Business/Economy news & information for Spain

NATIONAL post office firm Correos has urged consumers to make 'environmentally-friendly delivery decisions' when buying online over 'Black Friday'.

TRAFFIC fine money should be used to pay for driving lessons and tests for young people from hard-pressed families, says left-wing Podemos.

DETAILED talks over how to maintain the rights and freedoms of cross-border workers living in Spain and with jobs in Gibraltar have reached a conclusion and a new system ready to be put into place.

HOTEL bookings by the hour helped save Spain's tourism industry this autumn – in fact, they soared by over 70% in October, reports founder of the platform ByHours, Guillermo Gaspart.

IF YOU ARE still sitting on any of the €1.6 billion in pesetas that remain in circulation, you have another six months to change them into legal tender and spend them, the Spanish government has announced.

FAST food company McDonald's has launched a burger made entirely with Spanish produce from local farmers in a bid to help them get through the economic turndown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

A MERGER between Banco Sabadell and the BBVA would create the largest financial entity on the high street, with over €950 billion in share capital – although no firm decision has been taken as yet.

SPAIN'S stock market soared this week by more than ever before in the last 22 years – partly due to hefty investment in companies working on vaccines for Covid-19.

SPAIN'S government has bowed to pressure to reduce value-added tax (IVA) on disposable masks to the minimum level, but says its delay in doing so was because it was waiting for clearance from Brussels.

SPAIN'S top 100 wealthiest residents have been revealed in the annual Forbes list, with no change for the man who has topped it now for many years: Amancio Ortega, who founded the Inditex empire in Galicia with his...

TWO Spanish companies have made it into the top 100 Best Global Brands list, beating giants such as Panasonic, Dior, Heineken, Ferrari and Huawei.

HOTELS seeking to recoup their pandemic-related losses have started opening as co-working centres and 'luxury' offices, and letting rooms for daily use.