Adios to financial legend: Bill Blevins dies
ONE of the best known expat financial figures has passed away in his seventies. Bill Blevins, the joint founder of expat financial services company Blevins
QUIDS IN: Number of Spanish millionaires set to soar
SPAIN now has 1,147,000 millionaires according to Credit Suisse. Following current trends, this number will rise up to between 1,800,000 and 2,000,000 by 2025; this
Hundreds queue at banks across Spain in last chance to cash in old pesetas
HUNDREDS of people queued along Spain’s streets yesterday in a race to exchange old pesetas for euros ahead of the final deadline. Wednesday (June 30)
DEAR JENNIFER: How can you help with all this extra post-Brexit paperwork?
You must be so careful with your documentation and paperwork in Spain. It has become far more complicated and involved, since the finalisation of Brexit.
EROSKI supermarket chain benefits from last year’s pandemic lockdown in Spain
EROSKI supermarkets have seen a big pandemic boost of a 30% rise in operating income which hit €252 million last year. The company’s sales rose
Arrests in Spain’s Madrid and Tenerife as humanitarian aid for Syrian orphans ‘diverted to finance terrorism’
SPANISH police have arrested three men who allegedly used humanitarian aid for Syrian orphans as a cover to finance terrorism. PolicÃa Nacional supported by Europol,
MONEY MATTERS with CHORUS FINANCIAL on why UK investment values are falling
Money Matters from Chorus Financial answers all your questions on finance, tax, pensions, investments and more here in Spain. This week we received the following
4 DAY WEEK: Spain considering pilot project that will cut hours worked to 32 for same money
SPAIN is on the verge of launching a €50 million trial of the four day working week. The national government has reportedly informally agreed to
DEAR JENNIFER:- Why do I need to get insurance and funeral plans urgently sorted now?
I personally am feeling very upset about Brexit as no lorries seem to be getting here and English supermarkets are getting emptier and emptier. Let
Brexit, currency transfers and the law in Spain
As we adjust to life post-Brexit there are many things to consider, but if you need to move money abroad there is one particular change
SWAN’S CORNER: Legal Pointers on Building Work in Spain’s Valencian Community
So you have found your perfect fixer upper home in the Valencia region and now its time to put your own stamp in it! Here
SWAN’S CORNER: Do I really need to make a Spanish will?
It is all too common for many of us to put off making a will in Spain. After all, it is very much part of
SWAN’S CORNER: Time to check if you have to declare your non-Spanish assets on Form 720
SPRING is on the way and so you MUST check if you are obliged to file a 720 Declaration by the end of March to
Investors Beware: Stay on the right side of change!
Change is happening all around us, nothing stands still for long. It would’ve been incredibly hard to plan ahead for 2020, instead we had to
MONEY MATTERS: UK ISAs and bonds in Spain
With Tracy Storer, Senior Partner, Chorus Financial This week we received the following question from Mrs Sandra W. from Altea. Dear Tracy, I am in
Spain’s Andalucia to approve €1,000 grants for small businesses and self-employed workers affected by recent COVID-19 restrictions
THE Junta is set to approve €1,000 grants for the self-employed and workers most affected by recent COVID-19 restrictions. The Andalucian government plans to give
Spain’s Andalucia, among the EU regions hardest hit economically due to COVID-19
The most socially and economically hard-hit regions are those that were under strict lockdown measures for the longest period and not necessarily those with the
Andalucia announces grants to cover rental costs for self-employed workers affected by COVID-19
It is expected to benefit some 9,400 self-employed workers; with nightclub owners and child care businesses being the principal recipients of the aid.
Tax avoidance or tax evasion – don’t get them confused!
THE complexity of tax should not be overlooked and becomes even more of a challenge when you live overseas. Often the accountants we use here
Brits across Europe ‘financially fearful’ of no-deal Brexit
The majority of the estimated 1.8 million Britons living in the European Union are ‘increasingly financially fearful – and rightly so’ over the rising risk
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.
Andalusian economy predicted to shrink by up to 11.5% following the coronavirus crisis
THE Andalucian economy is predicted to contract by up to 11.5%, a new study has found.
Bank of Spain estimates the economy will shrink by up to 13% this year due to coronavirus crisis
THE Bank of Spain has estimated that the economy will shrink by up to 13% this year.
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
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
Jonathan Holdaway recounts Harry Enfield’s shaky lesson in finance, while offering his rather better advice on a balanced investment portfolio
‘Buy high sell low’, he confidently exclaimed, then adding ‘or have I got that the wrong way round? Course I have …sell low, buy high’