Negotiations step up to strike deals for the future of Nissan’s Barcelona plants
The future of Nissan’s Barcelona plants has been discussed again this week, with Spanish authorities due to enter further talks with Chinese car manufacturer, Great...
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Vodafone to close all its own stores in Spain and make over 500 redundancies
British mobile and broadband operator Vodafone plans to close all of its 34 proprietary stores in Spain and make over 500 redundancies by March 2022 The details were...
Barcelona International Community Day – in collaboration with ‘Barcelona in English’
Organised by Barcelona City Council, the Barcelona International Community Day (BICD) is back to its face-to-face format again this year, under the slogan ‘Back to (net)work!’....
Spain announces small rise in minimum wage, by €15 to €965
The Spanish government, together with the CCOO and UGT trade unions, have agreed to increase the minimum wage from €950 to €965 gross per month,...
Spain suspends Barcelona airport expansion plans due to lack of support from Catalan government
The Spanish government and Aena, the country’s airport authority, have suspended a €1.7 billion investment plan to expand Barcelona El Prat airport, due to lack of...
Minimum wage set to increase, as economy continues to recuperate
The Spanish government has announced its intentions to raise the minimum wage in the next couple of months, possibly even before the end of September,...
Leonardo DiCaprio, conflict-free diamonds, and a new factory in Extremadura
A Silicon Valley based lab-grown diamond company, that has Hollywood actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio amongst its investors, has confirmed its plans to build a...
International tourism improves, yet Spain keen to extend its summer season
Spain received 4.4 million international tourists during July, 78.3% more than in the same month in 2020, while spending reached 5.2 billion euros, according to the...
Banco Sabadell seeking to cut 1,900 jobs and close 250 branches
Banco Sabadell is seeking to cut 1,900 jobs in Spain, around 13% of staff in its home market, a trade union negotiating with the bank...
Spain gets first tranche of €9 billion in ‘Next Gen’ EU Covid recovery funds
Spain on Tuesday received its first tranche of €9 billion from the EU Recovery Fund set up to help the bloc recover from the Covid pandemic...
