Making your company healthy in 2007
ARE YOU working hard, paying your taxes and coming away with little to show for it at the end of the year? If so, then the one-day business seminar in
Mission accomplished
AFTER FIVE days, 22 hours and 25 minutes under sail, the Visit Portimão arrived at Dartmouth in the UK last Thursday (November 23). Ricardo Diniz managed to successfully navigate the
More shopping time this Christmas
An agreement has been reached between Loulé Câmara and the Associação de Comércio e Serviços da Região do Algarve, the retailers and services association of the Algarve, to extend opening
On the move
After four years of successful growth at their Quatro Estradas site, Zonda the BBQ shop is moving to new premises. “All businesses expand and evolve,” said Judith of Zonda, “and
Planning for a financially secure retirement in Portugal
PART ONE of my article last week covered choosing your retirement lifestyle and the dangers of inflation. This week, I look at your investment strategy and opportunities, tax planning, estate
Play golf and help cancer patients in the Algarve
FOLLOWING ON from the successful Mamamaratona 6 event in October, the Associação Oncológica do Algarve (AOA), the Algarve Oncology Association, is continuing its campaign to raise funds to build an
Portugal and Spain united in fight against terrorism
SPAIN AND Portugal are to create a Security and Defence Council in a bid to combat illegal immigration and to fight terrorism. The decision to set up the council was
Portuguese leaving the country in droves
PORTUGUESE EMIGRATION to other European Union countries is on the increase because of the economic recession. Buses full of Portuguese citizens leave weekly from Lisbon, Porto and Faro in search
Pricey Italy abandons its tourist tax
CONTROVERSIAL PLANS by the Italian government to levy a tax on tourists have been abandoned, following objections by hoteliers and tour operators, who feared it would deter holidaymakers from visiting
Recession threatens to dampen retailers’ spirits
CHRISTMAS lights are already shining brightly in some of the Algarve’s streets, Forum Algarve has had its decorations up for weeks, Santas are already sitting in their grottos across the