Business/Economy news & information for Spain

AHEAD of formal announcements tomorrow (Friday) about enclosures and reopenings for the weekend, Andalucía regional government has revealed large swathes of the province of Sevilla will see their restrictions relaxed.

A RUSSIAN low-cost supermarket chain is set to land in Spain this year and is expected to have a mainstream high-street presence nationwide by the year 2025.

WITH the sharp rise in online shopping in 2020 due to lockdown and restrictions on high-street retail, a leading consumer organisation has recently researched which companies use the most environmentally-friendly...

SOME regions in Spain have relaxed restrictions on movement as their Covid case numbers are starting to decline or at least level off.

AN EXTRA payment into State pensions for parents per child will mostly benefit women, but not exclusively, the government has revealed this week.

GAINING a foothold on the Forbes list usually means being a billionaire, although another method is becoming one of the most influential Spaniards of the year.

AN ANNUAL consumer watchdog survey of taxi fares across Spain has revealed the provincial capital cities where a cab is the cheapest and the most expensive – with few changes since the previous study.

SPAIN'S tourism industry representatives are calling for the Covid vaccine roll-out to be accelerated as much as possible to avoid another 'lost year' for one of the country's biggest sources of...

A PLANNED rise in self-employed persons' Social Security, or national insurance payments has been shelved until May instead of coming into force in January 2021, and the scope has been widened for those whose income...

IBERIA has signed for the purchase of home-grown low-cost carrier Air Europa more than a year after the two companies reached a deal.

LEFT-WING Podemos has won its battle with coalition partners PSOE (socialists) to bring back an optional nationwide 'payment holiday' on mortgages and rent.

A GROWING trend towards working from home triggered almost by default in early 2020 means the pull of big, global cities is slackening off – but those which the world's employees remain attracted to are largely in...