Spotlight: the ‘Solar Tycoon’ taking his Marbella company national
At 31, a Scottish civil engineer moved to Marbella, became co-owner and CEO of a small local solar company, and built it into one of...
Test
Business
Spain’s employment hits record 22.3m as summer hiring surges despite slower fall in unemployment
Spain’s labour market continued to strengthen in May, reaching a new employment record as the summer tourism season gathered pace, although the fall in unemployment...
Spain suspends Polymarket and Kalshi over gambling licence concerns
Spain has blocked access to prediction market platforms Polymarket and Kalshi while authorities investigate whether the companies breached Spanish gambling laws by operating without the...
Spain to phase out electricity and gas tax relief from 1 June as inflation eases
Spain’s temporary VAT (IVA) reductions on electricity and natural gas will come to an end on 1 June after energy prices eased, meaning households will...
Business Spotlight: Your website exists. But does anyone know?
You have a website. You paid someone good money to build it. Or maybe you spent your own valuable time painstakingly putting it together. And...
Greggs expands abroad with Tenerife airport launch and Spanish breakfast twist
British bakery giant Greggs is set to open its first overseas outlet in almost two decades at Tenerife South airport later this month, as the...
Renault puts Spanish production expansion on hold in labour dispute
Renault’s Spanish division has announced that it is putting on hold plans to assign new vehicle production to its factories in Spain after failing to...
Spain economy weathers Middle East turmoil with steady growth
Spain’s economy has shown resilience in the face of disruption caused by the Middle East conflict, recording growth of 0.6% in the first quarter of...
Budget airlines lead flight cuts as fuel crisis starts to bite
Low-cost airlines including Ryanair, Transavia and Volotea are coming under growing financial pressure from surging jet fuel costs linked to the conflict in the Middle...
Spain and Portugal see tourism surge as travellers shun Middle East
Spain and Portugal are seeing a sharp rise in late spring and summer travel demand, as millions of tourists shift away from destinations affected by...
