Business/Economy news & information for Spain

BRITISH holidaymakers' bookings for Spain have soared by 400% since the UK government announced its residents would not have to quarantine upon their return if they had been fully vaccinated by the National Health...

A TRILINGUAL school in a Costa del Sol town will be open to pupils by next September, part-funded by a loan from the European urban development pot, or FEDER.

A LOTTERY shop on the Costa del Sol is urgently seeking the owner of a ticket worth nearly €78 million.

FIVE months later than scheduled and nearly two-and-a-half years after the previous edition, the Mobile World Congress is back in Barcelona – albeit adapted to the Covid situation and with fewer international visitors...

ELECTRICITY bills will attract value-added tax (IVA) at 10% rather than 21% from this coming Thursday (June 24) as a temporary measure to keep them down – although government coalition partners Unidas Podemos is...

NATIONAL government coalition partners Unidas Podemos has started to negotiate a cut in value-added tax (IVA) on electricity in a bid to reduce bills for householders and businesses.

THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved Spain's 'recovery plan' post-pandemic, meaning it is now entitled to funding from the bloc which all member States who applied in time are able to access.

FEW consumers give much thought to how and where the brands they buy get their names – some are obvious, some can be inferred correctly or otherwise through an educated guess, but many of their origins are explained...

ONLINE retailer Amazon has announced 3,000 new job vacancies nationwide over the rest of this year, and aims to have at least 15,000 staff members in Spain by the close of 2021.

SPAIN'S government has announced a €5 billion investment in tackling unemployment in young adults, and legal changes that mean temporary job contracts can only be issued where a non-permanent position can be...

SUPERMARKET chain Mercadona is seeking new employees for its logistics department in several regions in Spain, part- and full-time, and temporary and permanent.

AMBITIOUS plans are afoot to halt the rural exodus and prevent huge swathes of Spain from becoming uninhabited as their existing populations grow older and those of working age leave - around €10 billion of the...