Legal & Finance news & information for Spain

SMALL and medium-sized businesses will soon be able to seek government grants for 'digitalisation' – ranging from creating a website through to online security and a long list of other solutions.

WITH card payments having overtaken cash for first time in Spain as a result of the pandemic, more and more establishments are accepting plastic, mobile phone and Bizum for any amount, even a few cents – but consumers...

WELL-TRAVELLED people who have experienced an international range of bars and restaurants will no doubt have discovered that different countries have very disparate approaches to what they charge for, how much they...

CAR-OWNERS cannot be fined, nor their vehicle impounded, if it does not have a valid current ITV sticker unless it is actually being driven, according to a verdict by a Madrid court.

RETIREMENT was once something that happened when we were too old to work, and the average pensioner did not live for very long after giving up the daily grind – that cut-off age of 60 or 65 was the end of one's...

NOW that Germany has become the first European country to tackle 'programmed obsolescence' head on, neighbouring countries look set to follow suit – and Spain has already started, albeit tentatively.

A GRANT system to help with the costs of buying low-emissions cars has been renewed, and all bar five regional governments in Spain have released details.

MORTGAGE contracts signed for buying new residential property have risen by 41.2%, according to the most recent figures – the highest increase since December 2019, three months before the Covid-19 pandemic hit Europe,...

ECONOMY minister Nadia Calviño has celebrated the 'huge' and 'positive' news that Spain has just received its first €9 billion from the European Union as part of the post-Covid recovery cash.

TWO-THIRDS of Spanish residents now pay for everything they can by card or mobile phone, and seven in 10 carry less than €5 in their purses, according to the most recent Bank of Spain survey.

STARTING a company may only need as little as €1 in capital once a planned new law comes into effect and which is seeking to encourage entrepreneurs and provide greater protection against insolvency through non...

EUROZONE interest rates are close to historic lows and expected to end July on -0.49% - and, as Spanish mortgages are linked to these rates, buying a property is likely to be cheaper in the next month without home...