Spain Receives Funding for Breakthrough Longevity Research

Radical Life Extension Group (RLE), a nonprofit longevity research organisation based in Alfaz del Pi, Alicante, has secured €300,000 in funding to support its scientific

14 Aug, 2025 @ 13:16

Business & Finance·Health

Collapse in European sales of Tesla cars spells bad news for Spain’s Valencia

TESLA has put a halt to expansion plans in Valencia after a drop in two-thirds of its European sales. This comes after a promising deal

13 Aug, 2025 @ 11:21

Business & Finance·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spanish council hires private detectives to crack down on sick leave abuse

FUENGIROLA Town Hall is hiring private detectives to spy on council workers off sick – in a bid to tackle what it calls ‘sky-high’ absenteeism.

11 Aug, 2025 @ 16:12

Andalucia·Business & Finance·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Spain to receive €23 billion in fifth round of EU funds

THE European Commission has approved a new payment of €23.1 billion to Spain as part of the EU recovery plan. The money comes from the

8 Aug, 2025 @ 16:31

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Politics

Global investment diversification matters more than ever

MANY expats in Spain rely on investment portfolios, pensions, and savings plans that are still heavily exposed to markets thousands of miles away. Most of

7 Aug, 2025 @ 16:03

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News·Sponsored

Sabadell Bank shareholders massively back UK TSB sale as fight against BBVA takeover continues in Spain

Sabadell Bank shareholders massively back TSB sale as fight against BBVA takeover continues in Spain

AN EXTRAORDINARY meeting of Sabadell Bank shareholders on Wednesday has overwhelming approved the sale of their UK subsidiary, TSB, to Santander. 99.6% of votes cast

6 Aug, 2025 @ 13:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Telefonica to phase out Huawei tech in Spain’s 5G network amid Chinese espionage fears

SPANISH telecom giant Telefonica is set to phase out equipment made by Chinese technology company Huawei from Spain’s 5G network. “In both Germany and Spain,

5 Aug, 2025 @ 12:46

Business & Finance·Lead·Technology

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