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Revolutionary app to help the visually impaired navigate frenetic stations lifted from Alicante to one of New York City’s busiest subways

AN INNOVATIVE app developed by the University of Alicante for the visually impaired has been implemented at one of the busiest subway stations in New

5 Nov, 2019 @ 12:13

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead

Camping holidaymakers can now buy RAIN insurance in Spain

CAMPING holidaymakers can now buy insurance against the infamous rain in Spain. The innovative insurance allows customers to cancel their holiday 72 hours in advance

5 Nov, 2019 @ 10:08

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News·Travel News

Spain’s biggest bank, Santander sees profits plunge a record 35% amid Brexit uncertainty

The bank has added six million customers in the last twelve months and already serves 144 million people worldwide

2 Nov, 2019 @ 10:03

Business & Finance·Lead

DEAR JENNIFER: Insurance claims hit whopping 59,000 with 332 assessors mobilised after September gota fría, writes Jennifer Cunningham

This week I received an updated report from Spain’s Consorcio de Compensación de Seguros (CCS) with fascinating information after last month’s devastating gota fría ruined

31 Oct, 2019 @ 13:25

Business & Finance·Columnists·Costa Blanca·Lead

REVEALED: Which shops will be open tomorrow across Spain’s Malaga and Costa del Sol

THE shopaholics among you may be fretting over the fact that tomorrow is a national holiday. But fear not, you will still be able to

31 Oct, 2019 @ 10:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga

REVEALED: The largest employers in Spain’s Andalucia

MERCADONA’S distribution company is the largest employer in Andalucia, new figures have revealed. According to the fifth annual Andalucia Employment Ranking, the supermarket giant employs

29 Oct, 2019 @ 20:14

Business & Finance·Lead

Is Madrid Emerging as a Center for Global Finance?

When asked to think about the advantages of conducting business in Madrid, the sprawling Spanish capital, people will typically ruminate on the climate, cost of

25 Oct, 2019 @ 16:25

Business & Finance

IN PICS: British-funded commercial park FINALLY gets go ahead on Spain’s Costa del Sol and it looks INCREDIBLE

The €850 million project had been waiting for the final approval of the local General Urban Planning department

24 Oct, 2019 @ 17:55

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga

British giant Poundland opens new store in Spain’s Andalucia TODAY – and the first 50 customers get vouchers worth up to €100

BRITISH discount giant Poundland has expanded its presence in southern Spain with a new store in Andalucia. Operating under the name Dealz, the new store

24 Oct, 2019 @ 06:29

Business & Finance·Cadiz·Lead

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Top bosses at Spain’s 35 biggest companies earn whopping 123 times more than average worker

Steel company ArcelorMittal, Spanish airline IAG Iberia and insurance company Mapfre were the most unequal paying companies of the IBEX 35.

23 Oct, 2019 @ 13:28

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Thomas Cook collapse and Brexit threaten tourism CRISIS for Spain’s Mallorca and Canary Islands as 500 hotels face closure and experts predict losses of up to €1.4 BILLION

THE Canary Islands are facing a tourism crisis as more than 500 hotels are facing closure following the collapse of Thomas Cook. It comes after

22 Oct, 2019 @ 08:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

Huge designer outlet store on Spain’s Costa del Sol will NOT open today as planned after failing to fulfil permit conditions

THE new luxury designer outlet on Malaga’s Plaza Mayor will NOT open today as planned after it failed to acquire the necessary permits. The Mcarthurglen

22 Oct, 2019 @ 06:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga

REVEALED: When is Black Friday weekend in Spain this year?

YOU know what they say… there’s no rest for the wicked. And after Halloween celebrations (which seem to grow bigger every year…thanks good ‘ole USA),

21 Oct, 2019 @ 09:00

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

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Spain’s favourite car company Seat CLOSES Catalonia factory as general strike paralyses Barcelona

Almost half of the workers at the factory (7000) have been told to stay at home, after Seat cancelled five shifts.

18 Oct, 2019 @ 12:44

Business & Finance·Lead·Politics

WARNING: ‘Contaminated’ Primark makeup products recalled in Spain as health watchdog warns of skin and eye infections

Those with a weakened immune system are said to be significantly more at risk

17 Oct, 2019 @ 14:40

Business & Finance·Health·Lead

Spain’s Consorcio de Compensación de Seguros will take time to process gota fría claims, but here’s what you NEED to know, writes Jennifer Cunningham

I have always said the Spanish are streets ahead when it comes to natural disasters. A small percentage on your insurance policy goes to the

16 Oct, 2019 @ 20:43

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead

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Saxo Bank Chief Economist Steen Jakobsen to answer crucial questions on Spain’s economy at free Marbella seminar

He regularly appears as an economics pundit on Bloomberg News and CNBC, commenting on the latest international financial developments

13 Oct, 2019 @ 15:53

Business & Finance·Malaga

Jonathan Holdaway explains the complex world of offshore finance and reveals the key to successful planning in Spain

The key to successful financial planning is to constantly review your approach to the management of your wealth and ask how, why, where and how

13 Oct, 2019 @ 13:15

Business & Finance

Twitter Spain paid just over €100,000 in taxes despite spending MILLIONS on salaries after shifting profits to Ireland

Much like Microsoft, Google and Facebook, the company opts to base its European operations on the green isle to benefit from its low corporate tax

10 Oct, 2019 @ 08:27

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

‘UNACCEPTABLE’: Spain’s Pedro Sanchez hits back at Donald Trump’s tariffs on Spanish wine, cheese, olives and pork

"My responsibility as prime minister is to defend the agricultural sector in the face of any attempt to railroad us with tariffs"

8 Oct, 2019 @ 10:07

Business & Finance·Food & Drink·Lead·National News

Forex Regulation – what does it mean for brokers, IBs and strategy providers?

As it is legally defined, regulation is a rule of order having the force of law, prescribed by a superior or competent authority, relating to

7 Oct, 2019 @ 11:03

Business & Finance

REVEALED: The Spanish products US President Donald Trump wants to hit with HUGE 25% taxes

In 2018, wine and olive oil alone were the Spanish products most exported to the US, with the total put at just over €700 million

4 Oct, 2019 @ 12:17

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Spain’s Government launches €300 million fund for firms affected by Thomas Cook collapse

Around 600 hotels owed money by Thomas Cook will also be given the option of deferring their taxes and delaying payments

4 Oct, 2019 @ 11:07

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

Lies and damned statistics

‘LIES, damned lies and statistics,’ as former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once said. Anyone can throw claims and figures about. It is what’s behind

2 Oct, 2019 @ 14:41

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca