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Bars and restaurants in Spain see drink sales plummet after rising prices

BAR and restaurant customers are buying fewer drinks because of high prices according to a study by market analysts NielsenIQ. The firm says that beverage...

Spain is on the up! Economy to grow better than expected this year – while the UK enters a...

SPAIN will be the best-performing large economy in the eurozone next year after official forecasts for growth were updated. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and...

Farmer strikes enter third week in Spain: Andalucia, Catalunya and the Balearics are among the targets for tractor road...

FARMER protests in Spain have entered their third week with roadblocks continuing to cause chaos on the nation’s roads. Protests show no sign of slowing...

How the Red Sea crisis could bring yet ANOTHER period of inflation in Spain — just as surge in...

AS Yemen’s Houthi militants attack cargo vessels in the Red Sea in response to Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip, experts warn that the...

Record-breaking summer for Spain’s Costa del Sol as more than 6 million tourists spend over €8 billion between June...

TOURIST records tumbled on the Costa del Sol during the high summer season of June, July, and August- both for visitors and the amount...

HANDS UP: Price of olive oil in Spain more than doubles in two years as supermarkets are accused of...

OLIVE oil prices continue on the rise as a bottle of Spain’s signature product is today 114.8% more expensive than it was in March...

EXPLAINER: Why going back to school is such an expensive business in Spain

SEPTEMBER'S start of the new school year in Spain is dreaded by most youngsters after the long summer break, but there's a different concern...

Food in Spain is over 10% more expensive than a year ago despite the country’s low inflation compared to...

FOOD and soft drinks in Spain are 10.8% more expensive than a year ago, according to the Spanish National Institute of Statistics (INE).  Despite Spain...

SMEs’ costs have soared near 30% in only the last two years 

EXPENSES for small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) have increased by 27% in Spain in the last two years.  SMEs costs’, on the rise since the...

Spain’s speaker in Congress forced to back down after claiming ‘most of population has no problem paying rent’

THE SPEAKER in Spain’s Congress of Deputies has been forced to apologise after she controversially stated that ‘most of the population has no problem...

Swedish stoppage: H&M workers bring shutters down on Spanish stores over pay and conditions

THE SALES MAY BE ON, but the stores are closed. That was what potential customers of Swedish clothing chain H&M found on Tuesday, as...

Inflation falls in Spain in May, but remains stubbornly high for foodstuffs

INFLATION in Spain fell to 3.2% in May according to the country’s National Statistics Institute (INE), but the rate for foodstuffs remains stubbornly high...

Spain’s inflation rate reaches lowest number in almost two years

INFLATION in Spain is at its lowest rate since July 2021 with core inflation- excluding food and fuel prices- down for the third consecutive...

Families in need have to wait three months to get access to a food bank in Alicante 

FAMILIES in need face a three-month wait before being granted access to a food bank in Alicante.  Local NGO Colonia Requena has sent a letter...

Trade unions in Spain sign deal with key employer groups for guaranteed wage rise of 10% over three years

A WAGE DEAL amounting to at least 10% rises in pay packets for many workers in Spain has been agreed between major employers associations...

Spanish supermarkets are NOT profiteering at the expense of households in Spain, according to new government report

THE debate on whether supermarkets in Spain are profiteering took a new turn after a government report blamed the problem on factors beyond Spanish...

Endesa announces huge first quarter profits even after paying ‘unjustified’ windfall tax

SPANISH energy company Endesa has announced a remarkable 76% surge in net profit for the first quarter of the year, defying the effects of...

Wages to increase by 4% in Spain this year

The Spanish Confederation of Business Organisations (CEOE) and working unions have agreed to increase workers’ wages by 4% this year.  Both sides have reached the...

Inflation is what people worry about most in Spain- says survey

THE regular monthly 40dB barometer public opinion survey conducted for the El Pais newspaper and SER radio puts inflation as the biggest concern for...

Foods with reduced VAT become more expensive in March

Foods that had their VAT slashed in January have had a price hike in March.  At the start of the year the Government decided to...

Almost half of the beneficiaries of Malaga-based foodbank work full-time 

A LOCAL food bank has reported that 47% of its users are full-time employees whose wage does not cover their basic needs. Malaga-based NGO Asaec...

Mercadona to lower the price of 500 products until the end of the year

Mercadona has decided to slash the prices of 500 daily products from this April until the end of the year.  The Spanish  supermarket giant intends...

Feeding the masses: Spain’s food price crisis

FIRST the good news: In Spain, at least, we can still find the food we want to buy. Over in the UK, a shortage...

ECB boss brings little cheer for people in Spain on variable-rate mortgages

THE president of the European Central Bank(ECB) has offered little respite for over four-million households in Spain that are struggling to pay their variable-rate...

Inflation rate in Spain is on the up again as electricity bills and food and drink get more expensive

Inflation is still stalking the Spanish economy as the latest data puts price increases from February last year at an annualised rate of 6.1%. This...

Major international ceramics showcase returns to Spain’s Valencia after two-year absence

SPAIN'S biggest ceramics producing region- the Valencian Community- is highlighting the sector in the return of the annual Cevisama fair. The event in Valencia was...

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