COVID-19: Spain, it’s time to take control of your financial future!
CHORUS Financial’s Senior Partner Tracy Storer and I have a combined 15 years giving financial advice here in Spain. We’ve seen it all and our
Bank of Spain estimates the economy will shrink by up to 15% due to coronavirus crisis
THE Bank of Spain has estimated that the economy will shrink by 15% due to the coronavirus crisis.
‘NON PRIORITY’: Balearic Islands restricts reopening of nightclubs in Phase 3 of Spain’s COVID-19 de-escalation plan
President Francina Armengol said the utmost caution was needed at this moment and that she did not want to risk 'any wrong steps' being made
Andalucia registers biggest decrease in unemployment numbers throughout Spain in May
ANDALUCIA has registered the highest decrease in unemployment numbers throughout the whole of Spain in the month of May.
CONFIRMED: 6,000 Germans to jet into Spain’s Balearic Islands this month in pilot test for summer tourism
4,000 German nationals will be permitted to enter Mallorca, 1,000 to Menorca and 1,000 to the Pitiusas, made up of Ibiza and Formentera
Spain’s Google tax clears first hurdle in path through parliament
SPAIN’S proposed Google tax has cleared its first hurdle despite opposition from right-wing parties. It is part of a finance bill in the process of
UN expert calls for Spain’s minimum income plan to be extended to combat poverty and inequality
A UN expert has called on Spain to extend its new minimum income scheme to more people. Olivier De Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on
Spanish mortgage victory leaves British couple with €15,000 in their pockets thanks to bank compensation payout
ONCE upon a time a happy English couple (let’s call them the Smiths) who worked very hard in Birmingham all their lives dreamed of buying
Spain’s Government intends to maintain ERTE scheme until end of 2020, while thousands still haven’t received a payment
THE Spanish Government has indicated that it intends to maintain the ERTE scheme until the end of the year.
Major airlines to be taken to court in Spain over COVID-19 flight cancellations and ‘refund refusals’
THE Ministry of Consumer Affairs in Spain has announced it will bring at least 17 major airlines to justice over their alleged misinformation regarding refunds
IN NUMBERS: Andalucia’s economy could shrink by 16.2% due to coronavirus after international tourism to Spain plummets by 100% in April
ANDALUCIA could see its economy shrink by 16.2% this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. That’s the worst case scenario forecast in the 20th Loyola
Expats Pocket Guide: 3 Things to consider before sending money to Spain
With more Spanish expats living and working in various parts of the world, thousands need to send money back home to support their families, fund
Director of LarraÃn Nesbitt Lawyers explains how to re-arrange asset holdings in Spain between family and friends without attracting a great deal of taxes
Article by Raymundo LarraÃn Nesbitt COVID-19 has brought in its wake a host of nasty effects, both direct and indirectly. Directly, by infecting and killing
Chartered Financial Planner Jonathan Holdaway recalls the crash of 87 and why you SHOULD be planning your finances during COVID-19 crisis
Article by Jonathan Holdaway WRITTEN by Susan Jeffers, Feel the fear and do it anyway is the title of one of the first ‘motivational’ books
MARKETS: Bulls, bears or unicorns? Chorus Financial looks at the havoc COVID-19 could wreak compared to previous epidemics
Article by Tracey Storer WHAT a crazy couple of months we have all experienced, one that I am very sure won’t happen in our lifetimes
Do’s and Don’ts: Lawyer Jose Maria Lomax of Sun Lawyers provides some tips about how to buy the right way in Spain
SPAIN is a wonderful country full of new unique experiences waiting for you such as gastronomy, history, architecture, affordable property, the sun and beaches. However,
Dear Jennifer, why would an insurance claim be refused?
While listening to Javea’s Bay Radio last week, when a guest speaker was in full flood about the effect of the virus on the world’s
‘DISASTROUS’: Phase 3 restrictions on nightclubs such as markers on dancefloors blasted by business owners in Spain’s Mallorca and Ibiza
Clubbers will be forced to wear face masks and marks will be painted on the dance floor to aid social distancing
Petrol prices in Spain register highest decrease in four years, but food prices continue to rise
PETROL prices in Spain have dropped by 1% in May, but food prices continue to rise.
Self-employed in Spain’s Balearic Islands to receive between €2,000 and €3,000 in NON-REFUNDABLE aid if they continue their activity this year
Using a pot of €11.4 million, the self-employed will be able to apply for a non-refundable payment on the condition that they continue their activity
Spain could receive €140 billion from the EU’s coronavirus recovery programme
SPAIN could get €140 billion from the EU’s coronavirus recovery plan, it has been announced.
Open for business! Splash Pools welcomes customers on the Costa del Sol
IT’S that time of year when the weather is starting to get warmer and despite the coronavirus lockdown people want to take a dip. But
Lawyer Jose Maria Lomax of Sun Lawyers with 6 tips on how to buy property the right way in Spain
SPAIN is a wonderful country full of new unique experiences waiting for you such as gastronomy, history, architecture, affordable property, the sun and beaches. However,
Nissan’s Barcelona plant ‘faces axe with production to be moved to France’
HOPES that Nissan’s plant in Barcelona may escape the axe look to have been dashed. The regional government in Catalonia had been investigating how it
Malaga’s big restaurants welcome Phase 1 of coronavirus exit plan, but expat bars with tiny terraces on Spain’s Costa del Sol say it’s ‘just not viable’ to open
THE Costa del Sol’s larger restaurants have welcomed Malaga’s entrance into Phase 1, while smaller business-owners with tiny terraces are more gloomy. A number of
Controversy as Spain’s Balearic Islands grants €8.2 MILLION to entrepreneurs with offshore companies in Panama and Malta to purchase COVID-19 medical supplies from China
In the wake of the revelations, opposition parties have demanded an explanation from President Francina Armengol